Every WWE Release Of 2021 - Where Are They Now? (Five Years Later)
73. Bo Dallas
Then: He'd been the ultimate 'Bo-Liever', a member of The Social Outcasts, part of The Miztourage and a key facet of The B-Team alongside partner Curtis Axel before being cut in April 2021. Bo Dallas showed flashes here and there, but he was more of a functional addition to the WWE roster than an outright star the promotion wanted to push.
He understood his role better than anyone, and Dallas always did his able best to make things click. At one point, his B-Team with Axel did rank as one of the most unlikely smash hits on Raw. That was never going to last too long though, especially once the company got bored of the underdog idea.
Now: Bo returned to the mix as heel fodder for his brother Bray Wyatt in late-2022.
He was the one playing that mysterious Uncle Howdy gimmick, and this was presumably supposed to lead to Bray exorcising the demons of his 'Fiend' alter ego. Then, tragedy struck. Bray vanished from screens due to illness, which put the Howdy character on ice too. Then, word spread that Wyatt had passed away over the summer of 2023.
Since then, Unc has been repurposed as a babyface tribute to his sibling. Howdy leads The Wyatt Sicks, and the group have been featured heavily as part of the tag division on SmackDown. Critics (ahem) have not always been kind to The Sicks or their impact on the blue brand's doubles scene though.
It remains to be seen just how long Bo can continue mining the Howdy guise.