It’s the words that no one ever wanted to hear, but Bray Wyatt has been released from
WWE
We’ve seen so many unexpected big WWE releases over the last few months and the general idea
that was going around was that no one was really safe from being released and we see
that now
Out all those previous big releases none of them sting and hurt as much as this one does.
Bray Wyatt is actually gone from WWE and has been released from the company, just mind
blowing and unbelievable to say the least
So what happened?
What went wrong?
What led to this happening?
Well when it comes to Bray Wyatt and his release, there’s still a lot of critical information
that’s missing from the story
One thing fans discussed and asked was if Bray himself requested the release or was
this a sudden roster cut made by WWE themselves?
The answer to that question is very important and will tell a lot, but we don’t know the
answer to it
If this was Bray’s decision where he requested the release and was just like “I need a
break, I need a fresh start, I want out.”
Then we can respect it a whole lot more because that’s what he himself personally wanted
But if Bray didn’t request the release and this was a decision solely made by WWE, it
does sort of make you truly question their intelligence
In what world do individuals gather around a table and agree that cutting Bray Wyatt
is the right move for budget cuts?
Where does that happen at?
WWE lost a lot of big names this year, former universal champions and more, but none of
them were on Bray’s level
Bray is a top tier superstar in not only WWE, but in today’s entire wrestling scene.
Wrestling needs Bray Wyatt.
It needs his creativity, it needs his storytelling ability, his presence, he is needed.
He’s a game changer, no doubt about it
Every wrestling organization should be losing their minds trying to get a hold of Bray Wyatt
because he has instantly become the hottest free agent in wrestling
But that’s sort of where we’re at right now.
There’s two sides here and we don’t know which one is actually correct
You have the side of “what is WWE doing? they really lost their minds” and then the
other side of “maybe Bray is dealing with some personal issues and this is what he wanted”
So until we find out what side is right, it’s very hard to judge this entire situation
But it just doesn’t make sense for this to be a WWE made decision.
This was one of your top stars, top gimmicks, top merchandise sellers, and you cut him like
he’s a nobody?
It just doesn’t make sense
What makes a little more sense is that it was at Bray Wyatt’s request, then we can
understand more
However, it’s being reported that Bray Wyatt’s release was budget cuts related.
Which probably makes your mind spin and basically prove to all of us that we are in fact dealing
with people that have no idea what they’re doing
Someone who’s capable of carrying the WWE gets released for budget cuts, yet Goldberg
is still signed to WWE and being used
If You wanna make real budget cuts, start from there, start from Goldberg’s massive
2 matches a year contract.
There’s a big budget cut right there that doesn’t hurt the integrity of your show
They rather keep Goldberg and his 2 short matches a year rather than holding onto Bray
Wyatt, that alone tells you everything you need to know about who you’re dealing with,
no other words needed
But it hurts, it really hurts to know that we won’t see The Fiend again, we won’t
see The Firefly Funhouse again, and the last memory we have of the Fiend is one of the
most confusing and horrific breakups in Wrestlemania and WWE history
It’s just really hard to believe that only two years ago The Fiend was the hottest thing
in the entire wrestling industry and now he’s gone
Fans thought we were seeing the beginning of another legendary supernatural character
like The Understand, Kane, and so on, but a little less than two years later and the
man is cut for budget related reasons
It’ll give you a bad headache if you really try to wrap your head around this and make
any sense of it, it really will because it doesn’t make sense
But Everyone, fans and other wrestlers, all came out on twitter to show support to Bray
on twitter
Braun Strowman noted that he’s waiting for Bray
And even more stars like, Alexa Bliss shared some words.
She had this to say:
“I really am at a loss for words… thank you so much Windham for everything you’ve
done for this company.
The most fun I’ve had is working with you.
Such an amazing talent & the most kind person.
I’m just in shock.”
Unfortunately, some fans turned out to be hostile towards Alexa Bliss after those comments
came out and stupidly enough, these fans blamed her for everything
Alexa Bliss ended up locking down all of social media accounts on private to stop her tweet
from spreading and receiving more hate
And that whole idea couldn’t be any more incorrect.
Fans with that mentality, just think, you’re sort of aiming at the wrong person there with
those words
All Alexa ever wanted to do was work with Bray Wyatt since 2016
she said that in many interviews and did a phenomenal job with the role she was given.
She wonderfully added a lot and contributed so much to the Bray Wyatt universe
That’s why their breakup was the worst because it made no sense and they were barely getting
started with each other, we wanted to see more of them being together, but that was
robbed from us
However, you could see WWE’s mentality here and possibly the reason they felt like they
can afford to cut Bray Wyatt and that’s because they themselves turned Alexa Bliss
into Bray Wyatt and basically get to keep his entire act and gimmick going all while
releasing him
WWE passed down Bray Wyatt’s gimmick and creation over to Alexa Bliss, sent him home
for a few months and then released him
So that seems to be the real reason why they got rid of him, they have his same act still
going on with Alexa Bliss, so in their eyes, they didn’t lose anything
They can still have the Firefly funhouse Rip-off with Alexa’s playground, Lilly is of course
representing the same fiend concept
So it’s basically like they robbed him of his creation and said “hey, thanks for that
fiend gimmick, we’ll hold onto that, but you can get out of here”
It seems to be the most logical explanation from a WWE perspective.
Like “We got Alexa Bliss, what we need you for?
Why do we need to have two people doing the same thing?”
That sort of idea.
Legendary wrestler, Mickie James, sort of shared our same idea.
She had this to say on twitter to WWE:
“I think what you meant to say was: “Thank you so much for coming up with such an incredible
gimmick(time & time again)one so cool & over, we really didn’t know how to book it right.
So we just gave it to someone else so we can still make ALL the money off of it & let you
go”
“This isn’t against Alexa.
I love her.
She’s an incredible performer who is smashing it in a role she was given.
She always does.
We as artists take every role we’re given & turn it into gold.
He, she, they both did that.
Like it/not.
Facts are facts.
So sorry if that offends you.”
So Mickie was basically saying the same thing that we just went over
It’s not an attack on Alexa Bliss in any way, she’s a phenomenal performer, and just
doing what she’s told to do, but what they did of literally taking his creation, handing
it to someone else, then kicking him out the back door is just a slimy and dirty move
So according to these reports, it wasn’t personal issues and the other things fans
were discussing.
It seemed to be like Bray was eager to return, but was frustrated from a creative point of
view and WWE literally had no plans for him after what happened at Wrestlemania and that
all led us to this moment
Like many fans said, Tony Khan is probably out there rubbing his hands together because
Bray Wyatt would be another blockbuster game changing signing for AEW
WWE of course owns the rights to the Fiend, so that can’t carry over, but Bray is creative,
he’ll think of something great for wherever he goes
But still one of the biggest losses WWE has suffered in quite sometime and to make matters
worse and more confusing, they did it to themselves
But due to AEW being on the rise gaining more and more hype and attention, this isn’t
the end for Bray Wyatt, he can go to AEW and probably have a creative team there that’s
willing to listen and work with him, so that’s what we have to look forward to and hope it
happens because wrestling truly needs Bray Wyatt
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