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I was not a big fan of The Boogeyman when he first debuted. I remember thinking that his name should have been ‘The Bullet’, because he was ammunition for people who thought that professional wrestling was an asinine thing to be interested in. (Seriously, I thought that.) Nothing that he has done in his time with the company has changed that initial opinion. He was a cringeworthy character to me. Every time he came on screen, I hoped that it would only be for a few minutes. Nick Densmore’s Eugene was the same type of character to me, but I had seen enough of Densmore’s OVW work to know there was something behind the bad gimmick.

I hate to see anybody lose their job in this economy, but I don’t see how Wright could have been repackaged. The way I see it, his current skill set would limit him to being a bodyguard type, but Ezekiel Jackson already has that gimmick. He also never really looked that big to me, a fact that was glaring when he was in the ring with Kane in his last ECW match. I’m not even going to touch on the age issue because in a business where Rey Mysterio Jr is beating people like The Big Show, Kane and Mike Knox, then a 44 year old can beat someone half his age.

I will give him credit, though. I never thought The Boogeyman character would last as long as it did, even discounting the injury that kept Wright away for a long time. I also don’t think that we have seen the last of The Boogeyman. Despite my dislike for the character, there is no denying that he is unique and I would not be surprised to see him pop up every now and then in a comedy role. Sort of like The Godfather, Kamala or Golddust (before he was re-signed by the company). The only real difference between those characters and The Boogeyman is that they were all around during WWE/WWE hot periods when a lot more mainstream attention was being paid.

I wish him luck on the indies because I also don’t see much of a future for him at TNA or ROH.