Background on The Wyatt Family Set to Make WWE Main Roster Debut

May 28, 2013

As seen on Raw last night, WWE ran a vignette for the debut of the Wyatt family, consisting of Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan. The three are considered top NXT talents at the moment, and Bray Wyatt used to compete on the NXT TV show and in the Nexus group as Husky Harris.

Luke Harper and Erick Rowan are currently the NXT Tag Team Champions, and Harper used to work for DGUSA under the ring name Brodie Lee, while Rowan worked for Pro Wrestling Noah as Thorus.

The Bray Wyatt character is said to be loosely based on Robert DeNiro's version of the Max Cady character in the '90's remake of "Cape Fear." The character also bears a resemblance to the WWE character Waylon Mercy, who was played by Dan Spivey back in 1995.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.