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One of the most surprising WWE moments of 2019 so far came on the April 22 episode of Raw when Bray Wyatt returned to our screens for the first time since he split from former tag partner Matt Hardy in August 2018.
Between 2013-2018, the former WWE champion portrayed a villainous cult leader who often relied upon members of The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan, and later Braun Strowman and Randy Orton) to work alongside him and carry out his demands.
Known as “The Eater of Worlds”, Wyatt’s character began to change in March 2018 when he was thrown into the Lake of Reincarnation during his Ultimate Deletion match against Hardy on Raw. After re-emerging from the lake, he formed an unusual babyface alliance with his rival and the two went on to be known as “The Deleters of Worlds”.
Eight months on from the end of their run together as a tag team, Wyatt’s character underwent another transformation on this week’s Raw when he appeared in a bizarre segment towards the end of the episode.
The evil cult leader gimmick was gone, as was the “Deleters of Worlds” version of Wyatt, and he returned as the host of what appeared to be a children’s television show, “Firefly Fun House”, alongside two toy sidekicks going by the names of Mercy The Buzzard and Pammy The Witch.
The segment has been met with mixed reviews from fans on social media, with some loving its bizarreness and others wondering why Wyatt has undergone such a drastic character change. Either way, it has gotten people talking, and these kinds of segments seem like the perfect setting for the former Wyatt Family leader to interact with his fellow Superstars.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at five Superstars who could join in with the fun and games by visiting Wyatt in his Firefly Fun House.
#5 Bo Dallas
In WWE’s storylines, Bo Dallas is the over-the-top former NXT champion who has struggled for television time since his Raw Tag Team title reign with fellow B-Team member Curtis Axel came to an end in the summer of 2018. In reality, however, Dallas is Bray Wyatt’s real-life brother.
The two men briefly met in a WWE ring last year during the Deleters of Worlds vs. B-Team rivalry on Raw, but their contrasting characters have hardly interacted during their six years together on WWE’s main roster.
As part of Wyatt’s new reformed character, perhaps he could bring some reality to his storylines by introducing his actual brother, as opposed to his Wyatt Family “brothers”, as one of his new allies.
#4 Matt Hardy
As we mentioned in the introduction, Bray Wyatt’s drastic change started back in March 2018 when he was thrown into the Lake of Reincarnation by Matt Hardy following their Ultimate Deletion match in the main event of Raw.
From that moment on, he became less villainous and more of a crowd-pleaser, often encouraging the fans to applaud during matches along with Hardy.
WWE tweeted a video of Wyatt’s Firefly Fun House segment during Raw, which prompted Hardy to reply with a picture of the Hardy Compound lake, accompanied by the caption: “BEAUTIFUL!”
Hardy has recently reunited with his brother Jeff Hardy to win the SmackDown Tag Team titles, so technically he should not be allowed to appear in a segment on Raw.
However, we saw over 20 Superstars appear on different brands following the last Superstar Shake-Up, so perhaps WWE could make another exception by allowing Wyatt to interact with the man who essentially made him the changed character that he is today.
#3 Braun Strowman
Braun Strowman was introduced to WWE’s main roster as a member of The Wyatt Family after SummerSlam 2015. Originally known as “The Black Sheep”, the man we now know as “The Monster Among Men” spent the next 11 months under the guidance of Bray Wyatt before they were split up in the 2016 WWE Draft.
The two men were reunited on the same roster when Wyatt was drafted to Raw in the 2017 Superstar Shake-Up, but they have yet to interact with each other or square off in a one-on-one match since then.
Wyatt mentioned at the end of his Firefly Fun House promo that he will be back next Monday, which suggests that these wacky segments will continue over the next few weeks.
If that is the case, then maybe we could see some kind of reunion with Strowman, who is without a storyline following his Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal win at WrestleMania 35.
After all, Wyatt repeatedly stated how he has changed and he is no longer a “bad man”, so it would make sense for Strowman – the man who listened to Wyatt and took on board some of his evil tendencies – to have something to say on the matter!
#2 Alexa Bliss
Alexa Bliss is one of the most accomplished female Superstars in WWE right now, having won the Raw Women’s Championship on three occasions and the SmackDown Women’s Championship on two occasions, and she has recently transitioned into a new role as the host of ‘Moment of Bliss’.
It has already been announced that Bliss, who is essentially an unofficial authority figure on Raw these days, will reveal the red brand’s representatives for the men’s and women’s Money In The Bank ladder matches on the upcoming edition of ‘Moment of Bliss’ next week.
If the five-time main-roster champion continues to be used in this role, which allows her to discuss WWE matters with more Superstars than anybody else, then perhaps an interaction with Bray Wyatt, either in the Firefly Fun House or on her talk show, cannot be ruled out.
For what it’s worth, Bliss was one of the few Superstars who reacted to the Wyatt segment on Twitter, writing: “I am quite intrigued ….”
#1 Luke Harper
“Remember fireflies, I’ll always light the way. All you have to do is let me in.”
Those words from Bray Wyatt, which were said towards the end of his Firefly Fun House segment, seem to suggest that his reformed character will remain a leader, just like during his Wyatt Family days, but the difference now is that he is no longer a “bad man” and he has seen the error of his ways.
Luke Harper was one of Wyatt’s original followers in 2012 – he was even described as “The First Son” of The Wyatt Family – but he recently posted a statement on social media revealing that he has asked for his release from WWE.
Unlike other Superstars who were granted their release soon after publicly asking to leave the company in the past, notably Jack Swagger and Tye Dillinger, there has been no word yet from WWE on whether Harper will stay or whether he has been let go from his contract.
It is clear that the former Intercontinental champion is hugely passionate about the wrestling industry, as he showed in his lengthy post about WrestleMania Axxess in March, so perhaps he could be convinced to stay in WWE if the company assures him that he will be used in prominent storylines with Wyatt moving forward.
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