10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (August 16)

3. Bray Wyatt's Rocking Chair Was Inspired By Mick Foley

It's official: Mick Foley announced in an interview with Wrestling Inc that the Mandible Claw is now Bray Wyatt's move, not his. That's quite the show of support from a legend towards Wyatt's 'Fiend' character, and it falls in line with Steve Austin's recent backing for Kevin Owens' Stunner use.

That Claw isn't the only thing Bray has "borrowed" from Mick.

Before rebranding himself as a masked nightmare, Wyatt could often be seen sitting in a rocking chair taunting his opponents. According to Foley, that was inspired by him too. Mick cut a promo on the 5 April 2004 episode of Raw that showed him sitting in a rocker hyping up his match with Randy Orton at Backlash.

Bray was watching, and he remembered how much of a contrast Foley's gentle rocking had been to the upcoming violence he unleashed as Cactus Jack on pay-per-view. Years later, Wyatt told Mick that his own rocking chair was directly ripped from that one promo.