5 Ways WWE Have Damaged Bray Wyatt
1. No One He Has Feuded With Has Changed
Almost all of Bray Wyatt's feuds have centred around his opponent, around an aspect of their personality and history that Wyatt has disdain for and aspires to change. He quite obviously holds impressive mental powers, keeping Luke Harper, Erick Rowan and Braun Strowman under his spell. Why then, hasn't anyone changed after feuding with Wyatt?
Since making his debut in 2013, Wyatt has had seven high profile feuds in WWE (I'm not including Ryback and Kofi Kingston in that bracket). Being a heel you'd expect him to lose more feuds than he wins, but even so you can argue that he has come out on top on three occasions by winning the blowoff match (Daniel Bryan, Chris Jericho, Dean Ambrose).
What happened with those three men after feuding with the dastardly Wyatt? Well, Bryan continued his run to the pinnacle of professional wrestling, Jericho moved into a feud with Randy Orton and Ambrose continued to be Dean Ambrose. No changes, no alterations, nothing.
In fact, the only individual you could argue has changed since feuding with Bray Wyatt is interestingly enough Undertaker. They only had one match together, at WrestleMania XXXI (with Taker coming out on top). Taker wasn't seen again until the end of the Battleground event, where he seemingly turned heel by booting Brock Lesnar in the nuts before shadily avoiding defeat at SummerSlam. Taker will also wrestle again at the forthcoming Hell in a Cell event.
Could it be that Wyatt's only long lasting change on an opponent was for the Undertaker to truly embrace his dark side? Well, no, obviously not. It is disappointing nonetheless that for a man who is defined by his desire to change his opponents, he has been something of a failure in that respect to date.
How would you salvage the Bray Wyatt character? What else have WWE done to damage what was once a true highlight? Comments below, obviously!