8 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (July 15)

2. Bray’s Fiendish Return

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After the Firefly Funhouse sketches ended a few weeks ago, we had to wait patiently and keep a close eye out for various puppet cameos.

But Monday, Bray Wyatt returned in person, appearing out of the darkness to drop Finn Balor with a Sister Abigail – while wearing his Fiend mask. Throw in the lighting and this was a creepy re-debut for Wyatt – which is exactly what WWE had to want.

It will be interesting to see how Bray’s character translates over time, whether he transitions between his Mr. Rogers-esque persona and Fiend, or just remains as the dark character.

Still, this was as good of a return as we could get.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.