Backstage WWE Reaction To Uncle Howdy's Wyatt Sick6

The Wyatt Sick6 caused carnage as WWE Raw went off the air this week.

by Andrew Pollard
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With Uncle Howdy having finally brought his new faction to WWE TV on this week's Raw, there's now somewhat of an update on the backstage reaction and plans for the group.

Referred to seemingly as both the Wyatt Sick6 and Wyatt Sicks in early merchandise for the group, this stable consists of Bo Dallas as Howdy, Nikki Cross as Abby the Witch, Erick Rowan as Ramblin' Rabbit, Dexter Lumis as Mercy the Buzzard, and Joe Gacy as Huskus the Pig Boy.

As per Fightful Select, WWE sources were "over the moon" with the reaction from the Corpus Christi Raw crowd to Uncle Howdy and his crew, particularly as Corpus Christi has often been a fairly quiet, tepid crowd at times over the decades. The company was also pleased with the general buzz that this show-closing segment received, with the YouTube clip of the Wyatt Sick6's appearance already generating over two million views in just one day.

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Where the faction goes from here isn't known, but Fightful notes that there is an expectation within WWE that the "ramifications" of the Wyatt Sick6's arrival will be felt "across various programs", impacting stories that are playing out across the show. It was also no accident that certain talents left Raw early, as that was done by design in order to keep them away from the carnage left by the Wyatt Sick6 at the close of Raw.

In terms of the internal rundown for Raw, the Wyatt Sick6 wasn't mentioned at all. Despite that, the roster was obviously aware that the group would be debuting that night, with the various QR code teases for the faction pointing at a 17 June arrival.

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As of now, the plan is for no supernatural elements to be involved with the Wyatt Sick6, with one person in WWE noting to Fightful how "you can't beat ghosts with wrestling moves".

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