Return rumors for Bray Wyatt’s WWE return is really picking up lots of stream with Summerslam
quickly approaching.
So we’ll take a look at all of the new potential targets for Bray Wyatt if he returns at Summerslam
So Bray has spent the last six months on the shelf being medically uncleared to compete
in the WWE
And since it’s an undisclosed injury, there‘s no way of knowing the potential recovery time
at all for him
So it’s definitely been a challenge to try and figure out when Bray would return
But as August is quickly approaching, things appear to be headed in a more positive direction
again for rumors about Bray Wyatt’s return
The new biggest rumor surrounding Bray Wyatt is a potential return at WWE’s Summerslam
event in Detroit
The popular rumor being spread is that Bray Wyatt could make his presence felt by interrupting
one of the three biggest matches on the card at Summerslam
These three matches being Cody Rhodes versus Brock Lesnar, Seth Rollins versus Finn Balor,
and Roman Reigns versus Jey Uso
With the idea being that he’ll attack one of these men post-match
Bray Wyatt missed the 2023 WWE Draft, making him a WWE free agent, so WWE can technically
use his return for any brand they choose, making an attack in any of these three matches
highly possible
So let’s look at these match ups to see which one makes the most sense for a Bray
Wyatt’s return
One of the big matches that he could interrupt is Seth Rollins versus Finn Balor
Bray has a lot of history with both of these men
Bray Wyatt first met with Finn Balor in the ring several years ago and they’ve had plenty
of huge matches ever since
Bray went one on one with The Demon one year, and Finn Balor was the first ever opponent
for The Fiend, so there’s lot of history there
So does Bray Wyatt come after Finn Balor with some of that history being in mind?
Or Could Bray Wyatt target Finn Balor with a new goal in mind?
Another popular fan theory over the last few weeks has been the idea of Bray Wyatt crossing
paths somehow with The Judgment Day
So maybe that’s what this could lead to, maybe Bray targets Finn as a way to earn The
Judgment Day’s attention and have that story start to form from there
And if Bray targets Seth Rollins, that’s another superstar that he has a lot of rich
history with
Who can ever forget the hard hitting battles between The Wyatt Family and The Shield, something
that Bray and Seth were both a part of on opposite sides of the ring back then
And then you had their feud over the universal title in 2019 that wasn’t well received,
not because of the talent’s fault, but more for the questionable writing
And both Seth and Bray have said on several occasions since that feud that they would
like to work together again and make things so much better this time around
So Bray coming after Seth here in this spot would give them the opportunity to cross paths
again and make things right from 2019
And then the idea of Bray Wyatt coming out with a post match attack after Roman Reigns
versus Jey Uso is something that we already discussed a few times and it’s very interesting
Obviously, it doesn’t seem like Bray Wyatt would not have much reasoning to look over
Roman Reigns and come after Jey Uso
If Bray appears after the tribal combat match, he’s most definitely be looking at Roman
and only Roman
Like we mentioned a few weeks back when we first went over the idea of Bray Wyatt returning
for revenge on Roman Reigns, it’ll be this perfect full circle and reverse moment because
back in Summerslam 2020, it was Bray Wyatt who had just survived a brutal championship
match and was unexpectedly attacked by the returning Roman Reigns
So how crazy would it be the see the exact same situation happening again at Summerslam
three years later with the roles now being flipped
Roman Reigns would be the one coming out of the long and brutal championship match, only
to be greeted by the unexpected return of Bray Wyatt
Bray’s story with Roman is one of the biggest loose ends of Roman’s entire title reign
Roman pinned Braun Strowman, who wasn’t the universal champion, to become the champion…
Roman never actually pinned Bray Wyatt for the universal title
And Bray Wyatt never got a rematch at all against Roman Reigns since that big moment
happened now over three years ago
So it would be a fresh opponent for Roman Reigns this deep into his title reign
But the only downside about having this feud is that it’s very similar to Seth and Bray’s
2019 feud in the way that you have a situation where both men can’t really afford a big
loss
Roman can’t drop the title and Bray can’t really lose either coming off this six month
hiatus
So in that regards, it would be hard to pull off
And the one that fans feel like would be the most likely is the idea of Bray targeting
Cody Rhodes
Obviously, Bray Wyatt definitely won’t come after Brock Lesnar because Brock already turned
down the idea of working with Bray earlier this year, so Brock probably still has that
same mindset of not wanting to do anything with Bray
But the idea of Bray coming after Cody Rhodes seems like the matchup with the most potential
here to actually take place
Interesting enough, Bray Wyatt even had some lines in his promos from earlier this year
that some fans thought were very subtle references to Cody Rhodes
It definitely could’ve been a reach at the time back then, but if Bray and Cody are linking
up for a feud in current day, it would be pretty crazy if they somehow tied it up to
those Bray promos from earlier in the year
And like other fans have pointed out, Cody Rhodes was Bray Wyatt’s pro back in the
very early days of the original NXT
So that’s another thing they could bring up in a potential feud between the both of
them
Cody was technically one of Bray’s first few teachers and mentors in WWE, so for the
student to now be coming back after the teacher could be another interesting aspect to play
with there as well
So out of all the potential men for Bray Wyatt to target at Summerslam, fans seem to agree
that Cody Rhodes makes the most sense because there’s some history there, there’s no
world title involved, and it could be a nice non-title feud
And with the rumors that Cody Rhodes could be heading back to the Main event of Wrestlemania
40 to face Roman Reigns again, this could be another great feud to keep building him
back up for that Wrestlemania match
Cody already passed the physical test of going up against Brock Lesnar
That whole feud has shown how tough Cody Rhodes is and how never gave in to someone that was
obviously bigger and more physical than he was
And with Bray Wyatt, Bray would he testing Cody Rhodes’ mental strength instead of
his physical strength
Bray’s number one weapon is his ability to get inside your head and try to take you
out from within your own mind
So Cody passed the physical, but could he now pass the mental test from Bray Wyatt
We saw what Bray Wyatt had done to superstars in the past.
Just look at the Firefly Funhouse match.
Bray Wyatt basically got inside John Cena’s head, made him revisit every entire big moment
from Cena’s own career, and used it to mentally destroy him
So that’s what Cody Rhodes would be up against and obviously he has to survive Bray’s mind
games and prove that he is mentally strong enough
So Cody picking up all these major wins over these next few months should put him back
in position to be looked at once again as a major threat to Roman Reigns’ title reign
shall they meet again at Wrestlemania 40
So Summerslam appears to be the big new rumored spot for Bray Wyatt’s return.
If he doesn’t return there, we’ll have to see where the discussion goes from there
for Bray’s return
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