Bray Wyatt’s return was received positively by many in the industry, from fans to fellow roster members and old friends.
Wyatt would show up at the end of Extreme Rules along with the Firefly Funhouse puppets brought to life in human form. The return was highly intricate, with it all building to Bray Wyatt being revealed at the end of the show.
Fightful Select have now reported that Wyatt’s return was well received backstage in WWE.
WWE sources that we spoke with said that Wyatt’s return was very well received, and that they were very happy with the buzz created in the weeks leading up to WWE Extreme Rules with the QR codes and cryptic videos. Several WWE sources had been playing up Extreme Rules as a “big night” to media ahead of the weekend. As early as one week after Vince McMahon’s retirement, members of the new WWE regime told Fightful they felt optimistic about Wyatt’s return. A full month before Wyatt returned to WWE, one WWE source was completely convinced that Wyatt was back with WWE and heading back. Several that are usually in the know were kept out of the loop about the context of the White Rabbit videos until this past week. Some of the references had to be approved, but standard WWE creative were largely hands off.
Fightful Select
Time will tell what is next for Bray creatively but his return will likely live long in the memory of fans as one of the most creative returns in recent memory.
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