Martin Wright (born October 31, 1964 in Mystic, Connecticut) is an American professional wrestler, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand as The BoogeyMan.Thus far, he remains undefeated in WWE.

Bodybuilder
Wright originally intended to be a professional Bodybuilder. He won some competitions, the only recorded such victory noted online is the 2002 NPC Southern States Contest from August 2-3, 2002 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the men's over 35 years, super heavyweight division. This career ultimately did not work out for him.

Tough Enough
Wright applied to take part in Tough Enough 4. On October 15, 2004, the physically imposing Wright attended a fifty man, two day event in Venice Beach, California, where eight finalists would be chosen. Wright survived the first day of eliminations, but on the second day he admitted under interrogation that he was not thirty, as he had previously maintained, but was in fact forty, being born in 1964. Wright was cut from the Tough Enough prospectives as a result (the age cut off for the contest is 35).

OVW
Though he was no longer able to go forward as a Tough Enough contestant, he was offered an opportunity in the WWE farm league Ohio Valley Wrestling. In short order (and despite his age; beginning a wrestling career at an age when many wrestlers have left the business), Wright was able to impress the decision makers with his in-ring charisma and love of wrestling, and was offered a three year contract with the WWE.

Marty Wright as "The Boogeyman" in OVW.Wright re-debuted in OVW on June 25, 2005. During an untelevised match pitting the team of Seth Skyfire and Robert Fury against Vik Delicious and Robbie Dawber, Wright entered the ring and squashed Fury, Delicious and Dawber, no-selling the offense of Skyfire. He then announced that he was "The Boogeyman" before leaving the building. It was announced on July 2 that Wright had a record of "psychological problems" and "bodily assault," and had been both rejected from Tough Enough and denied training at OVW. The fact that Wright had lied in order to take part in Tough Enough was developed into a gimmick, with Wright being described as a "sociopathical liar" (the claims that he was formerly in prison are not true). Wright's ring entrance included special effects such as lightning and torrential rain.

OVW lead booker Jim Cornette was released from WWE after repeatedly slapping Johnny Geo Basco, an OVW wrestling student who was inserted into the audience as a plant to further The Boogeyman gimmick but laughed instead of showing fear. Cornette said that Basco had ruined the storyline and had broken kayfabe.

SmackDown!
On the July 11 episode of RAW, the first of a few vignettes, in the style of horror movies, promoted the debut of Wright in his "Boogeyman" persona. These vignettes first aired on RAW, then on SmackDown! for several weeks. His debut was delayed when he hyperextended both knees and needed time to heal.

The Boogeyman finally made his first appearance on SmackDown! on October 14, 2005, as a face with a weird gimmick; the storyline said he was being brought in by Network Executive Palmer Canon, who claimed he was going to be on another unspecified network show that never came to be. This was due to an on-set "accident" involving Marty Wright (though his real name was not used). Canon said he brought him to SmackDown! as part of a "new talent initiative." Wright proceeded to recite an eerie nursery rhyme and then smashed an oversized alarm clock over his head.

Marty Wright as "The Boogeyman" in WWE.Over the next few weeks, The Boogeyman would appear backstage on SmackDown! and continue reciting different nursery rhymes and holding up clocks before screaming his catchphrase "I'm The Boogeyman and I'm comin' to get'cha!" This would leave whichever performers that had discovered him both confused and creeped out, usually ending with them backing out of the room slowly while the commentators remarked on how strange the whole situation was. During a short run of cross-brand shows, WWE Champion John Cena found him in a small backstage closet and JBL opened a van door to find him inside. In one vignette, he suddenly appeared from behind a couch in a room with Lita, causing her to run out of a room, screaming in terror.

At Survivor Series 2005, The Boogeyman helped Theodore Long defeat Eric Bischoff with a Pumphandle Slam. The Boogeyman then made his in-ring WWE debut on the December 2, 2005 episode of SmackDown! He defeated Simon Dean with the Supernatural Driver in a squash that saw him repeatedly scream, "I'm the Boogeyman!" at a confused and terrified Dean. It was here that another regular part of his persona came in as during the match, he took a handful of live worms from his pocket and stuffed them into his mouth as Michael Cole and Tazz screamed in disgust.

On December 5, 2005, The Boogeyman made a surprise appearance on RAW substituting himself for Simon Dean as a witness during the "trial" of Eric Bischoff. His bizarre entrance to and exit from the witness box (rising up and disappearing down from/to nowhere), as well as his nursery rhyme-like testimony left Vince McMahon, The Coach, and Bischoff astonished (but apparently entertained Mick Foley who went on eating the dessert from his "lunch", albeit with a bit of a shocked expression on his face).

The next few weeks saw The Boogeyman go on a tear, winning squash matches against the likes of Ray Gordy (son of the late Terry Gordy) & Nunzio (starting a mini feud with the team of Nunzio & Vito in the process). Invariably, these matches were short on actual wrestling content, instead focusing on the antics of The Boogeyman. Opponents were left with worms in their mouths and spit on their faces while The Boogeyman danced around screaming.

