1. The Cult Of Popularity
They're here. The promos and the matches had by Bray Wyatt and The Family have been met with great applause. The WWE Universe are ready to get lost in Bray Wyatt's twisted dreamworld, just as they were, and are willing to support The Undertaker as he buries (sometimes literally) opponents and tracks them to an early grave. Interestingly enough, Sigmund Freud (along with a few others) has explored the concept of fear and the strange thrill that can be taken from difficult experiences, or stuff that we don't understand fully that the human race has always had. It is this idea that has made The Undertaker character (created in beginning to scare fans) so popular. Over time we as wrestling fans have inherited a seemingly natural obsession with exploring "darker" characters that make us very uncomfortable - see Goldust, Jake The Snake, Raven and the aforementioned Waylon Mercy for good examples of when this has happened across WWE/WCW and ECW in the past. To put it simply, Bray Wyatt is standing up from his rocking chair in 2014, and while he's not quite as tall as The Undertaker, in terms of in-ring success, he's not doing too bad right now, and he's only going to get better. Do you see any similarities between Bray and The Undertaker, or not? Do you agree, or disagree with the points above? Leave some comments below!
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