What next for Bray Wyatt?

[L@RISANO]

Smackdown LIVE's refreshing programming has done wonders for many Superstars on said brand.


One such Superstar has been a Bray Wyatt with very little credibility which SDLive built back up through a brilliantly told long-term storyline with the Viper, Randy Orton.
Yes, Orton was supposed to be the face and Wyatt the heel in said storyline. However, in the lead-up to Mania where one guy won the Rumble and the other had the World title, the story told kind of scrambled up the heel-face dynamic for many viewers.
Thus, after going over Styles and Cena twice in 2 nights, Bray Wyatt had the chance to finally cement himself as 'the Real Deal' in WWE.


However, come Mania, they had an absolute stinker of a match. But, that could have been placated had the Right Guy won said match to logically move on to the future. Not to be, the Viper won 'out of nowhere' and a storyline so beautifully built up for about half a year has come crashing to the ground and with it, its Central character is back to square one.


So, I ask, What next for Bray Wyatt? How can the WWE build him back up again? Can He be built back up again?

 

[Deoxyribonucleic A.C.I.D.]

However, come Mania, they had an absolute stinker of a match. But, that could have been placated had the Right Guy won said match to logically move on to the future. Not to be, the Viper won 'out of nowhere' and a storyline so beautifully built up for about half a year has come crashing to the ground and with it, its Central character is back to square one.

The result was fine. Bray is the heel. The heel loses when the right faces comes against him. Just ask Ric Flair, Triple H or JBL. The match would have still sucked, even if Bray had won. They tried to do something different, but it came out bad. They needed more time. Seth/HHH should have had the time Bray/Orton had and vise versa.

Of course after so much hype, it's not the result that hurt Bray but the match. His biggest match will go down as trash and that will haunt him for the next short period of time.

What's next for him? He will probably continue his feud with Orton and then he'll lose again. After that, who knows? Punk lost 3 times in a row against Orton back in 2011 before becoming the hottest thing in pro-wrestling.

I'd like to see Bray vs Nakamura, Lesnar, Triple H and AJ Styles. But I guess he needs to face a lesse talent, to get his form back, before going up against the big dogs again.
Him and Harper could have a great feud.

 

[Psykohurricane55]

Like the last guy wrote, he's a heel and he had to lose to make the story work so that lose doesn't hurt him, the fact tha the mach wasn't good will especially since he kinda has already this reputation backstage of a guy that mostly just and entrance and nothing more sice his in ring isn't great and fans seem to disconnect as soon as he start wrestling.

So what's next for bray, I guess he finish his feud with orton and then start the pattern all over again with somebody else and he's stay in this role until they decided they don't need him anymore.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

It's hard to say really. Orton has accepted Bray's challenge for this "House of Horrors" match, whatever that turns out to be, and it's likely that Orton will retain the title and ultimately move on. After that, I think WWE will ultimately just sorta hit the reset button with Wyatt, maybe slowly build him back up over the following months so that he's in a stronger position if/when the WWE Draft starts up again and he winds up on Raw.

 

[SSJPhenom]

I'll tell you what's next for Bray Wyatt. Same old same old.

He's going to continue to be at the very top of the upper midcard and have occasional journeys into the main event and it's bullshit. Wyatt is one of the most entertaining and refreshing new characters that the WWE has come up with in a long time and yet, he never seems to go anywhere or get any traction. I mean, the man finally becomes the WWE Champion and a month later, he drops the title in a lackluster match that was barely fitting for an episode of Smackdown, much less Wrestlemania. You know, what's so frustrating about the whole thing too, is that the fans are 100% behind Bray Wyatt. During his entrances, the arenas light up with the 'fireflies' and when he does a promo, he usually doesn't get the 'what' treatment or other disrespectful things from the fans. (Of course it helps that he's one of the best in the business on the stick too) So it really makes one wonder why the WWE isn't more behind him. Then it goes from wondering to being frustrated that WWE officials can't see the forest for the trees.

