Bray mentioned in the past that his gimmick was inspired by Waylon Mercy's gimmick. Wouldn't be surprised if Bray latter took some added inspiration from One Man Gang's gimmick considering Dusty was in charge of NXT and probably remembered that gimmick.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Wyatt said that Dan Spivey (who played Waylon Mercy) was at the Performance Center the day he was told that and had a conversation with him. Spivey explained the Mercy character, and Wyatt watched it along with some Robert DeNiro films, Rob Zombie films and Charles Manson interviews and wanted to combine them.
"It became natural for me," Wyatt said. "If you would have thrown Husky a microphone and said 'talk,' it would have been wrong."
Wyatt said as a child he had a really intense childhood friend named Bray White. White was in a car accident when he was a child and lost all feeling in his face, rendering him difficult to knock out. He said that's how he came up with the "Bray" part of his name, and "Wyatt" came from Wyatt Earp.
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