He had his official pay-per-view debut at Armageddon where he came down to confront Vito & Nunzio who were dressed as Santa Claus and an elf. Though Nunzio was able to escape, Vito suffered a Goodnight and ended up with worms shoved into his mouth.

Boogeyman stuffs live worms down Jillian's skirt.Recently he has begun a feuding with JBL and his "fixer" Jillian Hall, beginning with his stalking the duo throughout a number of shows, including the January 6, 2006 edition of SmackDown! where he was able to grab Jillian and stuff some of his now trademark worms down the back of her skirt.

Their feud continued when The Boogeyman was scheduled to be the guest in Roddy Piper's Piper's Pit until JBL caught up with Piper backstage beforehand and asked to be the guest instead of The Boogeyman, citing that he was a true star and The Boogeyman was just some freak. Though Piper seemed to be going along with it and allowing the change, it turned out he only wanted Layfield & Hall on his show to ask Jillian (rudely, as is his nature) about the growth on her face. After he posed the question, The Boogeyman's music hit, and he made his way to the ring where, after JBL sacrificed Jillian to make a getaway, The Boogeyman proceeded not only to lick but bite off the growth on Hall's face.

On the January 20, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, The Boogeyman interrupted JBL's match with Lashley. This gave Lashley enough time to secure the pin after executing his finisher The Dominator. The Boogeyman then proceeded to eat worms in the ring after the match. A furious JBL stormed into the office of SmackDown!'s general manager Theodore Long demanding that he do something about the Boogeyman. Long announced a match between JBL and The Boogeyman for the 2006 Royal Rumble, leaving a very anxious look on JBL's face. Boogeyman won the match in decisive fashion, pinning JBL in just under two minutes.

The Boogeyman seems to be stalking Booker T now. On the February 17 edition of SmackDown!, Orlando Jordan called for an open challenge for anyone to fight him when the Boogeyman came to get him. Boogeyman put Jordan to sleep with the Goodnight Slam.

On February 19, 2006, The Boogeyman defeated Simon Dean in a dark match before No Way Out.

On the February 24, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, he defeated The Dicks. After the match, The Boogeyman began stalking Booker T and his wife Sharmell, who were providing commentary during the match. Luckily, Booker and Sharmell were able to escape through the crowd. Boogeyman then proceeded to dump a load of worms onto the announce table, much to the disgust of SmackDown! commentators Tazz and Michael Cole. Boogeyman cost Booker T a match against Tatanka the following week. On the March 10 edition of SmackDown!, The Boogeyman yet again came to get Booker T and Sharmell. Boogeyman and Booker T were scheduled to have a match at Saturday Night's Main Event in Detroit, this was cancelled as Booker faked an injury again. General Supervisor Theodore Long then made a match between Booker T and the Boogeyman to take place at Wrestlemania 22.

Wrestling facts

Finishing and signature moves
Boogey Crusher (Pumphandle slam)
Supernatural Driver (Inverted falling slam)
Falling Chokebomb
Two handed choke lift into a single hand chokeslam (in OVW)
Clothesline (Boogeyman uses a variation of the Short-arm Clothesline but instead using the opponent's leg)

Weapons
Worms
Hand Clock
Voodoo stick (that has smoke come out the top of it)

Quotes
"I'm the BOOGEYMAN, and I'm comin' TO GETCHA!!! (evil laughter) YEAH! (more evil laughter)"
"Tick....Tock....Tick....Tock"
"Evil Laughter" (following the nursery rhymes)
"Your greatest..FEEAARR!!" (smashes clock over his head)
"Time for a new face to be put in his place"
"I'M COMIN TO GET'CHA" (starts attacking his opponent)
"As long time grows near, the future becomes more clear..."
"A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down {repeat 2x} in the most delightful way" {evil laughter}
"Be very afraid."
"(Insert random nursery rhyme.)"

Acting
Wright has also set his sights on becoming an actor, beginning as an extra and performing as a stuntman. He appeared in the movies Any Given Sunday (1999) as player #84 of the Miami Sharks known as "Beastman", in The Replacements (2000) as Butler, a defensive back #56 of Dallas, and in Transporter 2 (2005) as the SWAT commander.

Trivia
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Wright's teeth were knocked out during a training match in 2005 (this is largely disputed, however).
The worms he eats are real, as seen in the episode of SmackDown! on December 16, 2005. He even eats them backstage.[1]
The term "Bottomless Pit" came from the Barringer meteor crater in Winslow, Arizona.
Wright's Boogeyman is not the first voodoo inspired gimmick in WWE. Another Wright, Charles Wright, portrayed evil voodoo shaman Papa Shango in the early 1990s, feuding with the likes of The Ultimate Warrior.
Appropriately enough, Wright's birthday is on Halloween.