10 Wrestlers Who Really Can't Catch A Break
8. Bray Wyatt
Forever derailed by timing and perception, Bray Wyatt is cursed. The occasional Fiend may well be one of the main stars in WWE today, a recent two-time Universal Champion and a major attraction, but Wyatt's momentum always seems to get derailed by attention afforded to others and creative stubbornness.
Or Seth Rollins crying.
Wyatt's return was one of the highlights of 2019, the Firefly Funhouse segments providing something different for fans to sink their teeth into. The matches remained on the plodding side, but not everyone needs to be Kota Ibushi. The problem with Wyatt was the lack of selling that The Fiend character was able to do, seeming impenetrability that was punctured forever by a 53-year-old man in the desert.
Roman Reigns vs. Goldberg does sound like a dream match in some form, but it is another example of WWE's creative crutches doing damage to their limbs. Reigns vs. Wyatt should have been the 'Mania plan, but shiny toys and pandemics eventually gave us Goldberg vs. Braun Strowman.
Wyatt was reset with the Strowman feud, but a beef that requires Strowman to put in lengthy stints of acting is a beef that may not go down so well. Bray Wyatt is a wrestler in a strange sort of purgatory, a performer given a longer creative rope than most but one that comes with peril, as the abilities and vision of those around him fall short.