10 Times WWE Booked Themselves Into A Corner
6. The Fiend, General
Daniel Bryan wrestled WWE out of said corner, because he is a genius, but this thing will retreat back into one and take a sh*t.
Bray Wyatt differs to spiritual antecedent the Undertaker, who also withstood and or no-sold punishment in his early guise as a stalking, impervious presence. 'Taker had the ability to adapt his gimmick into the context of traditional pro wrestling matches, and was an elite-level worker when he turned it on. We've seen very little of that from Wyatt in non-gimmicked attractions, and the standard elsewhere is incredible.
The Fiend's character is that of a relentless machine impervious to pain, or selectively impervious, given that he has to exchange momentum in the course of a match to make it halfway adjacent to pro wrestling. There's no consistent psychological basis to this, no perceptible weakness, no sense that a certain strategy might work if applied with enough perseverance, and consequently, fans get lost during his matches which more often than not generate the mildest of heat.
The Fiend is over, now, a bit, but he's either this dominant forever - a diminished return - or the supernatural monster becomes just another guy on the roster.
People will probably pay top dollar for his customised kickpads, so there's that.