10 Reasons WWE Needs To Shoot A Quick Face Turn On Bray Wyatt
8. His Character Motivations Work Well As A Face
For his entire tenure, the Bray Wyatt character has walked a fine line between backwoods cult leader and brilliant philosopher who gives voice to the voiceless. When he strays to the latter, he becomes entirely relatable and is far less effective as a heel because the audience identifies with what hes saying. He only truly works as a bad guy when hes being despicable, which is very rare for Bray. The worst thing that can happen to a heel is to be booked as a face, and thats exactly what WWE has done with Wyatt. Theyve given him babyface tools, such as a fantastic entrance and theme song, the hometown pop intro, and a coolness usually reserved for those were supposed to cheer. Someone who speaks of the things that Wyatt does is a person that the average joe in the audience can get behind. His in-ring style shows great fire, he looks like us as opposed to some chiseled super athlete, and his promos speak to the mindset of the disenfranchised. Thats the recipe for a babyface if ever there was one. And that leads to our next reason
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