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The entrance was pretty epic. I am an old school Bray Wyatt fan in sense that I will always prefer his cult leader gimmick. But the visual presentation of the Fiend,the creativity going into everything regarding him was undeniable. So seeing Wyatt Sicks coming like this,with such cool presentation was so awesome. I really hope they have ideas that are on the same level in the tank,I want this to succeed so much.
At this point I've got no reason not to believe they've got an awesome plan for this.
I agree, the cult leader Bray was far and away the best character work of his career.
Maybe that’s why Nikki was acting all zombie like
Follow The Buzzards lol
If I was Randy Orton, I'd have my head on a swivel in Chicago at Smackdown Friday. He burned Abigail's house down and set the Fiend on fire in a match. So now Randy has to watch out for the New Bloodline and the Wyatt Sicks.
Damn it. Orton's gonna get killed off, isn't he? And Kevin Owens is gonna have a heck of a lot of Scrappy-Doo-ing to do, to get out of the pickle he's left in! 🙈
randy is screwed, and if theyre going with the targeting people who betrayed their groups, orton betrayed the wyatt family, its full on personal with him
I met Bray during the Wyatt family time. I can't explain it but the guy had such a calming way about him.
I'm not a fan of large crowds but somehow as soon as I met him I was chilled out. He had such an aura.
He was a very nice guy. Treated the fans so nicely. Especially good with young fans.
He was also imo very intelligent.
I thought this debut was pretty perfect. A wonderful tribute and I look forward to seeing how this all plays out.
Bray was always a storyteller. Even in old Wyatt family promos and old posts he did, you can pick up references to the Fiend.
I heard he was such a great person to meet!
@Dporticus just ahead of me 2 kids dressed as Harper and Rowan and Bray was like an excited kid. Got down on the floor to do the classic Wyatt family pose with them so their parents could take photos. He even gave a steward his phone to take photos for him.
Really made their day.
He was a master storyteller. He knew what he was doing. Every word was deliberate. There are cyphers and references in his promos of old, referencing characters and stories of recent times. There are still clues and easter eggs some of us have yet to find in his earlier work, because we just weren't looking for them, and didn't know to! He was creating a whole universe within the WWE and using WWE as his creative playground and it was beautiful (if not a little twisted) to see.
@seanio It's so crazy that there is still stuff we've yet to find. It's an amazing Web of tales and characters.
Windham could've probably gone into movies with his talent for weaving a tale.
100% agree with what you're saying.
Very well put also.
Something that happened during The Fiend days was that for at least the first few feuds in the Fiend's existence, his opponents would go through a character change. Seth Rollins became is Jesus-like figure and turned heel, Finn Balor went back to NXT and turned heel, The Miz turned heel, and Daniel Bryan cut his hair and turned face. This stopped around when he lost the Universal belt to Goldberg, as Goldberg, Cena, Braun, and Randy didn't have a significant change. But Alexa Bliss did go through her massive character change because of The Fiend
I’m really happy Dexter that is doing stuff! He’s so underrated.
I think he has the perfect look for this stuff too
The five are Bo Dallas, Nikki Cross, Dexter Lumis, Joe Gacy, Erick Rowan (the big ginger guy from the wyatt family). In some of the QR code teases there were letters from Uncle Howdy to the individual members that made references to each person without naming them outright. Like Gacy being betrayed by his followers in the Schism (a cultlike faction he led in nxt), Dexter Lumis' family disbanding (he was in The Way with Gargano, Theory, Candice and Indi Hartwell), Nikki and the phasing out of her faction (SaNiTy in NXT) and obviously Rowan with the OG Wyatt Family, so people have kind of known who was gonna be in it, though there were letters mentioning another woman who would bring them together so people thought Alexa Bliss would be the 6th member.
I really hope I get to see Alexa bliss through all of this!
Eric Rowan with a double tribute.... Obviously a tribute to Bray Wyatt, but the hammer and mask on the back of his head were a tribute to Luke Harper/Brodie Lee from when they were the Bludgeon Brother.... They both carried big hammers, and the mask on the back of his head was Luke Harper's mask....
People are saying that the 6 member is bray itself in spirit and I quite like that maybe let Alexa be normal for once
Please don't answer his questions, its his gimmick to pretend he knows nothing about wrestling prior to some random date.😅
I thought I was smart for finding this out lol
The Mercy/Dexter Lumis mask and character work kicks all kinda ass. Just sitting cross legged with his hands almost praying looking over his destruction in Gorilla. Unreal.
I can’t imagine why it must feel like for Taylor to get this opportunity to carry on his big brother’s story, and the intro was beeeeyoutiful. Perfect start.
Look up eric rowan bludgen brothers...he was the first person you saw backstage with the rabbit mask. This had SO many call backs to it, it would take an essay to go over all of them. Be it the masks being the characters from Bray fun house, the music, the effects, the lighting, the door, etc.
As for cross, she has always played creepy/weird characters for most of her career and was in a similar crazy faction in NXT when she got called up. She thrives in the maniac/crazy setting.
I love that she's going to get used again! After all those weird moments with her months ago 😆
@@Dporticusit turns out that the staring into the distance was the first part of the whole craze
An essay, you say? 🤔 Hold my non-alcoholic beverage... 😂 (says Captain Essay).
This wwe reveal is bringing back nostalgic memories for me. I need to get the thought out of my head that the big stuff should only happen on big shows. When I was a kid watching Raw/Smackdown there was the legit possibility that ANYTHING could happen and it all fell into the world of WWE. There’s still that level of unpredictability now but less than. This angle just injected that feeling of “I don’t even have a inkling of what’s gonna happen and I don’t want to know I just know it’s gonna be 🔥 and I NEED to see what’s next”
I'm still shocked they did something like this on an episode of raw. But it was so so so damn cool
I just love the sudden change in atmosphere and tone. Could really feel Bray here.
