When you think about pro wrestlers, you think about athletes with muscles. Wrestlers have an image of owning powerful and brawny bodies that could pulverize stone with the swing of their fist. They are golden children, sculpted from the hands of God.
But for every “Ravishing” Rick Rude, there are three or four less attractive wrestlers. In fact, there are some that are just downright disgusting. Here is a list of the most disgusting wrestling bodies of all time.
Bastion Booger
In 1993, the World Wrestling Federation introduced the Bastion Booger to wrestling fans. Booger was a 400 pound monster. He was bald, but had a disheveled goatee, which carried all sorts of leftover food in it. His large obese frame was riddled with small curly hairs. He looked like a human testical sack. To make matters worse, the walking scratch and sniff wore dull gray wrestling trunks with several gray straps that accentuated his flabby body. Bastion Booger was the single most disgusting wrestler of all time.
Cactus Jack
Before the loveable Mick Foley was Mankind, he was the diabolical Cactus Jack. But regardless of the character he played, Mick Foley always had an overweight and unsightly body. It was his rather large and flat frame that made it possible for him to pancake himself on the cement time and time again. He had to curves to break, and had plenty of body cushion. Foley was also an extremely hairy guy, with a mangy beard that resembled the facial hair of Charlie Manson. Despite his ridiculously unattractive body, Mankind was still able to become a wrestling legend and former Heavyweight Champion.
Abdullah the Butcher
Is it any surprise to see a man named Abdullah The Butcher on this list? The WWE Hall of Fame wrestler, and Japanese wrestling legend, made his money off of being a fat sadist. His gimmick was to take out a fork from his pants and stab his opponents and lick their blood. The overweight wrestler was born ugly, but he made himself even more disgusting by marking up his body with wrestling war wounds and barbed wire cuts. The man was not afraid to bleed. Today, the body of Abdullah the Butcher walks around a BBQ joint in the southern part of the United States, serving up his own brand of food.
Rikishi
One of the most famous wrestlers of Samoan heritage, Rikishi didn’t always have a morbidly disgusting body. In the early 90’s, the younger Rikishi was in great shape. But somewhere between 1993 and 1999, the man gained about 100 pounds and started wearing a giant diaper. Rikishi was very popular, but had a massive stomach that looked like a giant tumor. In addition, his wrestling gear showed off his large buttocks, which were scarred with cellulite. He would often stick his butt in the face of his adversaries, causing them to gag. Of course, this got a rise out of the fans. It was Rikishi’s butt that made his popular, and it’s also what made his body one of the most disgusting.
Dusty Rhodes
“The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes is a former multi time Heavyweight Champion. But that won’t stop me from naming him one of the most disgusting bodies of all time. Dusty Rhodes is a prime example of a man with boobs. His chest was so full of fat, that his breasts sagged like a sock full of rice. When he danced with his African Queen Sapphire, his body would shake and the sweat would fly off his disgusting frame and right into the front row. In addition, his body had been scarred from years of fighting, he looked like an abused dog from the MSPCA commercials. “The American Dream” was an American nightmare.
Pro wrestlers will always come in many shapes and sizes. After all, not everybody is made the same. But there will always be some that stand out from the crowd, not because they’re great, but because they’re disgusting.