Bray Wyatt and Erick Rowan (Erick Redbeard) was previously members of the Wyatt Family, a stable which gained huge popularity back in the day. In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Rowan went on to share the hilarious story behind his first WWE gear. He sported a sheep mask and jumpsuit.
Erick Rowan reveals Bray Wyatt chose his outfit
Rowan revealed Wyatt visited a Haloween shop on a regular basis and picked out a variety of masks for him to try out before the Wyatt Family filmed their first NXT vignette. He also noted things to be a series of funny coincidences.’ Here is what said about Wyatt picking up his outfit for his debut:
“I was doing all these different gimmicks, and I tried a Viking gimmick,” Rowan recalled. “I was told that would never make any money, which is funny three or four years later, there’s the Viking Raiders and they’re great. So I tried all these different things, and I did all these promos with Windham and Jon.
“Windham went to a Halloween shop and got all these masks—and one was a sheep mask. I tried all the masks on promo day, and I tried all these different mannerisms and characteristics. But back then, Dusty Rhodes didn’t want me to cover up my face. He said I was ugly enough without the mask [laughing], meaning I had a unique face.
“Fast-forward, I debuted with the Wyatts in NXT. No one told me I was debuting that night at Full Sail. I had blue jeans, but I didn’t want to do that because that’s what Jon was wearing and I didn’t want to wear trunks, but I was lucky to have that jumpsuit in my trunk. It’s funny how things come together. When we filmed our Wyatt Family vignette, I decided to bring all those masks. So it just happened to be a series of funny coincidences.”
Recently on Saturday night, Rowan and Adam Scherr (Braun Strowman) reunited in a tag team match against nZo and WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray at Northeast Wrestling’s WrestleFest XXVI event. While Wyatt is yet to decide his future in the business.