I loved all the little details, like how they seemingly went after people who betrayed others and the fact that Uncle Howdy was wearing Bray Wyatt's "Hurt" glove but not the "Heal" one. EDIT: I was told the glove says "Bray" and that's even better.
As far as who else they can target: Randy Orton betrayed The Wyatt Family after he joined. I'd keep an eye on that.
And finally: I'm curious how the rest of the Alpha Academy will react to Chad Gable getting attacked after they left him.
The details were PERFECT
The glove said “BRAY” not “Hurt” or “heal”
@@DBKingKatsuki That's even cooler! I didn't really get a good look at it.
@@nigelchaos hell yeah. I’m so excited to see what comes out of this
It was "HEAL" not Help! I made booboo on the WWE video, oh well!
The members were actually hinted/teased in some of the earlier QR codes. One of the links had all of their initials
I’m hyped. Haven’t felt this way since The Fiend’s debut in 2019. Am I crazy for thinking this is the best Wyatt debut?
The hype for the Fiend in 2019 was amazing. I remember prior to Fiend's debut, Bray Wyatt encouraged us on Twitter to solve his tweets. He even mentioned that a few already solved them
I'm so curious how this compares to the fiends debut
@@Dporticus It's a bit different, I think. They really stepped up the QR code stuff when Bray came back around SummerSlam. But the world of Bray Wyatt has always been about the breadcrumbs and reading between the lines. Like: What exactly is Sister Abigail?
@@Dporticus It's a little different, Bray was teasing the fiend on screen in the firefly funhouse but it sorta sprung up later in the episodes and shocked everyone, whereas White Rabbit and Nightbird were prolonged teases but we kinda knew what was up (even tho they tried to fool us with White Rabbit)... Fiends in ring debut is incredible atmosphere, I'd say watch that if your interested in Bray and the new Wyatt Sick6
@@Dporticus I was live in Toronto for the Fiend's first appearance when he destroyed Finn Balor. The first time we saw the entrance, with Bray's old face wrapped over his old lantern, I tell you I have never seen a group of people that large, all be actually FRIGHTENED for a moment, it was the most unnerved I have ever been at an entertainment event.
We legit started chanting Holy Shit mainly out of pure excited panic. We could tell it was special as it was happening, and I could only remember thinking that it must have been as close as I could ever get to how people felt about Undertaker for the first time.
Bray is in my top 5 wrestlers of all time because of that feeling he gave Toronto (Rock, HBK, Edge and Christian round out the rest of my 5 also because they had major Toronto moments).
It brought tears to my eyes when I watched it rest in peace bray and Brodie 😢
It was so damn well done
Man, I was at Brays return in New Orleans and that was a magical moment for me. I cant imagine how absolutely amazing it must have been to be there for this debut! When the door lit up and the beginnings of Shatter played, that was such a bittersweet feeling. I love that they are paying a lot of tribute to Bray and his ideas. Goosebumps, watery eyes, chills.. LOVED IT.
If I wasnt personally live in Toronto for the Fiend debut, I would definitely pick the Shatter post-Fiend Bray return as my favorite entrance and promo he ever cut. I fell in love with the song immediately, and thinking of how the lyrics would potentially hint at whatever story they were originally going to tell with Uncle Howdy which never got far off the ground. I'm always going to wonder how close this new story would have been to Bray's original vision for the Howdy story playing out.
@@EmbassyNerdcore wow, what a debit to have been at, how cool!
I feel the same way about the story. I like to think Bray would be really proud of how this all played out. Loved all the tributes to Bray, his vision and Harper.. And yes, how much of this was already part of the plan!? I loved seeing that genuine smile on Howdy's face. TBH I'd also would not mind seeing Stroman get involved.
Got so emotional watching it man, started watching wwe consistently since the 2023 draft but I always liked bray Wyatt from when I watched random matches or played 2k. I legit was just so in love with their debut yesterday
all of your answers were correct on who they are! Gacy was the pig, Lumis was the bird, Erick rowan was the rabbit (he was part of the original wyatt family along side bray and luke harper who both sadly have passed) Cross was sister abigail/abby the witch, and bo dallas/ taylor rotunda was uncle howdy.
Gacy had the gas mask
@@MacDog850 yes it was a gas mask but it is a pig gas mask in reference to huskis the pig
@@therealbozothehoboclown892 didn’t catch that lol
Nikki is abby the witch not sister Abigail because we will get sister Abigail either Alexa bliss will be sister Abigail either we won't get anything with sis Abigail
Bray's death was so heart breaking for me and it happened on a day where I was writing my final exam...to this day it hasn't settled in that he passed.
Seeing the Wyatt Sick6 was just.... damn ....no words .... It was exiting.... i didn't know when to laugh , cry ...I just didn't know how to feel.
I like to hope that he would be so proud of that performance.
There is a subtle bit of storytelling WWE did that a lot of people overlooked... everybody who had a match with the Fiend changed something in their personality a little in one way or another... it was never something anybody addressed directly, but it was something really cool about the effect the character had on the "universe." So maybe/hopefully that is something they continue with.
i think it'd be cool if they did something similar, but not exactly the same.
I really enjoyed this. It’s cool seeing a new fan react to this. I remember the wyatt family all the way back when they came up in NXT. Super excited to see what Bo does with this new story. Bray would have been proud last night 👏
I was a huge fan of Bray Wyatt when he debuted on Raw back in 2013 when he was leading the original Wyatt Family, Luke Harper and Eric Rowan. It still hurts to know we won't see him again, but I love the fact that his real life brother Bo Dallas AKA Uncle Howdy is bringing back Bray's style and preserving his memory.
The logo was filled with homages. From Bray Wyatt, to Raven, to Mankind. Even Uncle Howdy's mask is an homage to Undertaker's mask from the '96 Royal Rumble.
