What Was The Original Plan For Lashley/Wyatt at Mania?

[CMWaters]

OK, so yes, Bray's passing is still relatively fresh, so apologies if this seems too soon.

But was just going back and thinking, since the match got cancelled for Mania (probably due to the reasons that unfortunately lead to Bray's passing), what was going to be the plan for the match against Bobby Lashley gonna be?

All we had seen of the build up was Bray doing some of his Firefly Funhouse stuff to taunt Bobby (including bringing back the Muscleman Dance), Bobby challenging Bray to actually meet him face to face...and from what I remember, that was it really.

Would this have been, outside of the Firefly Funhouse Match with Cena, Bray's defining WrestleMania match to that point going over a strong force at the time like Lashley? Or would this have been another "Bray gets built up a bit, but fails at Mania" thing? Maybe getting cost the match by Uncle Howdy or something?

Just a what if I'm wondering about given how little we got of the last incarnation of Wyatt outside of the match with L.A. Knight.

[mcstoklasa]

The original plan was actually Lesnar Wyatt wasn't it but Bork noped out

[jivesoulbrah]

Wasn’t the original rumor Lesnar vs Wyatt where Lesnar squashes him which would unleash a new updated version of the Fiend/Uncle Howdy type character?

[Friday Night SmackOwn]

Sept 5, 2023 16:17:04 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

OK, so yes, Bray's passing is still relatively fresh, so apologies if this seems too soon.

But was just going back and thinking, since the match got cancelled for Mania (probably due to the reasons that unfortunately lead to Bray's passing), what was going to be the plan for the match against Bobby Lashley gonna be?

All we had seen of the build up was Bray doing some of his Firefly Funhouse stuff to taunt Bobby (including bringing back the Muscleman Dance), Bobby challenging Bray to actually meet him face to face...and from what I remember, that was it really.

Would this have been, outside of the Firefly Funhouse Match with Cena, Bray's defining WrestleMania match to that point going over a strong force at the time like Lashley? Or would this have been another "Bray gets built up a bit, but fails at Mania" thing? Maybe getting cost the match by Uncle Howdy or something?

Just a what if I'm wondering about given how little we got of the last incarnation of Wyatt outside of the match with L.A. Knight.

Could’ve been where Wyatt 6 would’ve been formed to help Bray beat Lashley.

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

I think I read one of the original plans was Wyatt vs. Howdy but folks didn't think the Howdy character took off fast enough. My guess is it would have been Wyatt as some new incarnation of The Fiend vs. Bobby. It seemed like a lot of the talk was they wanted to steer him back in that direction but Wyatt wasn't thrilled.

[A Little Doo Doo]

Sept 5, 2023 17:31:23 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

I think I read one of the original plans was Wyatt vs. Howdy but folks didn't think the Howdy character took off fast enough. My guess is it would have been Wyatt as some new incarnation of The Fiend vs. Bobby. It seemed like a lot of the talk was they wanted to steer him back in that direction but Wyatt wasn't thrilled.

It wouldn't surprise me. Bray seemed like a guy who wanted to keep moving forward and not rehash things, even if what he was doing before he became ill wasn't as well received as The Fiend or Firefly Funhouse stuff.

[XIII]

Brock was going to kill him and he’d come back as the BEAST FIEND. Jah bless this guy but he had some wild ideas. 😂

So since Brock would rather work with Omos, Lashley would have killed him and he would have been the ALMIGHTY FIEND

[tirtefaa]

Lashley's Sisters meet Sister Abigail.

[Error]

Sept 5, 2023 17:31:23 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

I think I read one of the original plans was Wyatt vs. Howdy but folks didn't think the Howdy character took off fast enough. My guess is it would have been Wyatt as some new incarnation of The Fiend vs. Bobby. It seemed like a lot of the talk was they wanted to steer him back in that direction but Wyatt wasn't thrilled.

Yeah, originally it was Bray vs. Howdy but people thought the Howdy stuff was falling flat so they offered the match to Brock who turned it down thinking the characters didn't mesh, so finally it went to Lashley. I don't know but I think the Lashley stuff is the same stuff that would have happened with Brock.

[lildude8218]

The Fiend was going to use a Babality on Lashley to bring forth Baby Lashley

[Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃]

Bobby was going to be revealed as Huskus’s alter ego…

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

Sept 5, 2023 18:55:27 GMT -5 Error said:

Sept 5, 2023 17:31:23 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

I think I read one of the original plans was Wyatt vs. Howdy but folks didn't think the Howdy character took off fast enough. My guess is it would have been Wyatt as some new incarnation of The Fiend vs. Bobby. It seemed like a lot of the talk was they wanted to steer him back in that direction but Wyatt wasn't thrilled.

Yeah, originally it was Bray vs. Howdy but people thought the Howdy stuff was falling flat so they offered the match to Brock who turned it down thinking the characters didn't mesh, so finally it went to Lashley. I don't know but I think the Lashley stuff is the same stuff that would have happened with Brock.

I mean it was pretty clear the Uncle Howdy stuff wasn't taking off just by watching...

I kinda want to know what the overall plan for it was, because it seemed like it was just Bray spinning his wheels and the Uncle Howdy stuff kinda happened with some bits contradicting itself...