Alexa Bliss and Uncle Howdy came face to face, so we’ll see what’s the latest there because
this does heavily impact the story all around
Let’s start things off with the big developments for Alexa Bliss’ story
So Alexa Bliss has been getting quietly followed by the Bray Wyatt logo ever since early November
And at the very start, it was this big question of: who exactly is watching and coming after
Alexa Bliss?
Is it Bray Wyatt, who does have a score to settle with Alexa Bliss due to the events
of Wrestlemania 37?
Or is it more specifically Uncle Howdy who was coming after Alexa Bliss?
Well as the weeks went on, the answer became more clear
Sure, Alexa Bliss is re-entering Bray Wyatt’s universe and story, but it’s not Bray Wyatt
who’s been coming after her, it’s been Uncle Howdy after all
And this was basically the case in 2020 as well
Alexa Bliss was not obsessed with Bray Wyatt himself per say, she was obsessed by the entity
he created, which was The Fiend.
That’s what really captivated Alexa Bliss in every way possible
So maybe that’s what has Alexa Bliss locked in again.
Maybe she’s being pulled in by the entity of Uncle Howdy, but she’s trying to fight
the feeling off because she’s been here before and knows what this leads to
That’s why when she saw those few Uncle Howdy masks in the crowd, she just lost it
because that’s still her obsession
So that moment truly gave us a big hint of who’s really behind everything that’s
going on with Alexa Bliss
Alexa is basically being taken over and controlled by Uncle Howdy
She spent the last few months doing everything she can to fight it off, but then after the
January 2nd edition of Raw, she embraced what she was feeling, but she has not fully given
in to Uncle Howdy quite yet
So let’s touch more on that by going over the January 9th edition of Raw
So Alexa comes out from the crowd and hops on top of the commentary table for a promo
One of the very first things you can pick up on almost immediately is that Alexa Bliss
finally has her character and personality back
One of the biggest critiques that even Alexa Bliss has said herself about her late 2022
run in WWE was that her character’s personality was bland, had nothing to it, and she felt
like she was just playing her real life self on television
But telling from this promo right there, you can just instantly tell that the life, charisma,
and personality has finally been added back to Alexa Bliss
It was just a big shocking change because Alexa went from being one of the most character
driven superstars to having no character at all after her May 2022 return
She was just a sidekick to Bianca Belair during their together, so the last few weeks have
been great for bringing Alexa Bliss back to life and hearing a heel promo from her, something
we haven’t really heard since maybe early 2019
So it was a very nice breath of fresh air for Alexa Bliss
She talked about busting Bianca Belair’s face open the week before and how Bianca isn’t
on the show because of that injury
Alexa says that Bianca knows that she doesn’t have to be afraid of Bray Wyatt or Uncle Howdy,
how she’s just afraid of Alexa Bliss
Alexa makes a very bold claim and says that she herself is the face of evil
Alexa also said that she doesn’t regret what she did to Bianca because doing that
made her feel really good and she hasn’t felt this good in a really long time
She says that she’s taken control and how she’s the one in charge
Alexa even uses one of Bray Wyatt’s famous lines that was even used during his Extreme
Rules return, she says that she has the whole world in her hands
Alexa says she’s still coming after the Raw women’s championship, but that’s when
she gets cut off by Uncle Howdy
Howdy airs a video package that quickly goes off Alexa’s entire history with Bray Wyatt
from a few years back
It shows some quick flashes of Alexa during her time in the firefly Funhouse and when
she was in the process of reviving the Fiend
We then see an empty playground, which most likely is a reference to the ‘Alexa’s
Playground’ segment, which was heavily featured during the era of the dark Alexa Bliss
Uncle Howdy jumps on the screen and talks directly to Alexa Bliss, questioning her on
if she really believes and feels like she’s in charge
Howdy’s music plays and then he physically comes out to the top of the ramp, and similar
to what he did back on December 16th, he just stands up on the stage and laughs before they
cut to black
A lot of fans were angry about why the segment went to commercial right when Howdy came out,
and the answer to that question is because it was the end of the segment
There was nothing more planned for that story on this edition of Raw so the fade to commercial
was just meant to represent the end of the segment
It looks like this segment here between Alexa and Howdy was meant to basically mirror Bray
Wyatt and Howdy’s segment from December 16th
On that edition of Smackdown, it was meant to be this big reveal that Bray Wyatt isn’t
Uncle Howdy and how it truly is a completely separate individual
But in Alexa’s segment, we already know that Howdy is a real person so that wasn’t
really the reveal in this segment
The reveal here was that Uncle Howdy was in fact extremely present in Alexa’s story
and maybe even in full control of her as well
So that’s why he didn’t need to come down to the ring, get physical or anything else
The goal here was just to reveal that Howdy was truly present in Alexa’s story and imply
that he may have more control over Alexa than she’s actually giving off
Alexa Bliss then took park in a backstage interview and was questioned about what happened
out there
Alexa says that Howdy came out with the attempt of scaring her and trying to put her in line,
but how it didn’t work
Alexa said that she’s still the one in control and how she isn’t scared of Uncle Howdy
and how she’s focused on the Raw women’s title
Alexa said multiple times throughout the night that she’s in control, but obviously there’s
a few signs there that tell us that’s not the full truth
Like when Alexa was talking in that backstage interview, she said that she will revel in
what she is
Interesting choice of words by Alexa Bliss because that was one of the first things Uncle
Howdy said on WWE television
Remember that the “Revel in what you are” fan-sign was one of the very first White Rabbit
Easter Eggs
Then Uncle Howdy said multiple times to “Revel in what you are” during his early television
appearances
So for Alexa Bliss to say Howdy isn’t in control of her but then follow that up by
using his line… that shows some conflict right there
So as of this moment, it just looks like there’s a bit of a power struggle between our three
Bray Wyatt universe characters right now
You have Bray Wyatt, who’s the original shot caller and has been the one in charge
ever since the Bray Wyatt character appeared on WWE television
Then you have Uncle Howdy, who now appears to also be the shot caller and true mastermind
behind the scenes of the entire Bray Wyatt universe
And now you also have Alexa Bliss, who’s clearly possessed by Uncle Howdy, but she
still insists that she’s still in charge of her own actions
But telling from the story’s current direction, it does look like Howdy is the one that’s
in charge overall and has the major influence
That’s why he had to go out there and put Alexa Bliss back in check about who’s really
in control
Alexa thought she was doing everything on her own, but Howdy questioning her was basically
his way of telling Alexa “you’re only doing all this because of me, I’m in control
of you”
So Alexa has embraced some of the evil, but she hasn’t fully embraced Howdy quite yet
It’ll be interesting to see if Alexa’s character and personality will change even
more once she truly lets Uncle Howdy in
But what are your thoughts on today’s stories with Alexa Bliss and Uncle Howdy
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