10 Wrestlers With The Most Dangerous Auras Ever

4. Vader

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God, Vader ruled.

He was a bear of a man and worked his style around his distinct physique. With the exception of Brock Lesnar putting his thigh through some f*cker's guts, nobody ever extracted as much from a single strike. Other wrestlers threw a "better" or at least "cleaner" working punch, but nobody looked more capable of cauliflowering somebody's ears with his fists. Vader working the ears was such a great choice. It's a sensitive area that elicits a vicarious sense of pain almost; it was almost literally like his opponents were in there with a wild animal. "The Mastadon' was such a fitting nickname that you can almost forgive Vince McMahon for threatening to change Vader's name upon his WWF debut.

Vader didn't need to do spectacular sh*t to stay over, but that he did just added to his fearsome aura.

He wasn't merely capable of boxing your ears in; he could break your ribs and squash your insides with his awesome, physics-defying moonsault.

His body language was brilliantly unsubtle too; his dynamic movement made him feel like yet more like an animal, and his gurning taunts instilled more fear still.

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