10 Wrestlers Scarier Than The Fiend

4. The Undertaker

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Those goosebumps, that Bray Wyatt's SummerSlam entrance generated?

The Undertaker evoked that very same feeling most nights in his guise as the most effective supernatural presence in the history of professional wrestling.

The Undertaker of the early 1990s was an undead instrument of torture powered by an urn, and on the surface was ridiculous, but his David Flair-on-purpose performance was spellbinding. The make-up made him look unearthed just days from being buried in mortuary make-up, but that, again, was the surface. 'Taker's dead-behind-the-eyes stalking gait really made the act; "He's impervious to pain!" was Gorilla Monsoon's catchphrase, and it resonated, because 'Taker projected such a horrifying aura. What was in reality a rocket-strapped push resonated to young, terrified fans as a real monster that could not be defeated. 'Taker's inflexible body language was superb, too; there was a grave inevitability to his offence that powered the theatrics of the act - the urn, the bodybags - and scorched the psyche of those attracted to the WWF through the heroic images of Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior.

The Undertaker was a walking abomination - a very effective supernatural presence that worked in and because of a more innocent time.

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