Bray Wyatt’s big return to Smackdown left fans on a big cliffhanger that brings up even
more questions than ever.
And as usual, there were some hidden things thrown in there, so we’ll take a look at
everything that went down
October 14th 2022, was Bray Wyatt’s return to Smackdown
Bray was released back in Summer of 2021, but his last Smackdown appearance was October
9th, 2020
So this was his first Smackdown appearance in over two years
But let’s get into the return itself and what it did for the story and told us about
Bray’s immediate direction
The whole show was built around Bray’s return, so understandably he closed out the show
Bray Wyatt appeared and walked through the same door he came out of at extreme rules
That whole entire door set up that bray comes out of is getting some theories around it
as well
Some fans think that the door represents the firefly funhouse and how Bray is now fully
exiting the funhouse
That’s not confirmed, at least not yet, but it’s a good theory and idea some fans
were bringing up
But Bray’s makes his entrance to the ring with his lantern in hand and has a new theme
song that was created by Code Orange, same individuals who made his previous themes
Bray steps in the ring and grabs a mic for an in-ring promo, but of course what happened
next was a little bit unexpected
Bray Wyatt wasn’t in his usual character state.
For the first time in the history, he seemed to be completely normal and was talking more
as Windham
Bray shared some emotional words about how this last year of his life has been some of
the most difficult times
He talked about how he lost Brodie Lee, how he lost his career, how the thought everything
he ever did was meaningless.
How he fully lost his way
But he said that the fans never gave up and kept pushing him to go on.
Kept asking him when was he coming home to WWE
He told stories about how these fans thanked him for saving their lives and helping them
get through difficult times
Bray then said the same thing right back to the fans, he thanked them all and said they
saved his life as well
And as Bray is continuing to dive deeper and deeper into this new emotional side to him
that we’ve never seen before, his new alter ego and persona appears on the screen and
cuts him off
There’s some rumors and buzz that this mask may be called “Uncle Howdy”, so that’ll
be the name holder that we’ll go with until we get the proper name revealed to us
But Uncle Howdy appears on the screen and says the following to Bray Wyatt, quote:
“O little one, my little one, come with me, your life is done.
Forget the future, forget the past, life is over.
Breathe your last.
You got no idea idea who you’re dealing with, do you?
Oh but you will.
You will” End quote
The Bray Wyatt transition screen comes up and the show fades to black, it’s over.
So that ending had some fans really confused and wondering what just happened
Some fans wondered if they ran out of time, but that wasn’t the case.
All of that was done by design to serve as a cliffhanger.
Everything went perfectly according to plan
So what’s going on?
Who’s this Uncle Howdy?
Who’s under the mask?
Is Bray coming after himself?
How is this working?
Well, let’s start off with the promo from Bray Wyatt
It was a very real promo, Bray undoubtedly meant with every word he said, but the genius
to Bray Wyatt is that while it was him truly speaking from the heart, it was also a part
of the act and storyline at the same time
That was a new normal side to Bray Wyatt’s character.
A side that appears to be extremely close to Windham, his normal and ordinary everyday
self
But as usual, Bray’s past and his demons look like they’re closing in on him once
again
Bray’s character past is extremely deep.
From being raised in the woods, to having his Sister Abigail being his main care taker,
and she wasn’t really the best example for him growing up
His story of how he meant The Fiend in the woods one day and how he thought that was
a monster, but he came to realize that he was the monster, he was one with The Fiend
And like we saw from 2019 to 2021, that was the case, Bray basically became one with The
Fiend
Bray also crated the firefly funhouse within that time frame
There’s lot of theories even with the firefly funhouse.
Some fans think that Bray built this funhouse to serve as a sanctuary for him to get away
from his issues and his mind, to be at peace
Bray was locked up in that funhouse and like he said several times, it was protected by
The Fiend
So this is a seriously disturbed character that keeps trying to get away, but his past
and all of these other personal demons keep pulling him back in
So maybe that’s what Uncle Howdy is representing.
Obviously, it’s not someone else under the mask, it’s Bray Wyatt
Extreme Rules was proof right there that Bray is under that mask
So it looks like they’re going with a split personality route again, but this is gonna
be a bit different that the split personalities of The Fiend and Funhouse Bray
Now you have ordinary Bray Wyatt and the Uncle Howdy version of Bray Wyatt
Ordinary Bray Wyatt is this normal, emotional and broken individual.
While Uncle Howdy is a version of Bray that’s just as dark and twisted as ever
So that dark version of Bray is trying to pull the good version of Bray back into that
dark side
Fans think think the storyline is basically representing this inner conflict that someone
can feel.
A storyline that’s reflecting off the entire mental health and inner conflict element that
an individual can go through
It’s like everyone says, the hardest thing to get past and defeat is your very own demons
And that could exactly be what Bray is dealing with right now, he’s battling his own thoughts
and mental health, which is being represented by Uncle Howdy within the storyline
So although Bray was being honest about his tough times and losing his self confidence,
that very well could be the actual character talking as well
The character itself is in a very abandon and broken down state, and that’s what Uncle
Howdy is gonna try and take advantage of
He’s telling Bray to forget what happened before or what’s ahead, and basically just
to embrace him.
Embrace this entity
And like Howdy even says there in his final remarks, he tells Bray that he has no idea
what he’s messing with, but he’s about to find out
So who’s Howdy and what is he in control of?
Well all of that information hasn’t been given to us quite yet, it’s way too soon
to know everything about him
But there has been some clues and great theories floating around
One great theory from fans refer to Uncle Howdy as The Puppet Master
When Howdy made his first appearance on WWE television, it was after we saw the Firefly
Funhouse puppets come to life in the arena and after we took a tour through the abandoned
Funhouse
So fans believe that The Puppet Master, Uncle Howdy, whatever his name may turn out to be,
is the one responsible for bringing the puppets to life
While the funhouse was abandoned, maybe Howdy came in and already was in the process of
bringing the puppets to life
So when Bray Wyatt returned and left through the funhouse door, what also came out that
door with him was the alive versions of the firefly funhouse puppets and the alternate
version of himself, Uncle Howdy
It’s like fans pointed out, go back and look at Extreme Rules.
The puppets were already out in the wild before Bray walked though the door
So maybe that itself is a hint and some good evidence for the puppet master theory
Uncle Howdy is the main brains behind the puppets coming to life, he’ll be the brains
to getting the Wyatt 6 together, and he’ll also be the one possibly responsible for corrupting
Bray Wyatt back into his old ways
So that appears to be what Smackdown teased us with for Bray Wyatt so far
He appears to be battling his inner demons right now and we’re gonna have to see what
side prevails in that battle
Is it the good Bray we all saw in the ring on Smackdown, or is it the twisted version
of Bray that was on the screen?
What are your thoughts on Bray’s return to Smackdown?
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