Bray Wyatt is scheduled to battle John Cena at WWE WrestleMania 36. The following will identify and pontificate three reasons why Bray Wyatt must defeat John Cena on the grandest stage of them all.
You can’t see me? If John Cena lets Bray Wyatt in, The Fiend will see him. Indeed, at this year’s WWE WrestleMania 36, Bray Wyatt will be battling John Cena in the Showcase of the Immortals. Many see this match as simply a WrestleMania 30 rematch, but it’s more than that.
Both of these superstars have transformed over the years into something greater. While Cena has transformed into a Hollywood sensation, Wyatt has transformed into an otherworldly entity that rewrites its past and transcends anything that is fathomable.
This match at WrestleMania 36 will be a testament to the evolution of Bray Wyatt. The following will convey why the devolution of his character should not be an option when he goes head to head with the face that runs the place, John Cena.
3.) Bray Wyatt Needs A Consolation Prize For Having Lost The Universal Championship to Goldberg
Since a part-timer already defeated Bray Wyatt to win the Universal Championship, it would be a spit in the face to have another part timer defeat Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 36. Indeed, Bray Wyatt needs defeat John Cena to consolate his loss to Goldberg at WWE Super ShowDown 2020.
Remember when CM Punk lost the WWE Championship to The Rock at WWE Royal Rumble 2013 and later lost to The Undertaker at WrestleMania 29? Punk’s consecutive losses to part timers on the road to WrestleMania severely harmed his stock in the eyes of the common viewer, and this piss poor booking partially led to his eventual departure in 2014.
As can be indicated by his memorable, prominent, and revolutionary 434-day championship reign, CM Punk was clearly a very popular and influential star in that era of wrestling. Does the WWE want to make the same mistake with Bray Wyatt (one of the top merchandise sellers in 2019-2020) in this era of wrestling?
Based on the reactions to Bray Wyatt’s Hell in a Cell loss to Seth Rollins last year, it is probably in WWE’s best interests to refrain from making the same mistake. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, and WWE should avoid being considered insane on the road to WrestleMania 36.
2.) Part-Timer John Cena Should Be Pushing Talent
Our Kevin Parvizi already addressed the rumor of John Cena potentially wanting to put over Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 36. Clearly, John Cena should be putting Bray Wyatt over because he is an established part timer who should be giving back to the WWE at this stage of his career.
The best way to give back is by pushing younger stars and propelling the future to greater heights. The best way to push young stars and propel the future to greater heights is by losing to them (i.e. passing the torch) in a memorable way that will solidify the young star’s main event status or rise to stardom in the company.
Thanks to his innovative ‘Fiend’ gimmick, Wyatt has finally found his niche in this business. It would be unfortunate to see him lose at WrestleMania after this transfiguration, especially to a part timer who will very likely go back to Hollywood after Mania anyways.
A victory here won’t matter for Cena and a loss won’t hurt his momentum. As for Wyatt, it’s the exact opposite because the WWE Universe has already let him in and the superstar they can’t see needs to do the same. If not, Cena may also have to turn heel, get himself a sacrilegious gimmick, wear a glove, deliver sermons, and start calling himself the Hollywood Messiah.
1.) Bray Wyatt Needs WrestleMania 30 Redemption
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Remember when John Cena defeated Bray Wyatt at WWE WrestleMania 30 to protect his legacy and the majority of the WWE fans felt Wyatt should have gone over? Clearly, Wyatt needs to redeem himself from that devastating loss by winning at this year’s WrestleMania.
As Wyatt declaimed: ‘Life is a circle. No matter what beast you make of yourself or how bright one side is, inevitably the dark side comes again. But the beauty of the circle is, round we go.’ Although Wyatt’s gimmick is eerie, no human being is so bad as to be beyond redemption.
Without this rivalry with John Cena, there would be no FireFly Funhouse because the dramatic downfall of Wyatt’s original gimmick would have never occurred. That downfall elicited Wyatt’s transformation into something more dangerous, intimidating, powerful, and indestructible.
His alter ego or doppelgänger will unleash its wrath when deemed necessary. This is the most incumbent moment for Wyatt to take advantage of a bout that is six years in the making and quite frankly the biggest match of his career.
Many naysayers say that Wyatt’s character was destroyed once he lost the Universal Championship from Goldberg? Au contraire, Wyatt’s character was already destroyed in the past…..never again.