I loved the introduction and presentation of the Wyatt Sicks. I reminded me so much of the debut of The Fiend in 2019 with the noises that played at the beginning which always announced his arrival, and Bray's return in 2022 with the door and piano note being played. Give me chills and got me a little emotional since Bray was taken way too soon. Can't wait to see where they go from here and hopefully can do Bray's memory proud.
An aside from that, just wanted to say that I've been watching your videos for a little while now and love hearing you share your fairly new love for WWE/wrestling and its crazy world. I got back into WWE at WrestleMania 24 in 2008 after falling away from it in my early teen years due to not being able to watch it. I've sporadically had people to discuss wrestling with throughout the years but most people I know don't care about it so its good to have a community with people like yourself who just want to talk about it and the fun of it all. You have a new subscriber here 😄
Thank you for the kind words! Happy to have you and happy you got back into wrestling!
Bro... I'm one of those guys that fell off of wrestling for a few years. Got back into it at Summerslam a few years back. MAn, this is one of the greatest reveals I've ever seen. Loved it!
It was so damn cool!
As soon as they played that piano (which is the intro to Bray’s most recent theme “Shatter” by Code Orange), I started to tear up man…
Dporitcus my dad is a wrestler on the Indy’s, he goes by the sive and we love watching your videos, I am subscribed to your Patreon and thank you for putting a smile on are faces!👍
That's awesome! Thank you both for watching!
Long term storytelling, there is so much lore behind what happened, for Wyatt, Howdy, the Bludgeon Brothers, the firefly funhouse, Gacy, Lumis, and cross, it leaves a story to tell for a 6th member. And Mercy the Buzzard, Ramblin Rabbit, Uncle howdy, Huskus the Pig, and Sister Abigail have been added to the WWE roster page and take you to the perspective wrestlers.
Every one of those characters signifies a different part of Bray’s career. Pretty awesome stuff. He was so brilliant
You’re spot on about who each of them are Josh. The one with the hammer is Erick Rowan, the big ginger who was apart of The Wyatt Family and in that six man tag you watched on Patreon. The hammer is a reference and tribute to Rowan’s time with Luke Harper, the other guy in The Wyatt Family, who passed away in 2020, when they were The Bludgeon Brothers.
Everyone talks about bray being such a nice caring guy, but many of us were never able to see the real side of him. Watching bray basically gift his brother the legacy that he built is really cool to see. Brays brother never got a perfect chance to shine in wwe and now he has it because of bray. Whether bray had passed or never did, he forced everyone to give him a chance. I cried last night for bray when i saw the lantern light up and when i saw uncle howdy during the reveal. The rest was goosebumps like i would get before the fiend came out.
Gacy (pig mask) Lumis (bird dreads mask) rowan (og wyatt family(rabbit) cross (abby the witch) bo (Howdy) and i do believe that everybody in the group did get abandoned at some point by their “family”. When i saw the ppl on the ground, it looked like Chad, Braun (left Bray) gunther (vinci) and i thought i saw seth on the ground too (shield) so them attacking people who abandoned others makes sense
Dont get me wrong, I love Bray, hes my favorite wrestler of all time, but i dont get emotional easily, I just found it incredibly wholesome what his brother and some others on the roster are doing to honor his legacy, i hope Triple H can book this faction the way it deserves to be booked!
I really hope it keeps up at this quality. Seems like an amazing way to honor him.
@@Dporticus WWE has a history of not quite knowing how to book the supernatural gimmicks, it happened to Bray himself MULTIPLE times, I have faith for this one though 🤞
I don't think this is to honor a legacy, I am pretty sure this was something that was going to happen even before Wyndham's unfortunate and untimely passing, with that, it's just so much more than it would have been.
@@HornAndHaloWrestling what do you mean they have a history of not knowing how to book those type of characters? Undertaker? Kane? Mankind? It's not that they didn't know how to book those characters. Bray and Vince just butted heads so much with creative control that it was hard for them to find a common ground
I'm 50, been watching wrestling since I was a kid, and thought it was one of the most impactful segments I've ever seen. It was up there with Roddy Piper hitting Jimmy Snuka with the coconut as a holy shit moment. And I have to point out just how incredible WWE production is. To do such an intricate 1 camera tracking shot live on air and in front of 15k+ people is astounding to me. No mistakes. Perfect execution from start to finish. But beyond that... yes, hearing the familiar piano notes definitely brought back some feelings and made me think of Bray, it was emotional. I loved how you could see the destruction but they still left a lot to the imagination, which is perfect for a horror scene. I can't wait to see where we're headed... I know there's been some missteps in the past with Bray's character, and how to turn that into a wrestling match, but I think the major changes in WWE Creative and Production give me hope they can pull it off this time.
One of the best raws ive seen too
Bray Wyatt was always one of my favorite wrestlers in the entire company. I remember being 11 years old when they showed up in 2013 and the horror I had every time The Wyatt Family popped up on screen was something I'll never forget. When Bray made the Fiend character, that's when I got really invested into his story. That was one of my favorite things from an otherwise forgettable time and point of WWE in general. And then his return in 2022 was an amazing point for his time and career. Anything that Bray worked with, he made it special in his own way. I was really really sad when I saw the news Bray passed away. He's the first active wrestler in the company who passed that I was genuinely upset about, it hit me in my core. Fast forward to now, seeing Bray's brother taking the torch and continuing a story he was going to work on together w/ Bray is so heartwarming. People were scared it wasn't going to work, but with this being a way to continue Bray's legacy and his own brother being the one to do it for him, I have full faith in WWE for not screwing this up. I cried when I saw them pop up on the TV Screen. It probably won't be the last time I cry lol
I've been following Bray since near Day 1. I truly remember being shell-shocked and grieving when everything happened. To see the Wyatt Sicks, to see Bray's legacy and story get to continue, to feel even a bit of his presence and what made Bray special again. It's something I really did miss and it means so much to have whatever time is left.
