Wyatt's "Fireflies"

[TheICChampion]

You guys see the arenas Wyatt goes to, right? There are so many phones lit up when he comes out it's insane. But yet I'm hearing how people are sick of him, bored of his shtick or have given up on him etc. so what's the deal with all the "fireflies" as the commentators call them? Is it just strictly a fan participation thing now? Something people do just to feel like part of the show? Or are they actually his supporters?

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Yes. And he get's a reaction so maybe he's popular.

 

[TheICChampion]

Hey I like Wyatt I'm just wondering why I keep hearing a lot of you guys say he's boring, that his promos suck, that he's not relevant anymore, etc.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Because all of those are true. Hey, The Undertaker is no longer relevant. Won't stop people spilling their popcorn over him appearing.

That's wrestling fans for ya!

 

[BaconBits]

I don't like the "fireflies" because such theatrics aren't befitting somebody who's supposed to be a heel.

 

[George Steele's Barber]

Lighting up your cell phone is a sign of boredom over a sign of support. So is signing a song.

But it is something.

 

[Pay Per Ghost]

Becoming a part of the show is a big aspect to any fan. It's a fun thing to do plus, it gives a possible direction for a Wyatt face turn (ye I know)

 

[Papa Pillman]

I don't like the "fireflies" because such theatrics aren't befitting somebody who's supposed to be a heel.

It fits the idea of what his character is supposed to be.

Heel or Face is very relative in Bray's case. The only overtly heel thing about him is the fact that his character is booked to work against faces. Beyond that his shtick has always been dripping with babyface mien.

 

[OYDK]

It seems most members of this site don't care for Wyatt, but, and this has been reiterated a thousand times over on this forum, the IWC are the minority. The casuals lap up everything Bray says and does because they've never seen or heard anything like him before. He's to this generation what Kane and Taker or Vader and Bundy were to the older generation. He's the "scary, creepy one" if you will.

What I never understood with wrestling fans, is why somebody they don't particularly care for can't be over with the rest of the crowd. I can respect if somebody doesn't like Bray Wyatt but it seems every detractor has to preach to me that he's a "fat, boring, redundant fatty, who can't win matches"...

 

[BaconBits]

It fits the idea of what his character is supposed to be.

Heel or Face is very relative in Bray's case. The only overtly heel thing about him is the fact that his character is booked to work against faces. Beyond that his shtick has always been dripping with babyface mien.

Blurring the lines of face/heel other than part timers (who are going to get face reactions no matter how dastardly they try to be) is one of the huge problems facing professional wrestling today. Professional wrestling's appeal has always been the battle of good vs. evil. If you don't know who's supposed to be good and who's supposed to be bad then the matches and stories become absolutely pointless.

 

[Papa Pillman]

Blurring the lines of face/heel other than part timers (who are going to get face reactions no matter how dastardly they try to be) is one of the huge problems facing professional wrestling today. Professional wrestling's appeal has always been the battle of good vs. evil. If you don't know who's supposed to be good and who's supposed to be bad then the matches and stories become absolutely pointless.

But how can you book a character in the Cult Leader-esque vein and have it actually be believable if you don't give him an aura of magnetism?

Charles Manson is extremely charismatic and plays almost entirely now on his ATWA ideologies, which in wrestling terms would be babyface shtick, and it has accrued thousands of followers nationwide, but isn't Manson still clearly seen as evil, despite his tickling the grey areas?

 

[Dirk]

I don't like the "fireflies" because such theatrics aren't befitting somebody who's supposed to be a heel.

Do the swamps he's supposed to be from have fireflies? I'm asking sincerely, by the way...

 

[BaconBits]

Do the swamps he's supposed to be from have fireflies? I'm asking sincerely, by the way...

Beats me, I live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, not the Everglades of Florida or whatever.

 

[BaconBits]

But how can you book a character in the Cult Leader-esque vein and have it actually be believable if you don't give him an aura of magnetism?

Charles Manson is extremely charismatic and plays almost entirely now on his ATWA ideologies, which in wrestling terms would be babyface shtick, and it has accrued thousands of followers nationwide, but isn't Manson still clearly seen as evil, despite his tickling the grey areas?

He's not really a cult leader anymore. He set his cult free. Now he's just a crazy person.

 

[Dirk]

Beats me, I live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, not the Everglades of Florida or whatever.

I knew it was a long shot going in. Oh well.

But I just assumed it was a swamp thing.

 

[Papa Pillman]

He's not really a cult leader anymore. He set his cult free. Now he's just a crazy person.

I think the idea that WWE is pushing is that he is still a cult leader, and the "fireflies" that cheer him, and sing along with him, are his followers.