Now back in WWE following his blockbuster Extreme Rules comeback, Bray Wyatt has maintained a solid position on the Friday Night SmackDown roster. The former Fiend has been portrayed as a babyface ever since but according to ex-WWE personality Dutch Mantell, the real-life Windham Rotunda never gave anything to the fans that encouraged them to boo him when he was positioned as a heel.
The former Zeb Colter made the claims during Sportskeeda Wrestling’s Smack Talk podcast, claiming that Bray Wyatt never displayed any heelish tactics. Instead, the two-time Universal Champion simply “beat guys”:
“I think Bray Wyatt should have, and I have said this before. Wyatt, people started liking him when they should have not been liking him because he didn’t cheat to win. He never did anything underhanded; he just went out there and beat guys. So there’s heat in there at all. So eventually you got to say well, he’s actually not bad at wrestling, so why should I be mad at him?”
Bray Wyatt’s first run with WWE came to an end in July 2021, with Wyatt let go from the company.
Bray Wyatt Is Feuding With LA Knight
Though the first few weeks of Bray Wyatt’s WWE return saw ‘The Eater of Worlds’ in a self-centred rivalry, constantly being confronted by the mysterious Uncle Howdy figure, it appears his first match back will eventually come against LA Knight.
Wyatt and Knight have been at loggerheads for the past few weeks on SmackDown. Knight slapped Wyatt on one blue brand broadcast, resulting in the former Million Dollar Champion being found laid out backstage.
Dutch Mantell has spoken positively of the feud thus far, praising WWE’s restraint on having Bray Wyatt get physical:
“I liked it. The worst thing they could have done is have them do something physical because, I mean, that’s not Bray Wyatt’s style because he has to work himself. Now we see that he is working himself into his own frame of mind, and he is going to a different realm, and that would get over.”
It’s currently unknown when – or indeed if – Bray Wyatt vs. LA Knight will occur.