10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About 2017
9. The Entirety Of Bray Wyatt's Calendar Year
WWE wants us to forget about Bray Wyatt's annus horribilis because it undermines entirely his role as babyface opponent filler.
Wyatt entered the year in rude health; having recovered relevance via an interesting partnership with Randy Orton - one that worked so much better as A Thing in itself, not a prelude to a crude feud - he captured the WWE Heavyweight crown in exciting and decisive fashion in the awesome, titular Elimination Chamber match.
Then, in a pathetic attempt to manufacture a "WrestleMania Moment," Wyatt projected B-roll horror imagery onto the canvas to no success whatsoever. Randy Orton wasn't spooked. He blasted Wyatt in under 10 minutes with a single RKO. That's the problem with the Wyatt character; he is meaningless and devoid of any motivation or purpose. He wasn't even bothered about reclaiming the title, opting not to invoke his contractually-mandated rematch. He was more concerned with ripping off several horror movies at once in a miserable, po-faced House of Horrors match at Payback. A 50/50 filler programme with Seth Rollins followed, followed by the satirical sketch comedy that was his blood buckets rivalry with Finn Bálor.
Were it not for the mumps, Wyatt would have entered TLC in the guise of your portly goth sister. It won't matter post-WrestleMania 34, at which time the André also-ran will spout some gibberish and insert himself into a sh*tty midcard rivalry.
That's the idea, anyway. WWE wants us to forget all that b*llocks - but Wyatt's chipmunk voice was unforgettably bad.