Anyways, if you want to know what's next for Bray, just take a look at what he's been doing since 'Mania 30. That's what's next for Bray.

 

[Navi]

You have to feel sorry for Bray Wyatt in a way. The guy has skirted the main event scene for a long time now only to be the perennial bridesmaid. I have no idea why they even gave if the title if they planned on Orton taking it from him a month later. Their match even combined with the effects was easily one of the worst of the night.

The only thing I can think of is that they don't now quite how to handle the Wyatt character. He takes two steps forward, one step back. Now Rowan is back in the mix, but that's not going to help him because no one really cares about Rowan. They should really have had him beat the Undertaker at Mania so the dark side of the WWE could have carried on.

After so many losses to so many high profile wrestler's and the gimmick doesn't really warrant a face wrestler, I don't know what they will do with him now. This House of Horror's match sounds interesting, but if it turns out like Mania just to be a bunch of pictures of bugs, or worse yet real bugs, I'll be tuning out.

 

[George Steele's Barber]

Orton gets moved to Raw but has to face Wyatt first. Wyatt destroys Orton with help from old friend Stroman (who is technically still on Raw) at Backlash taking the title and putting him out of action. Orton gets some requested time off. Wyatt feuds with Harper a bit and then eventually loses the title to AJ at SummerSlam. Orton returns to feud with Strowman on Raw and it is like he totally forgot Wyatt was equally responsible for putting him out of action.

Wyatt then continues to feud with AJ. After losing to him in September and October, Wyatt shockingly gets another opportunity at Survivor Series where he wins the title back and it is revealed that Daniel Bryan aligned with Wyatt in order to keep the title from leaving with Orton. AJ is furious and becomes DB's main target. DB keeps him out of the title chase and Wyatt feuds with Ambrose in December. Wyatt loses the title to Nakamura at the Royal Rumble and loses again to him at whatever that February PPV is called. AJ either wins the Rumble and chooses to face Nakamura at Mania or he faces evilish DB at Mania. Wyatt is pushed down the card to face someone like Cesaro or Sami Zayn for the IC title at Mania.

Duh.

 

[JoeMallard]

Impact could use a new crazy character.

 

[Navi]

Impact could use a new crazy character.

The answer to every problem isn't send them to TNA or NJPW. This is meant to be an insightful discussion on how to book Bray Wyatt, not just "send him here or there' that doesn't solve the problem, it's the lazy way out. You don't work for WWE creative do you?

 

[TDFG]

I don't think it's helping Bray that there seems to be a whole stop/start, leave/return to the Family stuff with Harper & Rowan.

At one stage it looked it Erick Rowan was going to be repackaged when he buried his sheep mask before his surgery.

Harper is at that stage were I think he's beyond the Wyatt Family thing and could cope on his own but at the same time I wouldn't be surprised if he returned to the fold.

Bray Wyatt should continue as is, his reign as champ was short and a forgettable but 'The Superstar shakeup' is happening and I hope he stays on Smackdown to feud with hopefully Styles, Nakamura etc.

 

[The Life Of Pablo Ren]

They were in a tough spot at Mania. Logically, with the way the story was playing out Orton should have won. His end goal was to take everything away from Bray and as a face, even though it's not a very face-y thing to do, him not accomplishing that would have felt weird. Not to mention that had Orton not won, that would've made 4 straight years that the Rumble winner didn't win at WrestleMania (I'm counting last year even though that's a different situation) and that's not a good look for the Rumble.

But despite all of that, Orton didn't need the win, I think that's obvious to everyone. Bray needed something to truly legitimize himself and he didn't get that. The fact that the match wasn't good didn't help matters and the way he's been portrayed on TV the last couple of weeks is only making things worse.

Bray should win back the title. Smackdown is very face heavy, especially at the top and I don't see that changing much after next week. After Bray there really isn't a long list of challengers for Orton at all. With Wyatt as champion you're open to many more options.

A lot of people still think this is a thank you from WWE to Orton for Summerslam and I don't know if I believe that but I do believe Orton isn't gonna have a long run at the top. I'm expecting and hoping Bray wins the title back at Backlash (assuming that's when they have the match) and runs with the title until at least the end of the Summer.

 

[rko57]

Am I the only one who doesn't get the Bray Wyatt hype? A vast majority of his matches are very forgettable. Yes, his entrance is cool because everybody turns their flashlights on their phones on. That's it. Think of all of his programs since he came about in 2013: Kane, Daniel Bryan, John Cena, Chris Jericho, Dean Ambrose, The Undertaker, Roman Reigns, and now Randy Orton. I'm sure I'm forgetting some people, but I'm willing to bet most of you forgot about his matches with theses guys.

Literally the only matches that stand out to me is the Daniel Bryan Royal Rumble match, but Daniel Bryan was the hottest thing in the WWE at that time. The Undertaker WM31 match stands out only because it was The Undertaker's return after WM30. His Hell in a Cell match with Roman Reigns was good. THAT'S IT. All of his other matches with Reigns were very disappointing. His programs with Cena, Jericho, Ambrose, Kane, etc. all led to pretty crappy matches.

Then lets not forget that Orton/Wyatt had faced each other in the main event of No Mercy this past year, and that match was average at best. But that is my point, most people DID FORGET they had main evented No Mercy.

I knew that the Orton/Wyatt match at WM33 would be a let down, and was very mad they made it for the WWE Championship. The build could of simply been Orton joined the Wyatt family to break them up from within, and now he is here to take out Wyatt for injuring him in 2015. Done. That didn't need the WWE Championship.

I hope that he goes to the mid-card. Let him face Luke Harper (who is much better in the ring) and maybe Erick Rowan. Then move onto other guys and have others fighting for the WWE Championship in the main event scene.

 

[MWRedskins]

well, what is likely next for Bray Wyatt isnt one that most fans will likely enjoy.

it'll be a match with alot of stupid Undertaker-like rip offs (stupid dark magic that WWE thinks is cool) and Orton having to act like he's seeing this. Then they'll have their match, more hocus pocus garbage during the match which Orton will win.

What SHOULD happen is WWE gives up on Bray being "magic" and treat him like the character he should be. an evil cult leader where he's the dad/leader....have him battle Orton in a cage with a roof with all kinds of weapons inside that cage (hence the name house of horrors). have Wyatt dominate and then Orton hits his RKO out of nowhere....he's about to make the cover, only for (under the ring) Bo Dallas to sneak up and attack Orton and join with Wyatt. Wyatt then has Rowan and Dallas in his family and wins the title...then have Wyatt finally end his feud with Orton in the re-match then begin a program with a top face on Smackdown (either AJ Styles, if he's there, Seth Rollins, if he's there, or Nakamura).

on the other side of that, Wyatt has a new guy to lead and gives Rowan the tag team partner that WWE needs or Rowan. they can then go after the tag team titles.

 

[Radical]

What is next for Bray Wyatt is a very good question to ask.

It's the question that anybody who sees the potential and talent in Bray Wyatt (one of the best on the mic regardless of if you agree with his viewpoints) asks after every major event where he was built up to appear to be a credible and monstrous threat, only to be defeated again... and again.

It's strange because BOTH Wyatt and Orton's characters don't lend themselves to naturally be babyfaces, but Wyatt almost becomes the babyface it seems because fans WANT him to succeed and/or feel sorry for him so they cheer him.

But, it is really hard to keep caring about a character that keeps letting you down time after time.

I do believe Vince still doesn't really know how to handle the Wyatt character. The man himself (Wyatt) said so in an interview. I think it's true. I don't think Vince knows exactly where to go with Wyatt, whether he should be more 'magical' or more vicious and ruthless, or something else.

As almost soothing as Wyatts words and actions can be, I believe, he is better suited as a top heel but in order to be a top heel he needs decisive wins over top faces at big events. That hasn't happened for Wyatt .... EVER. Perhaps throwing him a bone, I guess he won against Dean Ambrose as Ambrose was getting more popular but it wasn't at a main PPV, as I recall, and it didn't continue building up Wyatt, it just was a small victory.