Thank you for inviting me to your community. I am so happy to have new wrestling friends.
This is the best introduction of a supernatural character since The Reintroduction of The Deadman version of the Undertaker leading up to Wrestlemania XX. The execution was flawless.
I almost got choked up hearing his music and seeing the door. Idk how else to explain it but it felt like Bray’s spirit was present. I hope he is the honorary 6th Member.
They are all representing the puppets from the Firefly funhouse except Uncle Howdy
Eric Rowan - Rambling Rabbit
Dexter Lumis - Mercy the Buzzard
Joe Gacy - Huskus the Pigboy
Nicki Cross - Abby the Witch
Fun Fact about Chad Gable and with the Lore. He was Bo Dallas last opponent before Bo left WWE
The rabbit (Erick Rowan) was carrying a hammer like he did in the bludgeon brothers tag team, who were also both members of the original Wyatt family. So in a way he’s not just paying tribute to bray, but also his late tag team partner Luke Harper
as someone who is and always will be a massive fan of brays work(been watching wrestling since 2011, i’m 21) this was beyond any expectation i had.i didn’t have any expectations to begin with but this is exactly what i was hoping for. i’m excited for what this group is gonna do, as im a fan of everyone in it. my emotions ran rancid last night, i was so happy and i had goosebumps, teared up when i saw the lantern and taylor/howdy picking it up when they were all out on the stage. i’m so happy rowan is back as well! and i’m really excited for joe gacy in this group, big fan of his.
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Hey! Old school Bray fan (followed him since the Eater of Worlds gimmick in NXT 10+ years ago) first time channel watcher. Enjoyed the video btw. I've been one of the people digging into the QR codes since the White Rabbit campaign almost two years ago now. I'm a software engineer so I even go so far as to dig into source code to find things. I'll try my best to answer as many of your questions as I can with the most up to date knowledge we have in the Nightbird QR code community. We are 100% sure we know the identities of all 5 current members of the Wyatt Sicks.
Howdy - Bo Dallas
Bride/Doll - Nikki Cross
Rabbit - Erick Rowan
Buzzard - Dexter Lumis
Pig/Gas Mask - Joe Gacy
We know this from clues in previous QR codes as well as insider reporting. You can also go to Rowan, Nikki, and Gacy's Twitter to see their latest posts. They confirm their participation. Bray is currently considered to be the "6th member", however Alexa Bliss is HEAVILY rumored (confirmed by QR code clues) to be joining the group later. Probably around Summer Slam. We don't know if anything will happen this Friday, but some of the most recent clues from the QR codes suggest we will definitely see them at Money in the Bank (Dollar signs were featured heavily in a recent code). We knew from the codes that Chad Gable was a very likely target for the family and we were right. There were tons of little clues that led us to Gable being the first named target. As far as what happened with the Fiend and Bray Wyatt in the past, he would generally pick on one person at a time. Psychologically attack them before goading them into matches against the fiend or the Wyatt Family or something. Most of the time he wouldn't go for backstage attacks that would "take people out" long-term. Although there are instances of that happening previously. We really don't know what to expect here. Are they going to be harbingers of doom? Vigilantes playing by their own rules? Psychological hunters? We don't know. The codes indicate they intend to take out the establishment and make you remember who they are. The theme of this family is that they are all people in WWE who had runs (except Gacy really) and were either forgotten about, left off TV for long periods, or released outright from the company. Howdy says he wants to remake these people in his image and make us (the WWE universe) remember them.
Well, I don't comment on videos very often but let me start by saying welcome to the wrasslin fam buddy. I came across your channel before WM40 and went back to catch up on your older videos. Being a lifelong fan (almost 44 now), your content is a wonderful POSITIVE contribution to the mix. So thank you for sharing your experiences and I look forward to what the future holds for your channel, especially with getting to go to summerslam, that should be quite epic.
Even though I'm a lifelong fan, I finally got to attend my first wrestlemania back where you got your start WM39, and it was a blast. My fav wrestler is Kevin Owens and having watched him and Sami grind their way through ROH & PWG for years all leading to them winning the tag belts in the main event of WM & getting to see it LIVE no less will always be a memory I cherish. So with all that outta the way time to tie it into this video. As my only let down on the event was the absence of Bray from the event I wanted to see a WM level entrance so bad but sadly that was not meant to be. His passing just hit different then others had so when the qr quest started again I was all in. Yes did it drag on a bit too long somewhat but after what they delivered last night it was all worth it.
That countdown timer could not hit 0:00 fast enough I too was looking forward to Raw all day and just hoping the execution of this would do the memory of Bray justice. Shattered my high expectations they did with that debut. The music and doorway being used gave me chills over my whole body that remained until after it went off air. So to your questions I would say just buckle up and enjoy the ride cuz if there is one thing that can be known about the Sickz is there really are no limits to what they can do really. As far as the family speculation goes it seems like a good theory and I don't think the bloodline is above or safe from this group. Chad isn't dead but this experience will shake his character long term I think. The bray documentary was incredible but I highly suggest checking out the entire funhouse playlist WWE has posted here it will give you great context for what will lie ahead. As far as the group members go I agree with your lantern theory with Bo, Dexter, Joe, Nicki & Rowan filling out the group. All of them can absolutely go bell to bell in the ring with the best of them so I would say enjoy the ride cuz this will be the start of something awesome. Sorry for the tome I just spit out but your excitement is infectious and I appreciate your work so I guess I gave ya a ramble in return.
I appreciate it a lot. Super jealous that you got to go to WM39! I hope to go to a WM some day in the next few years maybe
It was a good show. I'm happy for Bo. He gets to honor the memory of his brother while entertaining us.
