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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Dec 24, 2022 22:44:51 GMT -5
Yesterday dude's whole segment was him doing the same I'M BACK AND LIFE'S CRAZY BUT FINALLY IM BEING REAL promo that he's done about 30 times now until suddenly he forgot his lines like realize real eyes real fries and put his fingers in the camera guys mouth to end the segment in Bray Wyatt's signature evil doggy position. Beyond it just being kinda f***ing painful 3 something months in to this return, something interesting was spotted -- a big ol' knee brace on Bray. Properly thicc brace.
I think currently the elephant in the room with this run (can he actually do anything?) is bigger and louder than ever cause I've been more patient than most ppl with this run but like..dude this is ridiculous he's done legit nothing but ponder orbs and Uncles for months. And please remember that only Uncle Howdy has debuted, there's literally a whole other dude named Uncle Harper still to come if you go by what WWE trademarked. LA Knight's hijacked dude's angle just by telling dude to shut the f*** up and do something real because deep down like almost everyone is feeling it. Bray Wyatt go wrestle a damn match. Wrestle Duke Hudson or something. Get Action Andretti'd by Duke Hudson.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Dec 24, 2022 23:36:40 GMT -5
I'm reminded of right before he came back I think it was Alvarez saying something about how Bray had been having some issue keeping him from being cleared and that as far as he knew it hadn't been taken care of yet. Does make me wonder if WWE actually went and signed the dude and started giving him ample amounts of screentime while not being clear on if they're ever actually going to be able to use him since, like, that's what appears to be happening.
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Post by tirtefaa on Dec 24, 2022 23:48:51 GMT -5
Do we actually WANT to see Bray wrestle?
I mean, it's been nearly a decade of the character and I've never seen anything in-ring that stands out. He's all character and no physical substance. He'd be amazing as a manager.
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Post by Chiral on Dec 25, 2022 4:08:35 GMT -5
The properly thicc knee brace if anyone's curious
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Dec 25, 2022 5:20:17 GMT -5
There was a rumor when he had his very quick Fiend match with Randy that it wasn't even him wrestling, it was some stand in (I think it was actually Bray) but this adds to the thing of him wrestling actual matches. A lot of his latter Fiend matches did not go long, and now he's not wrestling period and you do wonder if the reason this is being drug out for like a hundred miles is because Bray's been dealing with a bad injury. Really thinking about it, when was his last ACTUAL long match? The Non-Swamp Match with Braun in the Thunderdome? And even that wasn't very long and had smoke and mirrors to it.
But if that's the case, it's been like 2 and a half years from the time he was cut to now, if it's an injury, it's one that's not going away and may be one he has to deal with... but he hasn't exactly DEALT with it because he hasn't wrestled, he's barely taken a bump whatsoever since Mania 2021
If anything it's showing this angle does not have the legs to stand on itself if it's going at this pace if Bray literally can't work, there's only so far presentation is actually gonna take you, especially if the dude actually can't have a f***ing match with LA Knight after feuding with him over a month now, and that's after he had weeks of feuding with no one at all.
This is also on top of Alexa teasing joining him again... and gonna be honest, the way she's been moving in ring lately? She's not 100 percent either. She looks like she's trying to move through knee high syrup and it's only gotten more noticeable since she stopped tagging with Asuka.
So... this whole angle's kinda f***ed right now if Bray's issue is a lingering injury. Guess we'll find out because so far... it does add up.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Dec 25, 2022 5:49:59 GMT -5
Do we actually WANT to see Bray wrestle? I mean, it's been nearly a decade of the character and I've never seen anything in-ring that stands out. He's all character and no physical substance. He'd be amazing as a manager. If he's going to get substantial, recurring time on a wrestling show, then physical substance or not, his stuff kinda needs to lead to wrestling happening, yeah? If he can't then someone needs to wrestle on his behalf in the story or just in some way do something that furthers his plotline.
