10 Monster Pushes That WWE Totally Wasted
2. Bray Wyatt
Bray Wyatt finally became WWE Champion in February 2017, but had WWE not fed him to John Cena at WrestleMania XXX, it could (and should) have happened a whole lot sooner.
Debuting on Raw in July 2012, The Wyatt Family were refreshingly different. Bray’s cult leader character drew comparisons to Waylon Mercy and Cape Fear, and after spending his early career treading water as Husky Harris, it looked like Wyatt had struck gold. The character had an aura and mystique to him that fans hadn’t experienced since The Undertaker’s prime years. All signs pointed towards Bray and the Family becoming major WWE stars.
Their initial spree of destruction spelled doom for the likes of R-Truth and Drew McIntyre. Kane eventually entered Wyatt’s crosshairs, and after defeating the Big Red Machine at SummerSlam, Bray moved on to Kofi Kingston, who was slain in October.
The Wyatts started attacking WWE Champion John Cena at the start of 2013, and this culminated in a one on one match at Mania. What followed was one of the most heinous Superman performances of Cena’s career, where he single-handedly fought-off Erick Rowan and Luke Harper prior to pinning Wyatt.
Bray bounced from feud to feud in the aftermath, rarely winning on pay-per-view. He gradually dropped down the card. His monster push should have peaked against Cena, but WrestleMania XXX was its burial site.
He is still recovering in 2017.