Long time lurker, fan of WWE/WWF since 1999 when I was 7 years old.
Answer to question 1 - Uncle Howdy (Bo), Abby the Witch (Nikki Cross), Rambling Rabbit (Eric Rowen - Former member of Wyatt Family), Huskus the Pig (Joe Gacey - unhinged NXT star), Mercy the Buzzard (Dexter Lumis). Their new names will come character puppets from the "Firefly Funhouse" which was Bray's gimmick show. (All character names have meanings to Bray for example Huskus the pig is called that because Brays old name was Husky Harris).
No one knows the true meaning why/who they're gonna attack.
Wyatt 6 won't attack any of the top top stars because they don't need to - it nay ruin their whole persona, we don't want to see any of them in any title picture - it doesn't make sense and it'll hurt their character.
Wyatt 6 only attacked 1 main star who was Chad Gable, the rest were jobbers/production crew.
Wyatt 6 are going to stay away from supernatural stuff, it's been confirmed. It's gonna be more realistic attacks.. not using any magic or any bs like that.
To add, I really hope the family members have their own persona's, like how bray did, bray would come to the ring to talk as bray, but then every now and again show up and fight as the fiend.
I don't think we'll see the family again for a few weeks in ring, I think it'll be vignettes.
Bray had all current members in mind and had put their names forward when he was alive.
6th member will be Alexa, because of Alexas amazing partnership with Bray when she because possessed. Although having bray the 6th member (the lantern) would be a nice touch.
Wyatt 6 haven't been drafted but I think we'll find out this week if they're on a certain brand.
Anyway, I enjoy your vids. Happy to answer your questions, I have tonnes of knowledge.
I appreciate the comment! Thanks for lurkin the videos and I'm glad you're enjoyin!
Ohioan here, and I'm going to SummerSlam too! Got kinda poopy seats, but it's more about the experience in the end. I am all about respecting boundaries, but if I happen to see you there, I hope to thank you personally for all your content in person. Been a long time wrestling fan (about 35 years and I'm 39 lol) and your ideas and perspectives are great to hear and engage with.
One of the members is Erik Rowan. He was the one with the rabbit mask. And I love that they brought him back because he was in the OG Wyatt Family all the way back in 2012
So one thing The Fiend used to do was hed sometimes be under the ring, then tear a red glowing hole through the ring and drag somebody down into the hole, or "drag them to hell". When that person came back they usually had been changed in some way. Sometimes small, sometimes big changes. Daniel Bryan had a hair cut and shave, Finn Balor returned to NXT as a heel character. So The Fiend changed him as a person
I was at work when this happened and didn't get out until the episode was over. The first thing I did when I got to my vehicle was go on RUclips to find the video of the debut. From the first note of Shatter I got chills and teared up a little. I was immediately enthralled by everything about the cinematography of the entire thing. They at least so far, are doing Bray's legacy justice. I was 5 when Eddie passed, so Bray is the first one where his passing hit hard. Ever since his passing I have felt the WWE was lacking this darker character with Bray being gone and Taker being retired, but this is everything that I felt was missing.
I got chills from watching this. I am so intrigued to see how this goes
I would say the members are confirmed. Joe Gacy, Nikki Cross, Erick Rowan, and Dexter Lumis all shared pictures/posts about the Wyatt Sick6 on their Instagram after the show ended.
Erick Rowan is the big bunny guy. He’s the only surviving member of the original 3 Wyatt family members, (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper/Brodie Lee have both tragically passed away), so having him come back for this is the most emotional. Obviously Bo is his brother 😂 but he was never involved before uncle howdy, so there’s just something extra special about Rowan being there
3:16 Set designer here! The exploding lights is a pretty common horror trope and is super easy to do in-camera, safely, with actors in the shot. The sparks would be rigged to a remote or a timer and are essentially a small version of the body-safe sparks that Goldberg used in his entrance or that Jeff Hardy used in the spot where his pyros blew up. As long as the lights are able to be turned on or off individually you can have the light shut off that corresponds with the sparks being fired, or if the lights all shut off together you detonate the spark emitters at the same time. The loud pop works a similar way to basically a cap gun or a super small firecracker so as long as it's not like literally in your grasp it can be in a room with you. I still think Drew's segment and likely even many/every other backstage segment for the night were pre-recorded due to the amount of time it would take to get the entire set and every cast/crew member needed for it all put together, but the lights still could have been rigged while Drew, Pearce, and Triple H were speaking backstage.
First of all.. I'm honored to have your expertise in the comments!
2nd.. yea I'm definitely leaning toward either pre recorded with Drew and such.. or they had a 2nd room attached further down the hall
Also Ludwig and Gunther were in fact on the ground in the first pile of bodies.
I love Bray Wyatt. I have a fiend tattoo on my chest. To see Bo bringing this character to life gave me chills. I canceled my dnd night just because I wanted to see this episode of Raw. Also, a bit funny they didn’t let Cody bleed at Clash but we got to see Chad Gable with a bullet in his head.
D&D?! Even after they tried to steal from hard working people?! You should try to find a better game to play, there's PLENTY to choose from.
Uncle howdy has evolved. The new hair, the jacket looks like the jacket from the Bray Wyatt Documentary. I loved Brays return in 2022 & this Uncle Howdy return was just as good if not better. As far as I know, these are the ppl Bray Wyatt was gonna use for the Wyatt 6 faction before he passed. So the planning had to been a long time coming. But the passing of Bray stalled everything. The big question was if Bo Dallas would be able to play the “leader” role. After last night, I think hell yah. I’m so hype
Finding this video a few days late, so maybe you won't see this, but to sum up my reaction to the debut: Today I watched a 2 hour compilation of streamer reactions to the debut, and I'd already seen about half the clips 😂 that's how much I've been re-watching it.
