6 Tiny flaws in The Fiend's character presentation since its debut

#4 SummerSlam 2019 follow-up

The Fiend's assault on Jerry Lawler

Bray Wyatt had arguably one of, if not the best, return match in WWE history at SummerSlam 2019 against Finn Bálor.

The Fiend’s entrance on itself drew so much attention, it’s still widely regarded as the most exciting thing, that happened on that show. There, we got an opportunity to see, how Wyatt’s new persona is going to be portraited in the ring, to capture a glimpse of totally renewed chemistry between him and his former rival in the face of Bálor. The match itself was booked and performed brilliantly, leaving wrestling fans in absolute awe not only during The Biggest Party Of The Summer, but also in weeks to come.

Rightfully so, the entire WWE Universe expected some kind of a captivating follow-up to this on next week’s RAW or even SmackDown Live. A beginning of a new feud, any significant angle, even a small reference to Finn Balor’s state after their match - many options would have worked to help keep Bray Wyatt’s enormous momentum and popularity going. Unfortunately, since his re-debut on SummerSlam 2019, WWE didn't even mention The Fiend and Firefly Fun House for an entire week.

On the 19th of August, on the episode of RAW, The Fiend made his appearance attacking Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler right before his King’s Court segment. While the attack was staged and performed masterfully as always, it fell in the template of his other legends assaults and led to nothing significant in the end.

On the next edition of RAW, we’ve been shown a little video-package, that highlighted some of the previous Firefly Fun House series moments without any prominent narrative or purpose.

One way to call this approach to The Fiend’s presentation would be ‘keeping its plate spinning’, but after a closer look, it clearly indicates, that creative just didn’t know, what to do with Bray Wyatt at that exact point in time.

Also, it should seem as given, that Wyatt’s new sensational gimmick is not a thing, with which just ‘keeping the plate spinning’ will be in any way enough to present it properly.