If you are a fan of the WWE, then you knew how special Bray Wyatt was. He captivated audiences everywhere he went. I don’t have much to say, but I felt like I should say something about him. I quit watching wrestling for a few years around 2008/09-2015/16 or so, but when I started watching it again, Bray Wyatt was already a big deal. I vaguely knew about him and I really didn’t know what to think of Wyatt Family at the time, but as time passed, I loved it. I started to really enjoy Bray Wyatt’s creativity. He was a creative genius. He was so rare. Nobody had the WWE Universe in the palm of their hand like he did. He used to sing, “He’s got the whole world, In his hands…” He truly had the audience in his hands.

He had so many memorable moments, but I will always remember his ability to speak. So many performers today are practically machines in the ring, but don’t have the ability to speak. Bray’s promos always hit the mark. Whether he was the Wyatt Family cult leader, or the Firefly Fun House host, or The Fiend. He was the focal point. You were always zeroed in on what he was doing. I got to see Bray at a handful of live shows too. I can honestly say that he was the best part of those shows.

When the screen/arena went dark and the camera lights from cell phones (the fireflies) illuminated the crowd, it was always an eerie feeling, but it was always a cool thing to witness. Whenever it happens today, I always think of Bray Wyatt.

I will never forget the first time that we saw The Fiend and his first match as The Fiend. It was special, and I have always compared it to the time that people first saw The Undertaker. I would say it was a similar level of mystique and it was certainly the best thing going in the WWE at the time. No matter which version of Bray Wyatt was featured, he made it work. Whether it be the Wyatt Family, or the Deleters of Worlds version with “Woken” Matt Hardy, or Firefly Fun House Bray, or The Fiend, or the charred-up version of The Fiend, or even the unfinished version of himself and the puzzling connection between he and Uncle Howdy. Bray Wyatt knew how to captivate an audience and bring the most out of his characters.

Celebrity deaths are always weird. Most of the time, we never meet these people and we definitely don’t know what they are like behind the curtains/camera, but we always feel a connection to them somehow. Bray Wyatt was a symbol of my reinvigorated interest in wrestling in a way. He played a part in it for certain.

I wanted to make this article short, but the goal was to pay my respects to the man we knew as Bray Wyatt. He made a tremendous impact on the current landscape of the WWE and I don’t think anyone expected the news that we heard last night. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and those closest to him. Seeing all of these tributes and hearing the stories about him over the last night and morning are in a way comforting. He was very well respected and beloved among his peers and that is a wonderful thing to see and hear.

I am going to miss seeing him on TV, but we certainly have the memories and he had a bunch of memorable moments in a short span.

RIP Windham Rotunda, you will be dearly missed…

Yacs

RIP Bray Wyatt