House of Horrors match sounds interesting and hopefully it will be the start of a big dominant heel arc for Wyatt as Champion that the likes of Styles, Nakamura, and possibly someone on Raw going to SmackDown soon can be involved in the pursuit of the Title.

After Wyatt's WrestleMania loss, my thought was "I'd like to be more invested in feuds involving Bray Wyatt but history has dictated many, many times that no matter what Wyatt says or does is ultimately an empty threat because he doesn't follow through with success, so...... call me AFTER his big PPV match is done, and IF he has won then I can start getting interested in his feuds and rivalries again because they have potential... but if he loses AGAIN, I can't waste my time getting involved in the build up of a feud that ultimately goes nowhere."

 

[Psykohurricane55]

I kinda have an idea about what to do with bray wyatt now. The one thing that i realise is that Bray is a great talker, as a great presence and entrance but is a really boring wrestlers. When you got feud with prett much all the top guys in the company that can actually have great matches and none of them are able to have a really good match with you, you know that your in trouble. This as been the problem with bray for a long time. He'S able to create a connection with the crowd when he talks and when he comes to the ring, but as soon as the bell ring, he completely loses that connection with the crowd.

So i'm thinking, why not have him be more of a mouthpiece for the wyatt family, have him recruited more member for his stable and let them fight his battle. You could have him wrestles once in a while on a special occasion near the end of a feud but not on a regular bases.

That type of booking was using in the mid nineties with the dungeon of doom where hogan had to go true the entire dungeon to get to the leader kevin sullivan and sullivan barely wrestles throughout the program.

I think something like that would be benificial for wyatt in the long run because from what i've seen, his weak point is the in ring part. That's we're the disconnected happens so if he wrestles less, maybe the gimmick would become stronger.

 

[d_henderson1810]

I'll tell you what's next for Bray Wyatt. Same old same old.

He's going to continue to be at the very top of the upper midcard and have occasional journeys into the main event and it's bullshit. Wyatt is one of the most entertaining and refreshing new characters that the WWE has come up with in a long time and yet, he never seems to go anywhere or get any traction. I mean, the man finally becomes the WWE Champion and a month later, he drops the title in a lackluster match that was barely fitting for an episode of Smackdown, much less Wrestlemania. You know, what's so frustrating about the whole thing too, is that the fans are 100% behind Bray Wyatt. During his entrances, the arenas light up with the 'fireflies' and when he does a promo, he usually doesn't get the 'what' treatment or other disrespectful things from the fans. (Of course it helps that he's one of the best in the business on the stick too) So it really makes one wonder why the WWE isn't more behind him. Then it goes from wondering to being frustrated that WWE officials can't see the forest for the trees.

Anyways, if you want to know what's next for Bray, just take a look at what he's been doing since 'Mania 30. That's what's next for Bray.

I was hoping that the WWE build Bray up, and had him beat Orton at WM. He keeps the belt and gets pushed to the moon.

I think Bray should fill the Undertaker's spot. Do similar matches and storylines, but with his own unique character. So he should become the new specialist of "Buried Alive" Matches, Last Ride Matches and Casket Matches. He should fill Taker's spot, but without "copying" the Undertaker.

Personally, I think Taker should have lost the Streak to Bray at WM31, who would have benefitted from it, and it would have been a "passing of the torch" moment.

Even a storyline where he takes over WWE, and rules with fear, until someone stands up to him, would make Bray look important.

But, yes, it has been very stop-start with Bray.

 

[Glacier]

Bo Dallas to join Wyatt family.

 

[ShinChan]

Personally, I would like a face turn. He has been a heel since 4-5 years except a two week face stint last year after Wrestlemania which was nixed after he got injured.

But it's not what we'll get. He will lose the title rematch to Randy Orton. And then if Finn Balor is healthy enough, Bray will feud with him and again lose. I'm losing my hope of seeing him become a main eventer.