10 WWE Superstars That Should Consider Retirement In 2018

3. Bray Wyatt

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Bray Wyatt first caught the eye of NXT (and later WWE fans) for being the type of enigmatic figure not borne from the desperately unsuccessful wrestler factory of the mid-2000s. The 'Eater Of Worlds' may have literally resided next to a bayou in Mississippi, but he really came from somewhere not of this earth. If only he'd go there now and never come back.

This is not to suggest that Windham Rotunda should be forced into halving his career earnings at such a young age (especially when an impending divorce will likely do that for him), but the once-promising Undertaker replacement looks in need of an early grave.

In a year where wrestling as an industry soared to unthinkable heights, Wyatt somehow found new lows to sink to and uglier barrels to scrape. Worse still - he almost always lost the war as well as his day-to-day battles. His powers were rendered as useless as his matches.

Bray now looks set to the start the year as Woken Matt Hardy's first victim, but his orbit of sh*te even reduces the aura of Matt's celebrated alter-ego. Another 'final deletion' may at least save all of us from anymore putridity.

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