To answer a couple questions (the ones I can remember):
1) Will they have matches? Definitely yes. The fiend had matches, and was essentially treated the same as any other member of the roster in regards to having feuds and matches, its just that the presentation was spooky horror, with his promos from the firefly funhouse, and attacking people after the lights go out, etc. As far as his matches went, they tried all sorts of things with him.
Some of his matches were fought like regular matches (with Bray in full Fiend getup) and the only thing that made them supernatural was the outfit and his mannerisms, essentially. Then they tried this red lighting thing (which a lot of people disliked) to give the matches a supernatural feel to them, and the character also became more monstrous in the ring, infamously taking about 16 (not a typo 😂) Curb Stomps from Seth Rollins and still kicking out.
Then they did some stuff where Bray wrestled as Bray and not the fiend, in his Funhouse persona (looking like a kids tv host), where they began to introduce elements that Bray Wyatt, even just as a man, could not feel pain. In one match, The Miz 'dislocated' Bray's shoulder with a move, after Bray told him to do it, and then Bray bashed his shoulder against the arena barrier to pop it back into place.
Finally, there was the cinematic matches the Fiend did, as birthed by the pandemic and WWE filming everything from the PC with no crowd. These were usually matches that happened outside of the arena, with the best being the "Firefly Funhouse" match he had with Cena at Wrestlemania 36, which took place inside the "funhouse" itself (so essentially, inside Bray's mind, which Cena was I guess magically transported to lol). There was also a match the Fiend had with Braun Strowman in a swamp.
So yes, the Wyatt 6 will 100% have sanctioned matches, but who knows what kind of form those matches will take yet.
2) The sixth member.
While its very poetic and very sweet that Bray would be the 6th member of the group in spirit, the answer is almost certainly Alexa Bliss. The reason for this goes back to the QR codes, where one of the very first lead to a WWE page that had the URL ".../uednj51a"
People speculated that these were the first letters of each name of the members of the group:
U = Uncle Howdy
E = Eric Rowan
D = Dexter Lumis
N = Nikki Cross
J = Joe Gacy
5
1
A = Alexa Bliss
They further speculated that the "51" was a reference to 5+1 = 6 (Wyatt Six) and the reason 5 and 1 were separate, as well as "A" being separate from "UEDNJ" was that Alexa Bliss would debut for the group at a later date.
Later, a QR code had the URL of ".../ysnsy51s". This code matched the LAST letters of each name (but Rowan and Lumis were switched in the order for some reason):
howd(Y)
lumi(S)
rowa(N)
cros(S)
gac(Y)
5
1
blis(S)
Well, we now know that those codes were correct for the first five members of the group, and there was even a QR code that linked to files on each member, under links named "U", "E", "D", "N", and "J", which contained sketches of each of their masks that matched the look from the debut last monday. So it seems a guarantee that Alexa would be the last member, or else the 51a/51s part of those codes doesn't make a lot of sense.
I think the theory of Howdy carrying Bray’s spirit in his lantern is really cool and respectful of Windham’s original idea.
If Howdy is a really really EVIL heel, he should bring back the lantern with Bray's old face wrapped over it. It would be the most vile thing I can imagine.
This was incredible and has me so excited to watch what they do in the future. I feel like it is hard to make some of this work in ring (the fiend was great but some matches/decisions felt odd for his character) but I’m excited to see how HHH manages to keep the intrigue and darknesses while still keeping it consistent in what has been a relatively grounded WWE as far as story lines and characters
the thing i love the most about this faction already is that subtle change of name from Wyatt 6 (which was the first trademark that was bought before Bray's return in 2022, i believe) to Wyatt Sicks, or Sick6. when you say it out loud it sounds the same, but on paper it has so many different meanings, a lot more than Wyatt 6 which basically was "well, they're a new Wyatt family and there's six of them, yay hooray". a small change that makes a huge difference
I just got back into wrestling for the first time since I was like 12/13 y.o. (in my late 20's now) after seeing the great buildup/storytelling for WM40, so similarly my opinion isn't rooted in a super long history with wrestling. I've really enjoyed getting back into it, but outside PLEs it's usually something I watch while doing something else like playing video games or chatting with friends about non-wrestling stuff. This RAW was the first one that had my eyes 100% glued to my screen from BURN IT DOWN to We're Here. It was so busy, but everything felt impactful/important. There was basically no wasted space, which is not something that I can usually say about the weekly shows. Then that ending blew my expectations out of the water. At most I was expecting a lights out during the main event and then when they came back on everyone in the ring to be laid out followed by more QR code stuff. I never expected them to be able to pull off anything like that ending on Live TV from the lighting to the camera work. My only worry is that IDK how they possibly follow that up, but I can say they have my 100% interest and attention for whatever comes next.
Bray was the reason I came back to watch WWE. I'm 1 of those who grew up watching Ultimate Warrior and Hogan and grew into the Attitude era and stopped watching when Punk and Cena were running everything. Bray made me come back when I saw what he was doing for the Wyatt Family. I was one of those that was eagerly anticipating Brays return before he passed and was so upset when I found out. It left so many "What if's" hanging in the air. I feel that this debut ACTUALLY looks like they're doing Bray's ideas some Justice and this all looks absolutely amazing. Can't wait to see where they go with this
Got chills watching. Man it was epic
I loved it so much
I miss bray so much. And am so glad i get this to remember him by.
Buzzard - Dexter Luna's
Pig - Joe Gacey
Rabbit - Eric Rowan
Bride - Nikki Cross
Howdy - Bo Dallas
I was and am a massive Bray Wyatt fan. I got my first tattoo in april and its Bray Wyatts logo. i love innovation, uniqueness and experimentation. Bray Wyatt was the epitome of that in WWE, and professional wrestling in general. My heart was shattered when i heart that Windham had passed, but the fact that his creative mind is living on through the Wyatt Sick6 is incredibly exciting to me. Though Bray may not be physically with us, he is spiritually living through this new group. his creation is still here. I felt that feeling last night that only Bray Wyatt can give you when watching WWE, a feeling of not knowing what youre seeing but loving every second of it and being extremely intrigued. Im very happy that the Wyatt Sick6 is here and continuing Brays legacy, and im really looking forward to seeing what they do.
