Joe Gacy isn't the next Bray Wyatt.
He's the first Joe Gacy.
The WWE NXT Superstar recently appeared as a guest on the "Out Of Character with Ryan Satin" podcast for an in-depth interview, during which he addressed the people who have said they think his character is similar to Bray Wyatt.
"I think a lot of the WWE fans, they only know what they see on TV," he said. "So when they see something, to try to understand it, they have to link it to something they already know. When I debuted, I had long hair, I had a beard, I have tattoos, and I was a slightly darker character, and let’s be honest, I’m heavyset. So they just, ‘Oh, this is like Bray Wyatt. This guy’s like Bray Wyatt.’ Then I debut a new character, which is, you know, pretty much currently what I’m doing and then there’s like a darkness to the character so automatically everyone just associates it with ‘Oh, he’s a dark character. He has a beard, he’s heavyset, and he has tattoos. He’s just like Bray Wyatt.’"
Gacy continued, "My opinion, me and Bray Wyatt are very, very different. I don’t think we’re similar. Like, maybe the fact that we’re two gimmicks that are darker, I think that’s kind of where I see it. I mean, I understand years ago, Bray did a cult leader type thing. I guess you could say maybe, that aspect of Bray is similar with what I’m doing, but I believe what I’m doing now is very different than what Bray has done. Also, Bray is not, you know, the first person to do this thing. So I don’t know why people have to just go right to Bray. Like nobody brings up Kevin Sullivan. Nobody brings up Waylon Mercy."
Check out the complete interview at Apple.com. H/T to WrestlingNews.co for transcribing the above quotes.
