WWE: 5 Bray Wyatt facts you probably forgot

WWE fans haven't had the privilege to see Superstars like Bray Wyatt in a long time. He's a peculiar talent, and it's hard to argue the fact that his future is bright, and it holds many big opportunities for him.

While Wyatt's last character didn't work out exactly as WWE had expected, his new character - The Fiend - seems to captivate fans more than anything else in WWE right now. Since adopting this new "face of fear", Wyatt has become unstoppable. He has defeated the likes of Daniel Bryan, John Cena, and many more.

Of course, Wyatt has lost a few bouts during his ongoing journey to the top, but that won't stop him. With today's list, let's take a look at a few things that you probably forgot about "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.

Let's get started.

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#5 He's a state wrestling champion

Wyatt continued his state wrestling career before trying his hand in another sport

Long before Bray Wyatt was terrifying Superstars with his mystical bag of sinister tricks, he was a Florida high school state wrestling champion. Wyatt attained this achievement while he was attending Hernando High School in Brooksville, Florida. During his time there, he grew very fond of sports, and he tried his luck in amatuer wrestling.

While competing in the 275-lbs. weight category, he won the state wrestling championship in 2005. With this accomplishment, Wyatt continued his state wrestling career before trying his hand in another sport- American football. He played as a defensive tackle, as well as guard for two seasons, at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, California. With his extraordinary performance there, he earned a football scholarship to Troy University.

At Troy, things didn't exactly work out as Wyatt had planned. His football skills did improve, but not to the extent he had expected, and though his grades were good, he had no interest in becoming a doctor or lawyer. As a result, Wyatt left Troy just days before he was about to receive his bachelor's degree and went on to become a professional wrestler.

#4 He's a third-generation WWE Superstar

Wyatt's father, Mike Rotunda, and his uncle, Barry Windham, worked for Vince McMahon's company during the 80s and 90s

Bray Wyatt is one of the most prominent Superstars in WWE, and is currently on SmackDown, where his real-life brother Taylor Michael Rotunda (Bo Dallas) also works. Wyatt and his brother, however, aren't the only members of their family who are wrestlers. Pr wrestling is running through the veins of the Rotunda family.

Wyatt's maternal grandfather Blackjack Mulligan worked as a wrestler during the 50s and 60s. He's better known for his work for the WWWF (which became the WWF and is now WWE), where he became a one-time tag-team champion with Blackjack Lanza. Also, Wyatt's father, Mike Rotunda, and his uncle, Barry Windham, worked for Vince McMahon's company during the 80s and 90s and held the tag-team championship multiple times as the US Express.

Due to his maternal grandfather and father being a former WWE Superstar, Wyatt has attained the title of a third-generation WWE Superstar. Of course, out of his entire family, Wyatt is the most successful Superstar as well, only one to hold multiple world championships in the company.

#3 He's a two-time FCW Tag Team Champion

During his first few months at FCW, Wyatt formed a team with his real-life brother Bo Dallas

Bray Wyatt signed with WWE in 2009 and went on to work at the company's developmental territory for a few years before making his main roster debut. While he has held the world and tag-team championships multiple times there, his run at Florida Championship Wrestling (now NXT) also saw him capturing gold.

During his first few months at FCW, Wyatt formed a team with his real-life brother Bo Dallas. The alliance between the men didn't last long, but it was enough to taste their first gold in the company. The two men teamed up as The Rotundo Brothers and fought the duo of Justin Angel and Kris Logan to win the Florida Tag Team Championship on July 23 edition of FCW. They held the gold for almost 120 days before losing it to The Dude Busters (Caylen Croft and Trent Barretta).

With this loss, Wyatt went on to make his main roster debut (as Husky Harris) and join forces with The Nexus. However, a few months later, he was sent back to FCW to improve his in-ring skills. While Wyatt greatly changed his abilities in the ring, he also won the Florida Tag Team Championship with Bo Dallas for the second time, and they held it for almost a month before losing them to the duo of Corey Graves and Jake Carter.

#2 He once used The Stunner as the finisher

After Bray Wyatt was sent back to FCW in 2011, he debuted the character of Axel Mulligan

Before Bray Wyatt introduced his current gimmick - The Fiend - he tried out multiple different characters. One of them didn't even make it to live television. After Wyatt was sent back to FCW in 2011, he debuted the character of Axel Mulligan - a psycho wearing rugged attire and a hockey-mask - that shares many similarities with his current gimmick.

Along with this character change, Wyatt started using a maneuver made famous by the likes of Stone Cold "Steve" Austin, John Cena, and now Kevin Owens the Stone Cold Stunner. He used it as his finishing maneuver for a month or two on FCW house shows, before WWE asked him to dump the Mulligan character for some unknown reason..

As a result, Wyatt went on to switch back to his old character of Husky Harris, one that he would also ditch a few months later before introducing himself as the leader of The Wyatt Family - a faction which had Eric Rowan and Luke Harper as members

#1 He created his own character

Initially, Wyatt received a lot of success with this character, but later it was destroying his career rather than building it

Normally, the process in WWE is the creative team gives a character to a Superstar, and the rest is up to them to fill in the blanks. Bray Wyatt, however, is one of the few Superstars in the company who came up with his own character.

Wyatt's previous gimmick - the evil cult leader of The Wyatt Family - was his genius creation, and it was based on Charles Manson (an American criminal and cult leader), Waylon Mercy (former WWE Superstar), and Max Cady (a portrayed by Robert De Niro in a thriller movie Cape Fear 1991).

Initially, Wyatt received a lot of success with this character - including winning the WWE Championship - but later it was seemed as if it were destroying his career rather than building it. Eventually, he dumped this character after a hiatus and and introduced The Fiend gimmick - that also happens to be Wyatt's creation.