One of the most talented wrestlers in modern WWE history, Bray Wyatt passed away, last night to send a shockwave through professional wrestling. Helmed by his creative genius mind, he was a well-respected name all around the locker room of the WWE and beyond. Almost all of his present and former colleagues expressed their grief over the disheartening news.
Earlier this month, Fightful Select reported that Bray Wyatt was dealing with an illness that was life-threatening. The source also noted how the WWE Superstar contracted COVID-19 earlier this year to suffer exacerbated heart issues. As informed by his family to Fightful, he suffered a heart attack to suffer the tragedy.
As SportzWiki sends condolences to the friends and family of Bray Wyatt, we will now revisit some of the important moments of the 36-year-old’s career that established him as one of the top WWE Superstars of the modern era.
– Summerslam 2013 marked the debut of Bray Wyatt in the WWE in-ring competition. While he previously performed under the Husky Harris persona, this time defeating a WWE Legend like Kane in the latter’s signature Inferno Match was like announcing the arrival of a menace on the WWE roster.
– The Wyatt Family wreaked havoc in the WWE over the coming months before targeting the franchise player of the company, John Cena. Facing the top-most WWE Superstar at the biggest stage of Wrestlemania 30 must be counted as one of the top moments of Bray Wyatt’s WWE career but nobody imagined that it also marked the beginning of his burial process in the WWE.
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Bray Wyatt continued to get squashed by WWE Legends
– John Cena appeared to be the first WWE Legend to have squashed the leader of The Wyatt Family. Then a year later at Wrestlemania 31, The Undertaker was pitted in a match against him and many thought that it was WWE’s way to establish Bray Wyatt as the successor of Undertaker. In reality, ‘Taker not only went over him at ‘Mania but also later the year, the outcome repeated at Survivor Series.
– Feuding with Randy Orton Live was another program for Bray Wyatt under the renovated banner of Smackdown Live in 2016. The two won the Smackdown Tag Team Titles which was the latter’s first title win in WWE career.
Momentums from this angle made him the WWE Champion at Elimination Chamber in early 2017 which appeared to be his first big break in the company. Sadly though, a few weeks later, he dropped the belt to Randy Orton at Wrestlemania 33 to get back in the line.
Bray Wyatt introduced The Fiend persona in 2019
– After performing in forgettable House of Horrors and The Ultimate Deletion Matches, Bray Wyatt rekindled his significance with the introduction of The Fiend persona at Summerslam 2019. Perhaps, no other character in WWE history was more bone-chilling than this one. This persona also made him one of the best merch-movers in the company.
– As The Fiend, Bray Wyatt not only told interesting stories in the WWE but also won the Universal Champions twice, at Hell in a Cell 2019 and then at Summerslam 2020. The first Universal Title run lasted for some time before Goldberg squashed him while the second run lasted for only seven days before WWE’s new Tribal Chief Roman Reigns just took the belt.
– Re-entering a feud with Randy Orton as The Fiend was one of the most interesting WWE storylines from late 2020. Back at the TLC PPV of that year, Orton eventually burnt Wyatt’s body to win an Inferno Match which was a rare violent moment in WWE’s PG era.
Bray Wyatt and his championship achievements
– After his WWE release in 2021, Bray Wyatt returned last year at Extreme Rules 2022 to only have one last televised match, at the Royal Rumble earlier this year, where he defeated LA Knight in a Mountain Dew Pitch Black Match. Overall, his championship accomplishments are given below:
• 2 Time Universal Champion
• 1 Time WWE Champion
• 1 Time Raw Tag Team Champion
• 1 Time Smackdown Tag Team Champion
• Male Wrestler of the Year (2019)
• Tag Team Eliminator Winner (2018)
