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The biggest story going into last night's edition of Monday Night Raw was the highly anticipated debut of the mysterious Wyatt Family: Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan. Perhaps the biggest story coming out of last night's show was how some members of the live audience responded to that debut: by chanting "Husky Harris" (Bray Wyatt's former moniker) at Wyatt after his cohorts assaulted Kane. A lot has been made of those chants, too much in my opinion. Regardless of how I or anyone else feels about it though, the fact remains that this is a hot button issue. I suggest that rather than argue and pit fan against fan, we get creative.
First off, let me say that I believe that this gimmick is good enough to overcome such nonsense, and that the chants will fade rather than grow. Having said that, however, I put forth the hypothetical situation that these chants of "Husky Harris" persist. How would you go about having Bray Wyatt address the "Husky Harris" chants?
I'm not much for fantasy booking, but here's my proposal:
Bray Wyatt would cut an in-ring promo, alone, in which he discusses his genesis. He would, in his unique way, explain to the WWE Universe how he used to be a sheep, but had an awakening and became a shepherd. He could further the religious allusion by talking about dreams, visions, and visitations. This is something he has already done in vignettes, so it would only serve to further his character to talk about prophetic visions and divine intervention.
From there he would talk about how the man he used to be had a family, and how they were sheep. On that cue, Rowan and Harper would emerge from backstage. They would come down the ramp, each holding a leash and leading a man in a black hood, his hands bound. Harper and Rowan would lead the men into the ring and have them kneel before Wyatt. Bray would reach the denouement of his speech (perhaps something along the lines of "lambs to the slaughter"), and then remove the hoods to reveal that the men are none other than Mike "I.R.S" Rotunda and Taylor "Bo Dallas" Rotunda, Wyatt's real life father and brother. Wyatt would then go on to berate them, belittle them, tell them how they're nothing and nothing to him. Then, after verbally assaulting them, he and his new family would beat the hell out of them in a way that pushes the boundaries of WWE's TVPG rating. Bray would kneel over them, and the screen would do that garbled fade-to-commercial that accompanied last night's debut.
As I said, fantasy booking isn't my specialty, but I think that that would be a way for WWE to say, "yes, this character has a past, but no, he doesn't care about it and neither should you." Of course, beating up Bo Dallas might garner him some cheers, but then again it could be a roundabout way to re-debut Dallas to the main roster. Anyway, there's my piece, what do you propose?
First off, let me say that I believe that this gimmick is good enough to overcome such nonsense, and that the chants will fade rather than grow. Having said that, however, I put forth the hypothetical situation that these chants of "Husky Harris" persist. How would you go about having Bray Wyatt address the "Husky Harris" chants?
I'm not much for fantasy booking, but here's my proposal:
Bray Wyatt would cut an in-ring promo, alone, in which he discusses his genesis. He would, in his unique way, explain to the WWE Universe how he used to be a sheep, but had an awakening and became a shepherd. He could further the religious allusion by talking about dreams, visions, and visitations. This is something he has already done in vignettes, so it would only serve to further his character to talk about prophetic visions and divine intervention.
From there he would talk about how the man he used to be had a family, and how they were sheep. On that cue, Rowan and Harper would emerge from backstage. They would come down the ramp, each holding a leash and leading a man in a black hood, his hands bound. Harper and Rowan would lead the men into the ring and have them kneel before Wyatt. Bray would reach the denouement of his speech (perhaps something along the lines of "lambs to the slaughter"), and then remove the hoods to reveal that the men are none other than Mike "I.R.S" Rotunda and Taylor "Bo Dallas" Rotunda, Wyatt's real life father and brother. Wyatt would then go on to berate them, belittle them, tell them how they're nothing and nothing to him. Then, after verbally assaulting them, he and his new family would beat the hell out of them in a way that pushes the boundaries of WWE's TVPG rating. Bray would kneel over them, and the screen would do that garbled fade-to-commercial that accompanied last night's debut.
As I said, fantasy booking isn't my specialty, but I think that that would be a way for WWE to say, "yes, this character has a past, but no, he doesn't care about it and neither should you." Of course, beating up Bo Dallas might garner him some cheers, but then again it could be a roundabout way to re-debut Dallas to the main roster. Anyway, there's my piece, what do you propose?
