Um, The Boogie Man....? Gangrel. Need I say more?
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Geese
Ricky Smarks
Boogeyman was horrendous.
Barry Poppins
The Boogeyman wasn't well booked at all. Gangrel wasn't even that scary. Modern-day Vampire isn't exactly going to spook a lot of people.
Chris
Gangrel was same time as Kane and Taker really anyway, debuted like a year after Kane I think?
Geese
Trying to be funny
Rosie
Gangrel died as soon as he talked. Boogeyman was more of a comedy character. Then we have The Fiend starting off well then the issues around him losing to Goldberg, and then later his feud with Randy had some hiccups. Demon Finn Balor buckling under a rope after he spazzed his way to his feet. Then Alexa Bliss plays her character well, but it just... feels like WWE gave her Bray's gimmick without the depth and logic to make it interesting and seems to be spooky just because. That is only touching the surface too.
Ricky Smarks
@Chris six months, maybe. It was mid 1998 I want to say.
Barry Poppins
You know how you book a creepy character? Make them real nowadays.
It's pretty easy to give someone the character of someone who acts like a serial killer, ready to snap at any moment. Give them Brian Pillman like tendencies, but to its logical extreme. They'll snap at anything and beat the ever-loving crap out of anything, without showing any real emotion. Don't have them laugh, don't have them emote too much. Just a thousand yard stare into the camera. When they talk, make them slow and deliberate in their talking. Their words gotta be real, no nursery rhymes or anything, don't even have to have them swear. Think Jake Roberts.
It's pretty easy to give someone the character of someone who acts like a serial killer, ready to snap at any moment. Give them Brian Pillman like tendencies, but to its logical extreme. They'll snap at anything and beat the ever-loving crap out of anything, without showing any real emotion. Don't have them laugh, don't have them emote too much. Just a thousand yard stare into the camera. When they talk, make them slow and deliberate in their talking. Their words gotta be real, no nursery rhymes or anything, don't even have to have them swear. Think Jake Roberts.
Rosie
Personally, I wish "Demon Balor" was just used as war paint/a special entrance for PPVs. That way you don't feel booked in a corner half the time with him. Now he is just a spoopy being and that has plagued Balor every time he has been on the main roster.