10 Wrestlers With The Most Dangerous Auras Ever

9. Taz

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The reason why Taz is such a meme-generating delight on AEW Dark is a result of the contrast.

It's never not funny listening to his karaoke and bizarre non-sequiturs because it is Taz doing it - Taz, once among the most fearsome wrestlers of his generation, just babbling and having a fun time.

Taz was also among the most miserable wrestlers of his generation, which informed his aura. He looked so angry, so disdainful towards his opponents, but it wasn't empty mean-mug posturing. He crossed his arms in a state of detached readiness, as if spiking far larger opposition on their heads was just standard business for him, and not a ridiculously impressive feat driven by his explosive hips and legit judo background. His understated body language of course informed his incredible intensity when he ratcheted it up.

His twisted face and thick, threatening New York brogue further accentuated an act that pioneered the aesthetic and dramatic principles of the nascent mixed martial-arts scene.

Taz's frightening, but expertly-timed head-drop suplex game was so effective that even now, decades later on a re-watch, you struggle to comprehend how he didn't leave a trail of broken necks in his wake.

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