True Story Behind Bray Wyatt's New WWE Gimmick

by Michael Hamflett
Bray Wyatt Spooky
WWE

Scarborough was thrilled to hear the news that he'd "saved Bray's career" when Wyatt came back to him with feedback, particularly after The Chairman himself was given the gimmick to fully understand the visuals.

As he put it in the Facebook post; "My drawings were literally on the desk of Vince McMahon. VINCE MCMAHON saw my renderings to help give him a visual guide for Bray's idea and it was green lit."

Delving further into the story, Scarborough spoke about the personal goals reached by working with Slipknot designers Jason Baker and Tom Savini, as well as reactions from friends, fans and - most revealingly, Wyatt himself.

"I had a text from Bray that simply read "Congrats brother. We changed wrestling forever."

"I began to see messages from friends and other fans who shared the image of the televised segment...Of course I was a lifelong pro wrestling fan and Bray Wyatt was legitimately one of the only faces in wrestling that excited me to tune in.

I still can't process this fully. I was obligated to keep my trap shut til it debuted, so that's my long-winded story."

The understandably-elated post goes into even more detail on the gimmick and can be viewed here, with both the Twitter and Facebook updating tantalisingly teasing that there's still more to come - news sure to be celebrated amongst fans gripped by this recent pivot.

'The Eater Of Worlds' may well be dead, but Bray Wyatt hasn't ever felt more alive.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 7 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 30 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz", Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 50,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett