8. He's Too Unique, And Has Not (Yet) Wrestled Anyone More Unique Than He Is
Bryat Wyatt (and The Wyatt Family) are strange outliers on the WWE roster in every way. They don't wear traditional gear, their entrance literally disrupts the show, Wyatt sits in a rocking chair, and he literally uses completely different maneuvers in the ring than most everyone else. A similar example to Wyatt is when Mick Foley debuted as Mankind in WWE. He looked different and fought using a different style than everyone else. To WWE's credit, his first significant feud when in the company was with The Undertaker, who, as the walking un-dead, is the very definition of strange. Wyatt (and his family)'s first feud was with Kane, who on a physical level looks unique. However, as a character, he's been on-screen for 17 years and his uniqueness has largely been rendered irrelevant. WWE's abundance of weekly television in this era has over-exposed Kane, and anything that made him special largely is no longer apparent. Thus, Wyatt - who is unlike any WWE star that has debuted in almost 20 years - is so unique to the roster, that instead of being perceived as bad, is so fresh that it can easily be instead perceived as a positive benefit.
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.