From what I remember they were planning this for a long time. It was supposed to happen back when Bray was still alive but got delayed when he got sick and then delayed again when he passed. They probably wanted to wait until now to finally pay off all the teases from over a year ago because they both wanted to pay proper respect to Bray as well as give his brother time to grieve and feel like he's ready to do something like this.
I’m travelling to Cleveland from New Zealand for Summerslam, hopefully see you guys there
So first off i teared up wacthing This Bray is my favorite and seeing the door and hearing the song even though it was just the first note got to me. I was hoping they wouldn't just be the puppets if I was telling the truth but that melted away when I saw how sick everyone looked. I can't wait to find out what they are exactly.
Bo Dallas is Uncle Howdy. The other characters are based on puppets from the Firefly Funhouse. Joe Gacy from NXT is Huskus the Pig. Eric Rowan is Ramblin' Rabbit. Dexter Lumis is Mercy the Buzzard. Nicky Cross is Sister Abigail. Those characters are based on puppets from the Firefly funhouse. Bray was known as Husky Harris before the Bray Wyatt character. Husky Harris was overweight, and he hated the character because it was dull. He said it was a sad version of him. But that was symbolized by Huskus the Pig. Mercy the Buzzard is from his cult leader character where he would say "follow the buzzards". Sister Abigail was a dead character who mentored Bray. I think Ramblin' Rabbit represents Bray's promos where he would ramble with philosophical language.
The thing about Bray Wyatt... most of the things he did... it was usually things we fans hadn't really seen done before. This is probably in that line as well. I ... have no idea what might be happening next, but I do look forward to seeing it!
I’m really to see someone in the wwe community who is as new as me to watching wrestling. I knew about it back as a kid and always loved seeing highlights of Rey Mysterio, but it fresh to see someone’s look with new eyes
I'm excited for this. Everyone involved are so talented and seeing Rowan back to be in the group really got me. He lost both his brothers and now can pay tribute to both.
Yes this! Amazing. I cant wait to see what comes of this
Amazing how something can be so creepy and yet so heartwarming
I loved it. All of the various nods to Bray and Brodie were amazing. Really psyched to see where they go with this story
I've been watching WWE and more specifically Raw regularly for 28 years. I can usually predict what's going to come next or if there's a mystery opponent coming...I have a pretty accurate prediction of what's coming with having watched this religiously for most of my life.
It's very rare that something shocks me anymore.
That segment last night floored me and I had no idea something like THAT was coming. I loved every second of it. I can't WAIT to see where this goes.
I'm really excited to see where Uncle Howdy goes, I really dug the reveal but I don't really know much of the back story. I pretty much consider myself a new watcher, I watched a bit very casually around WM 29 because my friends did but I never got invested into the product untill WM 40. (The only things I really remember from when I watched previously are names from around the time.) This and the Fiend (which I intend to go back and watch through) both really seem very up my alley so I'm excited they are finally here.
Before aew and going into covid, Bray was the sole reason i watched any wrestling. It was so creative in presenting a michael myers style horror monster into wrestling. No real supernatural powers, just a person with high pain tolerance, and desire to inflict pain. All while you had the funhouse putting out hilarious/creepy stories that tied so much lore into the rivalries and character.
And that was just a chapter in the character that was developing over so many years. The gimmick evolved, but it was always built on what came before. A failure forced to go to his crazy family to reinvent himself. Ends up believing himself to be a dark messiah, embracing hate until he pushes away his family. Heck, he even lost his home since Randy burned kt down in storyline. Alone, he tries supressing that darkness until the fiend bursts out. And finally when he seems to finally overcome his demons, the past comes back as uncle howdy to drag him back into that horrible family.
As for Howdy, it seems like hes being built as the corrupting force of the wyatt family. It almost certainly is a bit of retconning, but with that context it makes sense he would find already unstable people like Nikki Cross or Dexter Lumis to start over and rebuild the cult.
Bo Dallas is Uncle Howdy, Rowan is Ramblin Rabbit, Joe Gacy is Huskus the pig, Dexter Lumis is Mercy the buzzard, and Nikki Cross is Sister Abigal. All the characters from the firefly funhouse. Hopefully, they bring back Alexa as a female Fiend!
I can't wait to see the storyline they go down! Windham would be proud
A top tier episode of Raw and the Wyatt Sick6 debut was the greatest debut of all time imo. Amazing tribute to Bray. The only thing missing is Alexa Bliss which I assume she'll show up later down the line since Bo Dallas talked about how important she is on the Dreadmare YT channel. Once she arrives this will truly be perfect. Unreal dude. My favorite WWE character ever created btw is The Fiend
I haven't watched Raw yet ... UK fan here, so I tend to watch Raw after Monday due to it airing in the early hours of the morning. That being said, I'm really stoked to see what happens next. I've gone back to watch the Wyatt6 debut and I thought it was really cool. It was so chaotic and menacing ... I'm really looking forward to seeing what happens next.
The one name I think you missed was Erick Rowan. That name may be less relevant in recent years than the other members if you’re a newer fan, but he was part of the original Wyatt family in 2013 and was an essential part of their presentation on and off until he left in 2020. He’s unfortunately the only surviving founding member of the OG Wyatt family, so it’s really cool to see him back!
I LOVED this moment, but I am a bit worried since a lot of the time Bray Wyatt’s stories would kind of fizzle out after a while for one reason or another, even when he was the champion, so I REALLY hope Triple H and everyone involved are able to make it satisfying and translate well into the wrestling format this time around.
