Following Martin Wright's graduation from WWE's tough enough in 2004 the Boogeyman hit our screens with a massive push and an unbeaten run that lasted for nearly a year.His vignettes are truly frightening and his Freddy Kruger style of delivery drove fear into opponents and fans alike. He parted ways with the WWE in 2007 and made a beeline for the Waterloo Wrestling Federation, a journey that would take 11 years, going via ECW and the independents MWF and UWD. However an originally planned appearance at Slenderslam 3 was blocked by Vince McMahon when he learned that Wright would be attending under the Boogeyman gimmick.Further attempts by the Ginger Ballbag to bring the Boogster were also halted, until eventually he decided to take a different approach.Vince had protected the gimmick but not the name, so Ginger decided to book The Boogeyman but change the angle. Unfortunately Wright did not have a firm grasp of the english language and only really knew nursery rhymes, Ginger needed to reinvent the wrestler if he was to bring him to Shirley. Ginger's vision, a Jack Ryan style character, hard hitting, quick thinking with Harrison Ford's rugged delivery. He immediately instructed his personal secretary Susan H. Chlamydia to fast track a DVD copy of the film to Boogeyman and instruct he learn the lines and deliver the persona. Sadly Chlamydia is not the best listener, she sent a DVD but instead of Air Force One she sent Rogue One which Boogeyman received and duly learned the characters word for word. Fortunately Ginger got an early look at the promo and persuaded Wright not to deliver the promo as an 8-foot sarcastic robot. When Boogeyman learnt of his eventual booking to Slenderslam 10, he was joined by his No Way Out 2007 tag partner Little Boogeyman, played by Croatian Robot Emiglio Hvar. Emiglio had met Ginger McMahon in 2016, Ginger was filming 'At home with the Zhukov's' for Spike TV, with Boris Zhukov, Goldust and The Viking, when they found Emiglio out of work and brought him back to the UK. At Slenderslam 9, Emiglio made his first appearance in Shirley, when as Andre the Giant he wowed the packed out Waterloo Arms with his large hands and feats of strength, McMahon often wheels the Rated R Robotic star out every now and then, nobody seems to enjoy this circus freak except McMahon himself.
Slenderslam 10
On the flight from Pheonix to Shirley, Boogeyman and his little sidekick found themselves sat next to Hillbilly Jim, an unlikely partnership formed and big Jim agreed to be part of the production in exchange for 2 fresh pork pies and some jellied worms. One attendee not so enamoured with Boogeyman's presence was Mitch Sizemore, back stage Boogeyman made several passes at the master of ceremonies, It was claimed that Triple H, also on the roster that day, was asked to remove Boogeyman from outside of Sizemore's dressing room, where he was said to be whispering under his door, 'One, Two Boogeys coming for you' and 'Hickery Dickory Dock, I am touching Mitchies....' at which point Boogey and little Boogey were pedigreed through a table. The whole incident left an edge to the interview, Sizemore is visibly shaken by the exchange and desperate to end the interview as swiftly as possible, finally relieved when he was able to use the introduction of Boogeyman's new found accomplice to create a Hillbilly barrier between the two.
Post Slenderslam
Emiglio never recovered from his Slenderslam jitters that he suffered that day, his failure to hit his mark and storm the stage on cue was not forgotted by his larger master, the pair never spoke again and Boogeyman commandeered his stick and fur shawl.
The Boogeyman Slenderslam 10 (2018)
BornMartin Wright Date of birthJuly 15, 1964 Origin Phoenix, Arizona, Occupations Professional wrestler, Nursery Rhyme Enthusiast, , Slenderslam Apps Slenderslam 10 (2018)