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On the latest episode of RAW, Bray Wyatt addressed the recent rumours of him getting a Universal Championship match via Firefly Fun House. It was yet another incredible segment that saw him confront a puppet Vince McMahon and feed him puppet money, trying to get a crack at either Braun Strowman or Seth Rollins at WWE Hell in a Cell 2019.
If you're not aware - the rumour has been circulating lately about Wyatt facing either Rollins or Strowman at Hell in a Cell. It was started by the host venue Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, who advertised that Wyatt will be facing the Universal Champion at Hell in a Cell.
On RAW, he spoke about both Rollins & Strowman, calling them selfish people who can't team up the way he does with his "friends" in the Firefly Fun House. It was a brilliant episode as always and it basicallt revealed WWE's intention of making Wyatt compete for the Universal title at Hell in a Cell. Here are five reasons why WWE wants him to do so.
#5 Paul Heyman has a major swerve planned up his sleeve
For all we know, The Fiend challenging for the WWE Universal Championship could be all Paul Heyman. We've been seeing some very Heyman-heavy episodes of RAW the past month or so and the quality has undoubtedly increased quite a bit.
Now, consistency is going to be key for Heyman and his team and this may be the first major shocker of sorts that Heyman has planned. We've had some nice swerves so far (with the Sasha Banks & Bayley heel turn being the most prominent ones, but we're yet to really see a huge swerve. This could be Heyman's idea of it which is why he has it planned under wraps.
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#4 Vince McMahon is fully behind him
It's very clear even on-screen when Vince McMahon is personally behind a character. Being the mastermind of the company and the man who has been running things for nearly four decades, McMahon knows that it's character work that crowd gets invested in, not so much the in-ring ability of a superstar.
If there's a solid character that gets over, there's a high chance of him getting behind them. But Bray Wyatt and "The Fiend" are no ordinary characters. They're the brainchild of Wyatt himself and Braun Strowman even revealed that he hadn't talked to him in months because he had just "holed up" and was in his own world trying to create this new character.
It's a project that's rightfully been handled with a lot of care and it's clear that Vince McMahon is fully behind this as well. There were rumours that he is committed to making this new gimmick work and as long as Wyatt has the main man behind him, he's going to get pushed to the moon.
Either way, one must wonder how Vince McMahon reacts to these Firefly Fun House segments and the portrayal of himself.
#3 The momentum of his character
One of the major things that WWE has gotten wrong several times over the years is that they tend to fail to capitalise on superstars' momentum, especially when they're really hot and over.
To their credit, that is something that has reduced quite a bit in 2018 and especially 2019, with WWE clearly capitalising on the hottest superstars - as seen at WrestleMania 35 with the likes of Becky Lynch and Kofi Kingston.
With that said, one can only hope that their record in 2019 continues and they're able to give Wyatt continual momentum. They've been very smart with the way they've handled him - only making him appear occasionally for his attacks.
Moreover, the fact that he's hardly in the arena itself gives him a very special feel and WWE knows that he's not the kind of character who should be wrestling on RAW every Monday Night. He's a special type of character and by carefully pushing and protecting him, they've managed to give him a lot of momentum that he lost by the time he was last around in 2018.
The main reason why WWE would want to push him to a Universal title shot is to keep his momentum going and have him become stronger than ever.
#2 No other exciting challengers for Seth Rollins at the moment
It would be a long shot to assume that Braun Strowman is going to win the WWE Universal Championship at Clash of Champions 2019. As we've seen over the past couple of years, whenever Braun Strowman has a lot of momentum and a title shot at the same time, the entire purpose of it is to benefit the other Superstar.
Two years ago, it was Brock Lesnar. Prior to WrestleMania 34, it was Roman Reigns and this year, it's probably going to be Seth Rollins.
Given that he's just off the cusp of a clean victory over The Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar, it doesn't make sense to put the title on Strowman, even if they want to run a Strowman vs Wyatt match.
Either way, the fact of the matter is that post-Strowman, there aren't too many good challengers for the title. AJ Styles is busy with the United States Championship while other contenders like Drew McIntyre don't really have the momentum behind them going.
If we're talking purely in terms of having momentum, then no other superstar is more exciting for Rollins to face than The Fiend.
#1 Hell in a Cell is the perfect stipulation for The Fiend
It's been nearly four years since Bray Wyatt last competed inside Hell in a Cell. The last time he did, he faced Roman Reigns and lost in what was a rather fantastic effort. It's surprising that he hasn't competed in it since then, but he was never a fully featured Superstar during the time the PPV would take place.
This time around, things are very different. He has an incredible new dark character that has literally only had one match. Given that it was more about his character and the story, they didn't need to have a long match and at SummerSlam, it took The Fiend all but three minutes to put away Finn Balor.
That didn't stop the crowd from chanting "That was awesome" and WWE might be hoping for the same inside the Cell. If Rollins vs Wyatt isn't a good enough headliner, then having it inside the Cell would only add to its intensity in a big way. Given the dark nature of his character, one would imagine that he would absolutely thrive inside the five walls of the cell.
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