7 Gimmick Changes WWE Tried In 2017

3. Bludgeon Brothers

Bludgeon Brothers
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It's taken WWE a long time to finally move on from The Wyatt Family; Bray hasn't had a hold over Luke Harper and Erick Rowan since last Summer. You may have also forgotten that Harper and Rowan fought at Backlash. That was supposed to cap off their Wyatt story and signify change. Then, WWE ran out of ideas.

It wasn't until October, 2017 that Harper and Rowan (they've dropped the forenames) teamed up again to become the Bludgeon Brothers. No attempt to explain why they had gone from being at loggerheads to wearing Kane's old outfits and bashing jobbers was made. One learns to deal with these things when following pro wrestling. It's just the way it is.

For what it's worth, the Bludgeon Bros have a chance to succeed. They're a throwback to teams from the 1980s like the Powers Of Pain or Demolition, and there's even a hint of The Natural Disasters about their in-ring work too.

Given some time to bed into the gimmick, they might just work.

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