5 movie/TV show references that inspired Bray Wyatt's WWE characters 

#4 Leatherface - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Leatherface (left) and Bray Wyatt (right)

Bray Wyatt spoke with '107.9 The End' back in 2015 to promote WWE WrestleMania 31. In that particular interview, Wyatt said thatTexas Chainsaw Massacre was his favorite movie, and Leatherface is his favorite character from the TCM movie franchise.

Wyatt also said that his butcher's apron costume in WWE was influenced by the Leatherface character from Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

In the film, a group of individuals is tormented by a chainsaw-wielding killer, Leatherface, and his psychopathic family. So the Wyatt Family concept might have been partly inspired by the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, as well.

It's no surprise that Bray Wyatt is a massive geek when it comes to horror movies, and the aforementioned film had influenced his creative vision since NXT, where Wyatt once appeared with a protective mask and a butcher’s apron, playing a modern reboot of Leatherface.

Given the nature of Wyatt's interests, it seems comical that he was mostly branded as "Husky Harris" in WWE NXT and during his time with the Nexus on the main roster.

Bray Wyatt in 2011 -- as Axel Mulligan in FCW -- trying out a new gimmick where he wore a Slipknot-looking mask in the ring like a horror movie villain. Wonder if he's been thinking about "The Fiend" this long. SOURCE: https://t.co/WKKqU0sfg5 pic.twitter.com/rZe4HEog0H

— Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) August 12, 2019

Wyatt's love for horror movies surfaced in his second FCW run, where Bray wrestled under the name 'Axel Mulligan' for a while, but that character never made it to FCW TV. Wyatt's appearance as Mulligan in WWE's developmental territory resembled that of a cross between Slipknot (band) and Michael Myers from the Halloween series of slasher films.