10 Wrestling Moments You Didn’t Know Were Totally Ripped Off

7. Bray Wyatt

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Bray Wyatt's Firefly Fun House vignettes have unsettled and aroused the deadened interest of the wrestling fandom with their creepy, jarring sunshine.

The threatened notion of Bray Wyatt in such close proximity to children and the aesthetic they are glued to is deeply disturbing, particularly since it is clear that he is suppressing a new, more monstrous version of himself within.

This is deranged, inspired stuff. Bray Wyatt is a demented, unstable children's TV presenter armed with a chainsaw.

The vignettes are also similar visually and in subversive tone to the warped Don't Hug Me I'm Scared cult skits. Charring our amorphous memories of friendly mascots and bright, inviting colours, the twinkling whimsy obscures a rotten, baiting heart, in which everything is just off enough to trap the audience in a state of both nostalgic reverie and sunken dread. The puppets eat raw meat and show glimpses of the sexuality that belongs absolutely nowhere near this vibrant, innocent visual context.

Wyatt's spin on them is unique; the man who once borrowed inspiration from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Stephen King's IT, robbing them of their potency through a rank lack of imagination, has now furrowed past the veneer of pop culture symbology and scorched our psyche.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!