You Won't Believe Bray Wyatt's New Gimmick

Wyatt Family Values.

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Bray Wyatt made his long awaited return to Monday Night Raw in a segment that, less than 24 hours removed, feels like one of the company's all-time hail marys.

Paying off segments from the two post-WrestleMania Raws featuring a withered buzzard in a box and a subpar horror movie doll, the "Firefly Fun House" dropped a leg on the April 23rd flagship harder than Hulk Hogan himself. The (former?) 'Eater Of Worlds' asked audiences if they'd "missed him".

To the utter astonishment of everybody including your writer, the answer was apparently yes.

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Ostensibly cast as the host of a dayglo childrens show, Bray addressed an unseen audience of hyped-up kids as well as cameras off to the side that never actually shot him. The entire thing carried echoes of the excitement that engulfed the initial Wyatt Family introductions, asking more questions than it answered with stylistic choices completely alien to the rest of the broadcast.

It wasn't the only reminder of his old self. Caustically changing tact as camera cuts appeared to be trying to allowing the old Bray to breathe, Wyatt rued his past life.

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"I will never turn into that pathetic slob loser again", he lamented, before taking to a cutout of his former failed persona with a chainsaw."I'll always light the way, and all you have to do is let me in" was his closing refrain before an intentionally-daft jingle closed out the vignette.

On a Raw bookended by Baron Corbin matches, this was utterly mesmerising. More on the story if WWE allow it to develop...

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 7 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 30 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz", Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 50,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett