The former three times WWE World Champion Bray Wyatt is out of action since last March and he did not make any appearance in the last five months. There has never been any concrete report on why he is out of action for so long. Some sources even claimed that he was not happy with the way WWE treated him on his latest run.
Before going on hiatus, he worked in the promotion for five months, and in these five months, he had only one match, which definitely was a subject of big criticism. The only match he had was against LA Knight at Royal Rumble and the match itself had been a big matter of criticism.
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It was difficult for LA Knight too to recover from this pointless feud and match. But Knight not only recovered from it but he turned out to be the most over wrestler of WWE today. Knight publicly spoke about the damage he had to swallow after this match when he spoke to Metro recently. Here is a quick reminder of what he said;
“It’s a challenge in a lot of ways, because it’s out of my wheelhouse, a lot of the more spooky stuff,” said Knight. “But at the same time, when you can get out of your comfort zone a little bit and do some different things, that’s how you grow, that’s how things get better. And also when you can adapt and make things work like that, it also just … I guess speaks to your own abilities, and kind of that whole thing, for the SmackDown audience, helped put me on the map.”
Bray Wyatt Is Out Of Action Since March
Wyatt might have been out of action for five long months but there had been rumours of his return from time to time. But there had been an unfortunate news spreading all over social media which suggests that Wyatt is dealing with a terrible illness right now which could potentially kill his career forever.
However, there are some positive vibes from the latest reports from Fightful Select which claimed that ‘The Eater of the Worlds’ is pretty “closer” to being medically cleared to return for a sensational in ring return. The site also suggested that his illness was life threatening at a point but now he is pretty much okay.
Theories have already started to spread about when he might make his return to action. There are some speculations that the former three times WWE World Champion might make a shocking return at Payback which is the next PLE of WWE. There are even speculations that he might challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal title upon his return.