10 Wrestlers That Only Seemed Cool When You Were A Kid

7. Gangrel

So, just keep in mind that this entry is about Gangrel individually and not the entire WWF stable known as The Brood. Made up of Edge, Christian and Gangrel, The Brood was another one of those stables that reeked of the late €˜90s when shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer were at their height. While there was much talk of The Brood€™s €˜gothic€™ lifestyle, they were basically all implied to be vampires or, at the very least, the biggest cosplay geeks ever in a time where cosplay wasn€™t nearly as much of a big deal. But while you could maybe believe that Edge and Christian were just dark and, well, brooding, Gangrel really worked the vampire angle hard.

To start with, he had the fangs. Secondly he would come out to the ring with a chalice of €˜red liquid,€™ which he would take a sip out of and spit into the air. Lastly, he wore one of those frilly white shirts that was right out of an Anne Rice novel.

If the Gangrel character would have been introduced a few years ago, he would have been dressed like a west coast teenager and covered in body glitter to better approximate the Twilight take on vampires.

If it€™s been a long time since you€™ve checked out a Gangrel match from his Attitude Era run, do so. Does anything strike you as odd about his appearance (apart from the obvious, of course)? Do you remember him as being that € husky? Seriously, how much blood did he drink? It seems like a weird point to pick on but arguably, had he had a better physique, the character may have had more longevity. Instead, that cool vampire wrestler from your youth is, in hindsight, just a chubby dude in a half-decent Halloween costume.

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