Bray Wyatt on Being Compared to the Undertaker

Follow the buzzards on your own path. Bray Wyatt is almost certainly a one of a kind performer with a gimmick that is not only unique but is hard to pin down. Since it’s wrestling though, the first instinct is to compare him to the person closest to him, which of course means the Undertaker. It might be interesting to see what Wyatt thinks on this subject.

Wyatt recently appeared on the “Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast” and discussed this very topic. Instead of saying they’re just alike, Wyatt says that while there are similarities due to the dark nature of their characters, the comparisons pretty much stop there. Wyatt also goes into the need for having a dark character around in wrestling. Here are his comments with transcription courtesy of Wrestlinginc.com:

“For me to be compared to The Undertaker is unbelievable. I’ve been in there with him. I did a WrestleMania against him two years ago. And I did another one against him and Kane. I don’t think if you put us side-by-side and watched our work, they’re not similar. They aren’t. It’s the dark stuff that kind of brings us together that people want to branch us, but the thing is that we are completely different.

“And I think [pro] wrestling needs that kind of dark entity in it. And I just think that I bring it. I bring it in a completely different way, but it’s still that entity that people need. They need that part of professional wrestling that kind of takes you out of the elements. It’s not two guys in MMA shorts rolling around. It’s magic.”

Here’s the full interview.

Opinion: I’m with Wyatt here but above all else I’m glad that he doesn’t fancy himself as another Undertaker. It gets a bit old having wrestlers try to say they’re the new “insert wrestler here”. There’s no point in trying to be the next Undertaker as he’s a one of a kind talent who can never be duplicated. Let Wyatt be the first Wyatt, not the latest lame Undertaker impersonator.