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#4 Waylon Mercy and Bray Wyatt - Cape Fear
The next film on our list inspired two WWE Superstars, one from the 90s and another who is still very much around. The film we’re talking about is Martin Scorsese’s 1991 psychological thriller – Cape Fear.
The first wrestler inspired by Cape Fear was Dan Spivey who used it to create the Waylon Mercy character. Mercy started wearing the same kind of Hawaiian t-shirts as Max Cady (played by Robert De Niro) did in Cape Fear along with a series of strange tattoos.
Mercy was also quiet and brooding, until the bell rang at least, after which he became a violent individual. Despite showing a ton of promise, Mercy a.k.a Spivey was forced to retire from injuries soon after.
Another Superstar who was inspired by Cape Fear years later was Bray Wyatt. Early on, the Bray Wyatt character displayed a lot of similar characteristics to Waylon Mercy and even adapted the Hawaiian shirts from Cape Fear, amongst other things.
Check out this early Cape Fear inspired promo video for Bray Wyatt below:
