Seth Rollins on Bray Wyatt

[Jonathan Michaels]

www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/seth-rollins-discusses-difficult-bray-wyatt-character

“The Bray Wyatt character was just difficult. If you look at anybody that worked with the Bray Wyatt character for an extended period of time, they didn’t come out of it better than they went in.”

“It was very difficult to have a story with him where, aside from Randy obviously who killed him, it was difficult for anyone, maybe Daniel Bryan. Bryan may have escaped a little unscathed, but I mean everyone else pretty much met a dire end for their character.”

He’s…….. not exactly wrong.

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It was very difficult to have a story with him where, aside from Randy obviously who killed him,

Why is this so f***ing funny?

[Gus Richlen: Ruffian]

Cody Rhodes is the only person lately who's come out of any of your feuds looking better than when they went in, so Rollins? SHUT YOUR BITCH MOUTH.

[Lizuka #BLM]

I'd say it's less due to Bray's character in its own right (well, maybe the Fiend, that was often pretty absurd) and more because of how often they'd use him as a Get Out Of Booking Free card for people they didn't want winning specific matches even when logically they really should have.

[Pooh Carlson]

Completely disagree. Seth was getting booed before feuding with The Fiend. After that feud it effected him to the point where his personality changed and he became the Monday Night Messiah and forget morphed into what he is today.

[Fade]

There’s also the crucial part that he and the guy who played Bray Wyatt were working under a very, very difficult boss. He literally mentions in this that he and Bray tried to make things better but Vince wouldn’t budge.

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Man, how bizarre would a feud between Bray and current Seth be?

[tntchamp]

I can't say I completely disagree with Seth. There were certainly times where wrestlers feuding with Bray was detrimental to them. Didn't help too (as it has already been stated) that Vince basically used Bray as a guy to feud with someone when the latter had nothing else to do.

[XIII]

Oct 1, 2022 12:18:20 GMT -5 Fade said:

There’s also the crucial part that he and the guy who played Bray Wyatt were working under a very, very difficult boss. He literally mentions in this that he and Bray tried to make things better but Vince wouldn’t budge.

Assuming that the White Rabbit stuff is actually Wyatt returning and not Alexa doing the gimmick again or something equally as dire, it will be interesting to see if Bray Wyatt is more sensible now that Vince is out on his sorry ass.

[Mozenrath]

I assume he means the Fiend, where he was already kind of floundering as a face, and not feuding with the Wyatts, something that was a net positive for the Shield, probably.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

I think I'm now a Seth Rollins fan. Agree with him 100%. This is exactly how I always felt about Bray Wyatt and a big reason why I never liked him.

I'm really surprised how honest and blunt he was especially with Bray coming back. I was expecting him praising Bray even if he didn't mean it. Nope. Instead he just told it the way it is. It sucks and if you get stuck in a feud with him you're always going to come out worse then you did coming in.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

Oct 1, 2022 14:05:16 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I assume he means the Fiend, where he was already kind of floundering as a face, and not feuding with the Wyatts, something that was a net positive for the Shield, probably.

I think he means Swamp Cult Leader Bray too with him referencing Daniel Bryan (or did he feud with Fiend Bray too? I think he might have during the Covid era when I wasn't watching at all) as one of the few who were able to come out unscathed feuding with him. Seth had a feud with Cult Leader Bray in 2017 and that sucked too. Basically the same as almost every Bray feud during tha period. Random attack during match using the Get of Booking Free" card cause he's crazy, mumbo jumbo promos that did't make any sense, PPV match where Bray goes over to end feud, face looks like crap and has to pick up the pieces and recover.

[TOK Is the Target Demo]

Oct 1, 2022 12:24:41 GMT -5 @dax said:

Man, how bizarre would a feud between Bray and current Seth be?

Modern Seth is a direct result of his fued with The Fiend, though

[Lizuka #BLM]

Oct 1, 2022 14:37:33 GMT -5 ThankGodForSidJustice said:

Oct 1, 2022 14:05:16 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I assume he means the Fiend, where he was already kind of floundering as a face, and not feuding with the Wyatts, something that was a net positive for the Shield, probably.

I think he means Swamp Cult Leader Bray too with him referencing Daniel Bryan (or did he feud with Fiend Bray too? I think he might have during the Covid era when I wasn't watching at all) as one of the few who were able to come out unscathed feuding with him. Seth had a feud with Cult Leader Bray in 2017 and that sucked too. Basically the same as almost every Bray feud during tha period. Random attack during match using the Get of Booking Free" card cause he's crazy, mumbo jumbo promos that did't make any sense, PPV match where Bray goes over to end feud, face looks like crap and has to pick up the pieces and recover.

Bryan did feud with the Fiend, yeah. Had a strap match at the Rumble in 2020.

[Jonathan Michaels]

I know the worst thing they did to Miz the last few years was have him lose to Wyatt, not even the Fiend, but Funhouse Wyatt, when The Fiend was threatening his family.

[darbus alan]

Oct 1, 2022 12:18:20 GMT -5 Fade said:

There’s also the crucial part that he and the guy who played Bray Wyatt were working under a very, very difficult boss. He literally mentions in this that he and Bray tried to make things better but Vince wouldn’t budge.

But that doesn't make as sexy clickbait.

[TOK Is the Target Demo]

Oct 1, 2022 14:05:16 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I assume he means the Fiend, where he was already kind of floundering as a face, and not feuding with the Wyatts, something that was a net positive for the Shield, probably.

But the fued with the Fiend directly caused Seth to turn heel and have the best run of his career.

[Nosnorb]

I don't know where he gets the idea that Orton came out of either of his feuds with Bray looking better. After the first feud, Orton was so damaged you actually had people who thought that putting the belt on career jabroni Jinder Mahal was a good idea.

[jivesoulbrah]

I’m really curious to see how Bray Wyatt looks with more creative control. He was definitely held back because of Vince.

[Mozenrath]

Oct 1, 2022 15:16:40 GMT -5 TOK Is the Target Demo said:

Oct 1, 2022 14:05:16 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I assume he means the Fiend, where he was already kind of floundering as a face, and not feuding with the Wyatts, something that was a net positive for the Shield, probably.

But the fued with the Fiend directly caused Seth to turn heel and have the best run of his career.

Indeed it did, even if I think some of his stuff, like the Rey feud, were still pretty awful, though that was both due to lasting too long and just a question of, "what is Seth's motivation here?" on the eye thing to begin with.