During these vignettes, the cheerful Wyatt would refer to an alternative persona known as The Fiend, who would be the primary violent participant in Wyatt’s matches.
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Rotunda had The Fiend’s clownish demonic mask made by horror icon/make-up artist Tom Savini. Then, to further cement that the old Bray Wyatt was dead, he had his trademark lantern look like the severed head of his former cult leader gimmick.
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The Fiend had a great debut at SummerSlam 2019, where fans were dumbstruck until they cheered “THAT WAS AWESOME!” after the bout. It not only felt a refreshing take in modern-day WWE, but sales for shirts, toys, masks, cuce boots, and other merch featuring The Fiend sold like hotcakes.
While having a fearsome character in pro wrestling is great, but having him wrestle under a red light during matches sucks because most fans don’t want to watch wrestling under a Hawaiian Punch, Virtual Boy, or other dated reference lenses. It didn’t work with Kane’s character 20 years ago, so there’s no reason why it could have worked now.
Also, while it is important for the scary wrestler to instill fear, the point is to cheer for the good guy. Babyface wrestlers look silly if they appear too scared to wrestle, especially when their opponent is wielding a giant Harley Quinn hammer.
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Essentially, The Fiend suffered because WWE didn’t course-correct on some things and didn’t commit to others. Basically, they did the opposite moves that steered Undertaker and Kane to long-lasting success. After some odd starts and stops with his push, like being lit on fire, then being okay again but melty, Rotunda was let go by WWE in 2021.
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