One of the most iconic wrestling characters of all time is literally sitting under our noses and with each recent appearance, he depreciates in value as a potential main eventer that WWE can depend on for the future. Let's all sit down and realize that Bray Wyatt is better developed as a performer as character than few other performers presently in WWE. Putting Bray Wyatt in the ring with anything less than the absolute best exposes not just Wyatt, but also his opponent, as well as WWE in full. At Wrestlemania, the only finish to the match between Bray Wyatt and The Undertaker should've been Bray Wyatt dropping 'Taker with Sister Abigail. Wyatt as the Face of Fear is WWE's immoral compass, a twisted man for twisted times. Instead, Putting Bray Wyatt in the ring with Ryback or Roman Reigns makes sense on paper, but in reality it's like putting an actual Picasso next to a tracing of one. Ryback and Reigns performers who look physically impressive, but insofar as the mental and dramatic performance side of the game, aren't quite there. With each TV appearance, Wyatt exposes the lack of fully-formed development of other performers on the roster, as well as in both selling to lesser opponents and losing becomes less of an appealing combatant for the last remaining member of the club of "great wrestlers who wrestled legends when wrestling was king." Here's seven reasons why he shouldn't be on TV until Wrestlemania.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