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Post by Nosnorb on Dec 25, 2022 6:31:51 GMT -5
It reminds me of Scott Steiner in 2002. Dude given loads of TV time despite having an injury that meant he was wretched in ring and WWE didn't have him get it fixed. If the dude can't wrestle, then he's taking up TV time of someone who can and who could actually use it.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Dec 25, 2022 6:42:25 GMT -5
There was a rumor when he had his very quick Fiend match with Randy that it wasn't even him wrestling, it was some stand in (I think it was actually Bray) but this adds to the thing of him wrestling actual matches. A lot of his latter Fiend matches did not go long, and now he's not wrestling period and you do wonder if the reason this is being drug out for like a hundred miles is because Bray's been dealing with a bad injury. Really thinking about it, when was his last ACTUAL long match? The Non-Swamp Match with Braun in the Thunderdome? And even that wasn't very long and had smoke and mirrors to it. But if that's the case, it's been like 2 and a half years from the time he was cut to now, if it's an injury, it's one that's not going away and may be one he has to deal with... but he hasn't exactly DEALT with it because he hasn't wrestled, he's barely taken a bump whatsoever since Mania 2021 If anything it's showing this angle does not have the legs to stand on itself if it's going at this pace if Bray literally can't work, there's only so far presentation is actually gonna take you, especially if the dude actually can't have a f***ing match with LA Knight after feuding with him over a month now, and that's after he had weeks of feuding with no one at all. This is also on top of Alexa teasing joining him again... and gonna be honest, the way she's been moving in ring lately? She's not 100 percent either. She looks like she's trying to move through knee high syrup and it's only gotten more noticeable since she stopped tagging with Asuka. So... this whole angle's kinda f***ed right now if Bray's issue is a lingering injury. Guess we'll find out because so far... it does add up. Honestly I think the WrestleMania 37 Fiend being a stand in is SUPER likely. Dude just showed up with new sexy long sleeves that he'd never worn before in his life like nothing was wrong. That match was probably Randy Orton vs Von Wagner.
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Post by Chiral on Dec 25, 2022 18:08:53 GMT -5
There was a rumor when he had his very quick Fiend match with Randy that it wasn't even him wrestling, it was some stand in (I think it was actually Bray) but this adds to the thing of him wrestling actual matches. A lot of his latter Fiend matches did not go long, and now he's not wrestling period and you do wonder if the reason this is being drug out for like a hundred miles is because Bray's been dealing with a bad injury. Really thinking about it, when was his last ACTUAL long match? The Non-Swamp Match with Braun in the Thunderdome? And even that wasn't very long and had smoke and mirrors to it. But if that's the case, it's been like 2 and a half years from the time he was cut to now, if it's an injury, it's one that's not going away and may be one he has to deal with... but he hasn't exactly DEALT with it because he hasn't wrestled, he's barely taken a bump whatsoever since Mania 2021 If anything it's showing this angle does not have the legs to stand on itself if it's going at this pace if Bray literally can't work, there's only so far presentation is actually gonna take you, especially if the dude actually can't have a f***ing match with LA Knight after feuding with him over a month now, and that's after he had weeks of feuding with no one at all. This is also on top of Alexa teasing joining him again... and gonna be honest, the way she's been moving in ring lately? She's not 100 percent either. She looks like she's trying to move through knee high syrup and it's only gotten more noticeable since she stopped tagging with Asuka. So... this whole angle's kinda f***ed right now if Bray's issue is a lingering injury. Guess we'll find out because so far... it does add up. Honestly I think the WrestleMania 37 Fiend being a stand in is SUPER likely. Dude just showed up with new sexy long sleeves that he'd never worn before in his life like nothing was wrong. That match was probably Randy Orton vs Von Wagner. If the Fiend was done by a stand in there, I wonder if the red mood lighting was used for that match to hide that even more since I don't think they had the big red lights on Fiend matches after the first few times they did it.
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Dec 25, 2022 19:20:54 GMT -5
Do we actually WANT to see Bray wrestle? I mean, it's been nearly a decade of the character and I've never seen anything in-ring that stands out. He's all character and no physical substance. He'd be amazing as a manager. I mean he's no Bryan Danielson or anything but dude has absolutely had good wrestling matches.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Dec 25, 2022 19:23:22 GMT -5
Honestly I think the WrestleMania 37 Fiend being a stand in is SUPER likely. Dude just showed up with new sexy long sleeves that he'd never worn before in his life like nothing was wrong. That match was probably Randy Orton vs Von Wagner. If the Fiend was done by a stand in there, I wonder if the red mood lighting was used for that match to hide that even more since I don't think they had the big red lights on Fiend matches after the first few times they did it. See, now I'm kind of poking around through pictures of Bray at Mania 37 and it feels like at certain angles you should be able to see part of his neck tattoo without it not seeing to be there, except maybe that's reaching and it does kind of look like it's there in that picture so who the hell knows. Edit: For that matter he looks like he has the same tattoos on his right wrist that Bray does.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Dec 25, 2022 19:27:26 GMT -5
*snip* If anything it's showing this angle does not have the legs to stand on itself *snip* Just like Bray himself, eh?, Eh!?! Hurr-de-hurr-durr.
