Pro Wrestling Real Life Stories: Episode 5 - Bray Wyatt, The Undertaker, The Rock, Braun Strowman, voodoo, reality, fiction and "pain"

Bray Wyatt (bottom left) belongs to a distinct group of wrestlers to have depicted a supernatural gimmick over a long period of time in WWE
Bray Wyatt (bottom left) belongs to a distinct group of wrestlers to have successfully depicted a supernatural gimmick over a long period of time in WWE

#3 What got Bray Wyatt into professional wrestling

Papa Shango is one of the scariest characters in the history of pro-wrestling
Papa Shango is one of the scariest characters in the history of pro-wrestling

Bray Wyatt, being a third generation wrestler--grandson to Blackjack Mulligan, son to Mike Rotunda, nephew to Barry as well as Kendall Windham--always had an undeniable connection with the professional wrestling business. However, Wyatt revealed that what truly drew him towards the business was the story-telling aspect of it.

Anecdotes:

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"One hundred percent it was the story-telling and the stuff like that. I've always been a huge fan of horror movies."

"I like the feeling of the thrill, you know. I've always been attracted to that kind of movies, so naturally, the progression was that when I started watching wrestling, it was those characters that really caught my eye," said Wyatt; adding that one of his first memories of wrestling is watching one of the eeriest pro-wrestling characters Papa Shango utilize his voodoo to hurt The Ultimate Warrior during their feud in the WWE...

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