Rumor: The New Bray Wyatt Character Was Almost Canceled, Is It Still In Jeopardy?

You can’t please everyone. Earlier this week on Monday Night Raw, Bray Wyatt made his long awaited return to WWE, though things were rather different this time around. Instead of his cult leader character, Wyatt was now hosting a children’s show, though he referenced his old character, suggesting that it wasn’t completely gone. This sat well with some people, but not all of them.

According to Brad Shepard’s Oh. You Didn’t Know podcast, various sponsors and major stockholders in WWE were not happy with the character on Tuesday morning and wanted the whole thing dropped due to the idea of a cult leader interacting with children. Given that the vignette aired again on SmackDown Live, it seems that the character will be moving forward. There is no word on any potential changes moving forward.

And here it is, in its creepy amazingness. Check out the vignette that had everyone talking:

Opinion: While I can understand some people having issues with the character, I really hope nothing changes with it. The children aren’t present and having the gimmick dumbed down because it might cause some people to be uncomfortable would be a bad reaction. Unfortunately it would also be an expected one, as WWE doesn’t tend to like doing anything that pushes boundaries these days.

What did you think of Wyatt’s vignette? Where do you think it will go? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28 wrestling books. His latest book is the the Complete 2000 Monday Nitro and Thunder Reviews Part 1.

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