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Post by NickGemini12 on Dec 25, 2022 19:44:53 GMT -5
There was a rumor when he had his very quick Fiend match with Randy that it wasn't even him wrestling, it was some stand in (I think it was actually Bray) but this adds to the thing of him wrestling actual matches. A lot of his latter Fiend matches did not go long, and now he's not wrestling period and you do wonder if the reason this is being drug out for like a hundred miles is because Bray's been dealing with a bad injury. Really thinking about it, when was his last ACTUAL long match? The Non-Swamp Match with Braun in the Thunderdome? And even that wasn't very long and had smoke and mirrors to it. But if that's the case, it's been like 2 and a half years from the time he was cut to now, if it's an injury, it's one that's not going away and may be one he has to deal with... but he hasn't exactly DEALT with it because he hasn't wrestled, he's barely taken a bump whatsoever since Mania 2021 If anything it's showing this angle does not have the legs to stand on itself if it's going at this pace if Bray literally can't work, there's only so far presentation is actually gonna take you, especially if the dude actually can't have a f***ing match with LA Knight after feuding with him over a month now, and that's after he had weeks of feuding with no one at all. This is also on top of Alexa teasing joining him again... and gonna be honest, the way she's been moving in ring lately? She's not 100 percent either. She looks like she's trying to move through knee high syrup and it's only gotten more noticeable since she stopped tagging with Asuka. So... this whole angle's kinda f***ed right now if Bray's issue is a lingering injury. Guess we'll find out because so far... it does add up. I'm still convinced that at WM37 that was not Bray Wyatt portraying the Fiend, Not only did he looked different, He moved alot different & the mask looked completely like a full mask with Dreads attached to it in some shots. & the following night at the last Firefly Funhouse, Bray looked as though he hadn't lost weight, Adding to that theory. I also heard the supposed injury & problems getting properly cleared was why he got fired last year
Randy Orton even stated Bray Wyatt had issues that kept him out of the ring for most of their feud.
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Post by Andew9001 on Dec 25, 2022 20:05:32 GMT -5
Could Uncle Howdy be a way to introduce someone new that Bray might manage? He did a bit of that for Harper and Rowan in NXT while he was rehabbing an injury.
His character has always been his main strength.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Dec 25, 2022 21:58:01 GMT -5
Could Uncle Howdy be a way to introduce someone new that Bray might manage? He did a bit of that for Harper and Rowan in NXT while he was rehabbing an injury. His character has always been his main strength. I can't imagine someone wrestling in that full Uncle Howdy getup... but we'll see.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Dec 25, 2022 22:22:39 GMT -5
Thinking about Uncle Howdy doing a dropdown and hitting a back suplex makes me rly happy
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Dec 25, 2022 22:30:46 GMT -5
Michael Cole: Uncle Howdy is showing tremendous athletic ability here Corey Graves: Athletic ability? Make no mistake about it Cole this is UNRELENTING FORCE. This is the FIENDISH POWER SHOCK OF THE FIREFLIES. [Uncle Howdy hits a Flatliner] Tom Phillips: a macabre display unfolding here Michael Cole: the harbinger of the lost world has picked up the win against Malik Blade.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Dec 25, 2022 22:40:07 GMT -5
Do we actually WANT to see Bray wrestle? I mean, it's been nearly a decade of the character and I've never seen anything in-ring that stands out. He's all character and no physical substance. He'd be amazing as a manager. If he's going to get substantial, recurring time on a wrestling show, then physical substance or not, his stuff kinda needs to lead to wrestling happening, yeah? If he can't then someone needs to wrestle on his behalf in the story or just in some way do something that furthers his plotline. Yeah, It's the problem with a lot of "high concept gimmicks" that a match has to happen... it's a wrestling show... no matter what gimmick is it has to end in a wrestling match at some point... or it's a massive waste of time.
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Post by XIII on Dec 25, 2022 22:42:26 GMT -5
Bray going to manage Uncle Howard who in turn will manage Uncle Harper who will be managing SKRYPTZ
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Dec 25, 2022 22:47:12 GMT -5
If he's had a massive injury that he hasn't been able ot recover from in over two years... that actually makes his release make a lot more sense.
Not excusing it... but the Nick Khan's cut the budget as low as possible stance fits way more with "We're paying this guy main eventer money and we don't know if he'll ever be able to actually return to get any return on our investment" than we also have "Alexa doing spooky stuff."
I mean... you still could have done f***ing something with him... even if it's just put him on creative team for a few meetings or something... but still...
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