10 Wrestlers Most Likely To Be Steve Austin's WWE WrestleMania 39 Opponent
2. Bray Wyatt
Bray Wyatt's latest gimmick is of a real man locked in a battle with his own demons, the manifestation of which is Uncle Howdy: a grey-faced "unsavoury character" complete with '90s sound effects in his promos.
After initially promising to be a better human being, it appears now that Wyatt is succumbing to the temptation of evil or something. He's beginning to feel the anger boiling and doesn't know whether he wants to suppress it. The heel who wants to be a babyface deal is the real mask or something. You've been reliably informed that it's all very profound.
Stripped of its hammy subject matter, it's basic heel stuff. He feels he's in the right, but isn't, and casts others as the real villain. Were he programmed against Steve Austin, he could claim, to build their match, that Austin represents evil because he's swayed by money and his own sense of hubris. To right the wrong, Wyatt must destroy Austin or something.
Sounds good, until you realise that Bray Wyatt tends to spout a complete load of b*llocks most of the time, which would naturally cause Austin to say the word "What?" incessantly and with some justification.
"Why I'm just the ghost of the man who sold the world of course."
"What?"
"And if you're worried about the aftermath, just...don't take the mask off."
"What?"
"I'm just a servant now. I go where the circle takes me."
"What?"
And, since the "What?" bit is the worst part of Austin’s act, hopefully he works the next man on this list instead...
(Less facetiously: while this is obviously written from the perspective of somebody who simply isn't into Wyatt's act, can you really imagine the Austins, Lesnars and Romans of the world willing to put him over? Reigns (or influential people looking after him) was rumoured to have nixed a longer-term programme with the Fiend in 2020. It isn't just snarky internet writers who don't take the act seriously, you know.)
Probability: 15%