10 Ways Wrestling Is Ruining WWE
5. Been There, Done That
Hey Bray, there you are. Again. Chatting sh*t and getting hit, that's your role. And you do it...well?
As it happens, the 'Eater Of Worlds' is pretty useless at most things, but then that didn't stop half of the roster in the 1980s and 1990s from having their various failings protected by careful television presentation and gradual nurturing in the eyes of the audience.
Bray Wyatt debuted in July 2013, and by the time he'd concluded his abysmal SummerSlam debut against Kane, the dew was already off the lily. Sporting his own merchandise and the ludicrous 'ring of fire' stipulation didn't help, but the character was already overwrought before the ink from the writer's pen had dried. Yes, the crowd can enjoy lighting up a darkened arena with their phone torches, but it's back to saving batteries the second the bell rings.
Imagine, if you're absolutely forced to, how well The Undertaker would have done if he was working competitive matches at his snail's pace every single week on television instead of destroying nobodies and breaking occasionally to dominate Jimmy Snuka, The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan.
He had mystique, a trait Bray desperately needs and unavoidably lacks. He's not alone. It felt like an ice age waiting for Finn Bálor to unleash 'The Demon' after his post-WrestleMania return, but only because the man underneath the pain has been made so chronically boring through overt familiarity. Maybe if he had, he'd have reclaimed the Universal Title by now?
Either start using these middling superpowers properly, or don't bother at all.