5 Things the WWE Needs to Consider When Breaking Bray Wyatt

Bray Wyatt is a captivating character when handled properly. His imagery and promos keep the audience hanging on every word, when he's at his best, but when the writing is floating around, it can be mind-numbing trying to follow him. By most standards, Wyatt hasn't changed much as a character since his call-up from NXT.

The way to tell what year his picture is from is to see who is standing with him and even that was mostly Rowan and Harper. Wyatt is a madman that at one point had power and allies, but squandered and lost them both.

The genius of Matt Hardy is both in his brilliance and in his insanity. Does the audience believe that he is speaking to the spirit of George Washington as he prepares for battle, or is this a crazy person explaining his delusions as he talks to a giraffe?

This allows two types of people to enjoy Hardy, while the more horror-inspired Wyatt only appeals to one type of fan, and if you don't like the Undertaker, you aren't going to like Wyatt.

There is a fine line between brilliance and insanity, so let's look at some of the issues that we will be seeing in the coming months, and why the WWE needs to be very careful how they handle this.

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#1 How to handle Bray with Brother Nero?

Brother Nero speaking to Bray Wyatt

Do not repeat the 'Obsolete Mule' gimmick that Jeff Hardy had to go through. That should be unique to him as this should be unique to Wyatt. I agree that there should be a metamorphosis and he shouldn't jump straight into his final form, but his path needs to be different.

Jeff Hardy was a physically Broken man, his body had been through so much over the years that it's amazing he is alive. Wyatt, on the other hand, is more Broken in mind or spirit.

Tag with Matt Hardy. Though it will be fun to see them in the occasional 6-man tag against The New Day, Miztourage, The Shield, or Undisputed Era, if Wyatt and Matt team up for tag action, it can open Jeff Hardy up for singles action on Smackdown.

Matt is the better storyteller, but Jeff is the better singles performer. Mixing it up like this benefits everyone.

The fact that Jeff was moved to Smackdown helps, but as the pay-per-views are no longer going to be brand exclusive, so it is possible for them to call on Jeff for a big match or Deletion.

#2 Keeping in touch with old friends

Bray Wyatt with Eric Rowan and Braun Strowman

Talk to Braun Strowman sometime. We all know that beyond the ring, Braun respects Bray as his mentor. Now that we are seeing a lighter side of Braun, it could be fun to watch the Monster talk to his former Master and say, "What the hell is going on in that guy's brain?"

We saw a moment kind of like this when Jeff was speaking to Matt and Bray on Raw while Seth Rollins and Finn Balor looked confused.

It will also be interesting to see if the Broken Universe ever collides with the Bludgeon Brothers. Now that all of the members of the Wyatt family have been reinvented, how would they interact or acknowledge the past?

#3 An expedition for gold?

Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy entering on Raw

I never understood why Bray Wyatt, the Eater of Worlds, would care about a belt. Matt Hardy as his guide could show him the belt as a beacon or goal towards healing, a symbol of overcoming who he once was.

Right now they are on a path towards the tag team titles, they tell much more compelling stories than any of the other tag teams on Raw's roster, and giving them the belts opens up the chance to see a tag team deletion match for the titles.

Many believe that Matt Hardy owes his return to the WWE to his Broken Gimmick and his Exhibition of Gold in which the Hardyz collected tag team championships from various promotions around the world. (I sat in the 4th row for one of them).

Could we see an exhibition of gold in which Hardy and Wyatt win the tag team titles on Raw, Smackdown and NXT?

#4 Waiting for Sanity

Sanity

It was recently announced that Sanity would be moving up to Raw and rumors have been running wild that Bray Wyatt may soon be taking control of the group. This shouldn't happen for at least half a year.

Spend time on Raw developing Bray Wyatt in this role. Have him develop a real relationship with Matt Hardy to the point where the audience actually sees them as a team. Daniel Bryan was in the Wyatt Family for a week before he turned and it was not satisfying. Randy Orton, on the other hand, took his time, won the titles, and made a lot of big moves with Wyatt before turning on him and burning his cabin down.

Spend time on Smackdown developing Sanity, make them a force to be reckoned with but still imperfect. There needs to be a reason they need Wyatt to lead them. Give them frustration. The audience already loves Sanity, and they can be a very weird type of Babyface team if handled properly we just need to see the struggle.

This should obviously end in a Final Deletion match with all of Sanity against the Hardy's and Wyatt. This will no doubt end with Wyatt falling back into the Lake of Reincarnation to return to something much darker. I can't wait, but like I said, it can't be rushed.

#5 Committing to this

Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy celebrating a victory on Raw

Don't break them up two months from now. Bray Wyatt did the same gimmick for years, and he needs to be given time to fit into place. The Broken Universe wasn't created in a day. The WWE glances past many great gimmicks and moves on to other plans too quickly in the name of getting a guaranteed cheer from the audience.

This is already getting a positive reaction, the WWE needs to be willing to push through with the gimmick even when something goes wrong. There was a lot of pressure on the Ultimate Deletion and now they seem to have some slack, but in order for them to come up with a truly compelling story, they need more than a little creative freedom.

In the last couple weeks, it has seemed like they are willing to change the bar minimum necessary about Bray Wyatt for this gimmick, but to be truly revolutionary (like the Final Deletion was) they need to push harder.

Overall I'm more excited about this than I have been for anything Wyatt had ever done other than bringing in Braun. Can't wait to see what happens next.