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2. The Fiend

What's the most effective way of getting over in WWE?

Why, not being in WWE, of course!

Bray Wyatt can't really work anywhere else. AEW shies away from overtly supernatural stuff. Ditto New Japan. Schrödinger's ROH is also a more traditional, sports-oriented product. Impact Wrestling dabbles in the b*llocks with its "Undead Realm," but Wyatt won't come cheap, and the promotion probably couldn't afford him. Game Changer Wrestling is sufficiently irreverent, creative and elastic to make it work, but their budget is even lower.

So it's essentially a tight race between the Fed and the Shudder streaming service (or development hell).

Reports surfaced in 2021 that Vince grew weary of Wyatt and his grand creative ambitions, which partly explains why his expensive contract was cut, but WWE remain clever in a cynical sense, even if the product is dog sh*t. They're still good at being nasty, so it's not too unlikely that Wyatt, come January 30, might well win the titular match (for less money) and point at the WrestleMania sign, which could ooze goo or some bullsh*t like that.

It's either that or, in about a decade's time, The Fiend returning for Legend's Night and catching up with Alundra Blayze in a backstage segment.

Probability: 25%