WWE Raw Superstar Shake-Up: 10 Things You Might Have Missed (April 16)

6. Jackoff Lantern

Bray Wyatt Matt Hardy
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Good for Matt Hardy for potentially salvaging the unsalvageable in Bray Wyatt. The veteran has extended his madcap universe to elevate a character more dilapidated than the boat in his compound, opening himself up to the bruising countless other performers have suffered working with and against 'The Eater Of Worlds' over the past few years.

Matt has unlocked the last bout of enthusiasm for Bray, and is to be credited accordingly. But does the 'New Face Of Fear' come in-built with just too much bad karma at this point?

The pair performed an overtly choreographed entrance en route to easily defeating The Revival this week, with changes in light and sound allegedly reflecting their cohesiveness ahead of a shot at the Raw Tag Team titles. What they didn't need was for Wyatt to almost drop his prop lantern in a pre-match vignette.

Hardy, to his eternal credit, huffed and puffed as Bray blew his house down before the screen eventually smashed to black with the 'Woken' graphic. Perhaps Wyatt is a dumpster fire too big even for Matt to extinguish.

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