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Although Bray Wyatt became the new WWE Universal Champion at SummerSlam, he lost the title to Roman Reigns just a week later at the Payback pay-per-view.
As a character, Wyatt hasn't lost his momentum to a huge extent since The Big Dog pinned Braun Strowman to become the current WWE Universal Champion. However, three of the biggest stars on WWE SmackDown can't operate as heels at the same time, which is why Wyatt turned babyface during Payback.
The Fiend is an intimidating and evil character, by all means, so a babyface turn almost seems a bit unusual for him at the moment. This also gives WWE a lot of options for his creative direction in the future, so let's take a look at four reasons why 'The Fiend' could be a great babyface.
#4: Alexa Bliss can transform Wyatt into a more believable WWEbabyface
According to an interesting theory posed by Sportskeeda's own Tom Colohue, it was implied that Alexa Bliss is in the midst of transforming into a completely different character.
Bliss debuted a new look on the SmackDown episode before Payback and during the main event of the pay-per-view itself, she seemed to be somewhat infatuated with The Fiend. It has become more than apparent now that this particular storyline is far from over.
In fictional storytelling, they often say what goes around, comes around. The Fiend is primarily responsible for dragging Bliss into this mayhem and if Wyatt's evil alter-ego needs to be showcased as a more effective babyface, Alexa's presence could ensure that this transformation occurs in an organic way.
Linked above is Sportskeeda's new show, 'Smack Talk', where Tom Colohue and Rick Ucchino discussed the events from this week's SmackDown. It was brought up that Nikki Cross could be the brand-new guest Wyatt has teased for next week's Firefly Fun House.
Regardless of what happens, The Fiend's storyline with Bliss can be a gateway to cement the former as an unusually intriguing babyface in WWE.
#3: An intriguing contrast for Wyatt, a WWE character born out of hatred
Although Wyatt has turned babyface in WWE during his run as 'The Eater of Worlds', the situation is quite different when it comes to The Fiend.
It has been frequently established that The Fiend was created as a result of all the suffering that Wyatt had to endure for years. The Eater of Worlds couldn't eventually handle the pain, so when that character ran it's course, an even stronger personality was created as a result.
So for a character that is supposed to represent all things that are evil, a babyface turn for The Fiend would be a stark contrast, in general.
Fictional shows like Mr Robot have artistically depicted Dissociative Identity Disorder in the best way possible. Though while this writer is aware that there is a huge difference in the quality of writing between SmackDown and Mr Robot, Wyatt is the kind of creative genius who can be trusted to transcend the limit of fictional storytelling in WWE.
As discussed above, The Fiend exists for a reason, and for the character to transform into a babyface would be a contradiction as to the nature of its very existence. For this reason, a babyface run for 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt could be the ultimate character change in WWE history.
#2: 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt doesn't need a WWE title to solidify himself as a great babyface
In WWE, a standard babyface has one primary motive in mind, and that is to become the top champion on either WWE Monday Night RAW or SmackDown.
Some of the best storylines in WWE feature the 'chase' where a babyface climbs up to the top to dethrone a heel champion. Most babyfaces need to do that in order to stay relevant, but The Fiend belongs to a rare breed of WWE Superstars, who can flourish in non-title storylines better than anyone else on the roster.
Like Paul Heyman said on this week's SmackDown, Reigns upholds all the values that are required for a top champion, and The Fiend is more of an attraction rather than a proper top champion.
This doesn't mean Wyatt's evil alter-ego can't have a great title run, but the meaning of that statement was for a character rooted in storytelling to a huge extent, a world title simply creates more creative boundaries for a supernatural character like The Fiend.
So now that the Universal Championship is no longer the current storyline for The Fiend, he can finally have a more creative run as a babyface in a non-title storyline more than he could ever have as a heel champion.
#1: The Fiend needs to 'turn' WWE's heel characters into babyfaces at some point
The problem for WWE with a lack of top babyfaces on SmackDown can be partly attributed to The Fiend's presence on the show. Braun Strowman turned heel after the Wyatt Swamp Fight, thanks to Bray Wyatt/The Fiend.
Not just Strowman, but WWE stars like Seth Rollins and Finn Balor were also forced to turn to the dark side after falling prey to The Fiend's actions. After all, the character brings out the worst in people
Fans may have noticed that The Fiend wears two gloves stating 'Hurt' and 'Heal' to cover both of his hands, but each one of them symbolizes a different fate for his opponents. So far, The Fiend has been responsible for turning several good men into despicable beings and now that he is a babyface, maybe it is time to use the 'heal' glove to its full extent.
If The Fiend is being forced to contradict its own evil nature, then perhaps the character should change its motive in WWE as well.
'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt will always come across as one scary individual, which is why he can never be a traditional babyface. But in terms of action, the character could undo some of the evil he has created by turning hateful men into good beings.
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