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5. Erick Rowan Almost Becomes Doink In ECW
OK, so this is just bizarre.
Again, time to stretch the rules just a little, 'cause this Erick Rowan idea did technically make it to TV for a few short minutes. He showed up on the 17 May 2017 edition of Talking Smack and scared the living sh*te out of Renee Young and Shane McMahon by acting all intense and menacing.
Rowan pulled his old 'white sheep' mask out of a bag, but revealed that he'd painted a happy clown face on it. According to Rowan in interviews, this was his bid to work a split personality gimmick that was equal parts Doink The Clown's 'Borne Again' persona in ECW and Bray Wyatt's 'Fiend' offshoot.
WWE had The Bludgeon Brothers tag-team lined up for Erick though, so they certainly weren't about to budge and let him keep on keeping on as a split personality clown who acted differently depending on what he was wearing.
Did this inspire Bray's own booking? It's possible.