Bray Wyatt was one of the shocking releases in the mass releases this year. Bray Wyatt and alter ego, the Fiend were among the most gimmicks in wrestling for a while. But due to poor booking on WWE’s side, it slowly went downhill. However, Bray’s merch sales were still doing well and even after his releases.
He was still selling Fiend merch. Making his release from the company a massive surprise, but now some new information has been released on why WWE could have released Bray Wyatt.
Why WWE might have released Bray Wyatt
Speaking on the Mat Men podcast, Andrew Zarian had this to say:
“I wanna be careful with this. I’m not even gonna allude to where it came from, who told me this. I would say that this is probably one of the most legitimate people I’ve spoken to that would be able to address this. This isn’t a friend of a friend told me and I even have to second source and triple source’ or anything like that. This is as close (to first-hand information) as you could possibly get. And it’s not Bray. It’s nobody that you would ever imagine.
Bray was being difficult. And I’m gonna fill in a lot, I’m not even gonna quote. Because I have the quote, (but) I don’t wanna quote it. He was a little difficult, he had some performance issues in the ring, and he had some weight issues. I’m not saying that that’s the reason, I’m not gonna say that’s the reason, but you can kind of piece things together as to the things – when you evaluate a talent and you’re like, ‘Okay we need this and we need that and this is the plan moving forward, you need someone… sometimes the decision is easier to make if you make it more difficult for them to make that decision.
So, there is no one reason, by the way, let me just put it out there. Financial, yes. There was a financial issue, there were plenty of other scenarios here. I don’t think he was happy. And I would tell you that these decisions are not cut and dry. It’s not like, ‘Oh it was a money thing and that’s it. Obviously they’re gonna say that, that’ll be the public answer. Because most likely, it played a part in money, because you can only like some guys so much when you’re losing money. I’m not saying they were losing money, but I’m just putting it out there like that. There were numerous reasons. Not one.”
Transcript took from Wrestletalk
Was Bray Wyatt being difficult?
Through what Matt said, it seems like it boils down to three things: the protection of Bray Wyatt’s character, a fluctuation in weight and money. These seem to be the three reasons why Bray was released. Taking this into account, you have to think of what place Bray Wyatt was in after losing close friend Brody Lee and taking time away from the ring due to that.
This is just speculation, but these issues could be easily related to the passing of a close friend. Bray’s gimmicks have also had a stop and start to feel over the years, making it no surprise that frustration was there. It’s possible that this could be an evolving story, and we will keep you up to date.
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