{"id":39994,"date":"2017-03-15T21:10:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T02:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=39994"},"modified":"2017-03-15T21:10:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T02:10:23","slug":"amadis-take-wwe-needs-go-bray-wyatt-type-characters-just-pull-back-evidenced-flat-payoff-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/03\/15\/amadis-take-wwe-needs-go-bray-wyatt-type-characters-just-pull-back-evidenced-flat-payoff-week\/","title":{"rendered":"AMADI&#8217;S TAKE: WWE needs to go all-in with Bray Wyatt type characters or just pull back, as evidenced by flat &#8220;payoff&#8221; this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-27602098\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>This week on Smackdown, WWE fans finally got the payoff they\u2019ve been waiting months and months for. Bray Wyatt, who was at long last betrayed by his brother\/servant Randy Orton, finally coated himself in filth in front of a national television audience. Naturally, the WWE Universe now waits with bated breath to see what comes next from the year\u2019s hottest feud.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, when it was revealed that Orton had fought alongside Wyatt for months just to burn down his shack, it was probably still too early to call the entire storyline a dud. Sure, Orton came off like a goof for buying into the shaky mythology of Sister Abigail so completely that he\u2019d taken beatings on Wyatt\u2019s behalf just to burn down a shack. But, there was no telling what Bray Wyatt\u2019s response would be. For all we knew at the time, we could have gotten a \u201cbroken\u201d Bray.<\/p>\n<p>But now we know better. Now we know that all Bray had to do was return to the shack, cover himself in the supposed ashes of Sister Abigail (who we can now confirm is the \u201cspawn of Satan,\u201d was \u201cforged in hell,\u201d and has numerous apostles), and declare himself stronger for having gone through the experience.<\/p>\n<p>The Orton-Wyatt feud isn\u2019t an example of a great storyline that took a wrong turn in the last two weeks. It was doomed from the beginning. This feud was destined to fail because it was predicated on the idea that Wyatt is more than what he appears at face value: A wrestler with great delivery and a cool entrance.<br \/>\nThe failure of the Orton-Wyatt feud is a symptom of WWE\u2019s larger problem with dark characters.<\/p>\n<p>WWE loves to introduce dark characters with cool entrances that captivate live crowds. That\u2019s what they have with Bray Wyatt on Smackdown, Finn Balor on Raw, and Ember Moon on NXT.<\/p>\n<p>Problems arise, however, when WWE must prominently feature these characters. Bray Wyatt is fine when he\u2019s toiling in the upper mid-card, but main event feuds involving him tend to flop. The problem is there\u2019s no depth to his character. Sometimes he\u2019s a cult leader, sometimes he\u2019s the devil, sometimes he\u2019s a god. Nothing involving Sister Abigail carries any weight because we\u2019re only now getting any real idea as to her importance to the Bray Wyatt character and the information we\u2019re getting is murky at best.<\/p>\n<p>Half of Finn Balor\u2019s appeal is that he\u2019s covered from head to toe in teasers for a potential Bullet Club reformation in WWE. The other half is that he paints himself up like a demon for special events. Everyone may miss him now, but his first main roster feud centered around a history lessons and him showing off his \u201cDemon King\u201d persona who wrestles exactly as Finn Balor would sans body paint.<\/p>\n<p>Over on NXT, Ember Moon where\u2019s red contact lenses and makes subtle references to being a werewolf every so often. All of the theatrics really do her a disservice, as she\u2019s mostly over with the crowd for being undefeated and having a spectacular finishing maneuver.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-30525263\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>WWE needs to go all in with these types of characters or pull all the way back. The WWE title program at this year\u2019s WrestleMania is based around hazy explanations as to who Bray Wyatt is and what his motivations are. We\u2019ve been told he\u2019s a lot of things over the years, but with his most consistent role being the wrestler looking up at the lights at the end of big feuds, all talk of dead sisters and magic powers seems entirely superfluous.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THIS PREVIOUS EDITORIAL:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/01\/31\/amadis-take-cenas-promo-styles-last-week-works-cena-argued-ultimately-proven-false\/\">AMADI\u2019S TAKE: Cena\u2019s promo with Styles last week only works if what Cena argued is ultimately proven false<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-245955350\"><div id=\"pwtor-3441084970\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>This week on Smackdown, WWE fans finally got the payoff they\u2019ve been waiting months and months for. 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