10 Radical WWE Ideas To Save The Wyatt Family
The New Face Of Fear is in danger of becoming a parody of himself.
Eighteen months ago I wrote about the ways in which WWE was already managing to ruin the Bray Wyatt character. In the intervening period, things have significantly improved for the real life Windham Rotunda and his giant cronies no, only joking. Theyve actually gotten worse. Lets compare Wyatts treatment by WWEs creative wing with that afforded to the only other character in WWE history with a similar pedigree and aura to him: The Undertaker. The level of protection that Mark Calaway received as a callow twenty-five-year-old with the WWE is pretty much unprecedented in wrestling. Hed barely lose at all for years, whether engaged in minor feuds in the midcard or competing for the WWF Championship. Vince McMahons edict for his debut was that the big man should never leave his feet unless he did it himself, and that order would remain in place for a very long time. Contrast that to Bray Wyatt, who's lost more feuds than he's won - but thats supposed to be okay, because his whole character is based around having a far more meaningful effect than simply winning and losing matches. The problem is that he never has that meaningful effect on anyone. Theres no one on the roster whos become a changed man since feuding with Wyatt. This is a cult leader whos failed to recruit anyone from WWE into his Family. When the Undertaker was a cult leader, he brainwashed other WWF Superstars into being his evil occult slaves. Conversely, in 2013/2014 Bray Wyatt was made a fool of by Daniel Bryan. In 2016, Bray Wyatt is generally viewed as all mouth and no trousers: a tubby bearded loon who can't deliver on his scary look and fearsome promises of apocalypse. But theres still time to change that. Heres how.