As a huge fan of bray, I absolutely loved this. It was a true love letter to the ideas that bray introduced. Very reminiscent of the extreme rules 2022 return. To be completely honest, I nearly cried.
With me being a pro wrestling historian it does my heart good to see new fans liking this great artform
i been watching this all unfold from the very beginning and after going down this rabbit hole and finally seeing what it led to i was blown away and i know alot of people have said this but it really did remind me of like a horror movie and it was amazing! now i have more questions than answers but i really do wanna see where this goes
Uncle Howdy warned gable in the QR codes about how he was acting and earlier in the show the rambling was above gables locker when he was taking to Otis and alpha academy
this was my first raw I attended and damn it didn't disappoint from seth returning to Drew "quitting" then ofc to uncle howdy returning. also we knew he was coming because they had set up the door halfway through the match, that's why you didn't see Braun come out from the stage.
I heard there was a tropical storm during or around the show, but the crowd did NOT care! Cool atmosphere for sure.
I was in love with the presentations. My hopes is they keep each member masked and don't unmask anyone. It might kill the aura a little bit. But Howdy basically dressed as Cult Leader Bray was a fantastic detail. I also love that it was just 5 members, because Wyatt himself is the 6th member. (Most of us know each member anyway, due to their posts on Instagram) Howdy is who Dallas, The Bunny is Erick Rowan, The Vulture is Dexter Lumis, The Pig was Joe Gacy, The girl was Nikki Cross. Each mask and costume looked phenomenal, especially the Buzzard. I'm extremely excited to see the direction the group takes. So far it looks like they value family and loyalty the absolute most. Notice that Gable and Gunther (it looked like, could've been Kaiser) was laid out after turning on long time partners. I think they'll attack anyone who has lost touch with their real family, or just long time friends. I also thought it was a great touch to have them debut while Jey was doing his celebration, he's also lost touch with his family recently and has essentially taken "the fireflies". I can't wait to see them kill everything in their way.
Apparently they all took a picture and posted it to social media of them without their masks. Kind of sucks but it's not like we didn't know who they all were to begin with. Some people(Jim Cornette especially) will lose their minds about this but mostly today's fans don't really care and understand that these are characters on a show and these people have REAL lives and do REAL people things just like the rest of us!
I got goosebumps just seeing Rowan and Dallas return it got all riled up just from it. It was pure cinema and they killed chaddy on camera
I would highly recommend watching the shield vs the wyatt family from elimination chamber in 2014, it's one of the best 6 man tag matches
I was at this show, the atmosphere was absolutely amazing
I think it's pretty cool that this faction is actually here now. I'm excited, very surprised that the backstage and "Gorilla position" had so many elements to it. I thought it would be kinda stale, but I'm genuinely impressed with how this group debuted witg the bloody walls etc.
Also probably Alexa Bliss is gunna join. Thru the wyatt family story and the fiend with the firefly fun house, they kept adding characters over time, to the group. I believe thenfroup consists of bo dallad, joe gacy, dexter lumis, Erick rowan, alexa bliss, nikki cross, and probably braun strowman sometime down the road
I thought it was fantastic. I definitely shed a few tears and then had a hard time falling asleep because I was so excited. I can see your perspective on the QR codes, but I didn’t understand the people constantly complaining about them. I scanned every single one and loved watching the videos/ unraveling the clues. But if people didn’t want to do that, they could have done what you did and stopped scanning them. Wrestling is the only fandom I’ve been a part of where people will complain about more content lol. I love that your community is so positive in comparison!
I actually wasn’t as hyped as most people were. Didn’t put in the effort of the QR code investigation, I’d just watch tiktoks about them. I was just waiting for the debut, wasn’t even tired of waiting. And, it was worth it. I was enthusiastic in the past few weeks because I had no expectations, really. I’m a Dexter Lumis fan so I was excited to see him (spotted him immediately lol).
I got a bit emotional because I was mostly thinking of how Taylor (Uncle Howdy) was probably feeling. Maybe nervous, maybe emotional. But mostly, I’m proud of the debut. They literally had a massacre of heels that have a history of betrayal. I love the story already. And they are all great in ring so we can have great matches too. I’m excited to see where the story is going.
The segment itself was well done and Bray would have loved it. I'm not sure whether Gable gets taken off TV but for how they made it look, they really should. My gut says they'll just be on Raw, but the QR codes were on both shows so it's possible.
The crucial part about this what they do next. When Bray came back, it was October 2022, and it was a good start. They introduced Uncle Howdy and Bray was like this peaceful man who didn't want to be violent, and Howdy was taunting him, wanting him to 'embrace his true self'. It was a good premise, but it never really went beyond that.They dragged it out for 3 months into the feud and his final match with LA Knight at the Royal Rumble - the controversial Mountain Dew Pitch Black match. Bray's character went from seemingly being against Howdy to being aided by Howdy with little to no explanation, all whilst dragging out his in ring return for 3 months and it seemed directionless for most of it.
In my opinion, the attacks can continue, but they need to establish the group's motives, or at least some direction for them, because that's where Bray's last run failed. You might be in luck with Summerslam tickets because I could see at least some of them making an in ring return then. The key thing is they need to be dominant, I would have two of them win the tag belts because they need something like that, especially since most of us know the people under the masks have only been lower mid-carders at best. I also think they should target Seth Rollins - him and Bray have history, and it would really help elevate them quickly.
When bo got near gacy he almost fell whew
Dude I love your love for wrestling, so refreshing seeing that. A lot of the questions you have are things most people are still trying to figure out but I will say the reason Alexa Bliss isn't there yet (reportedly) is because she just gave birth so she would still be out on maternity leave. It's possible she will kind of be revealed to be the leader or semi-leader alongside Uncle Howdy given the Wyatt family's history so they might wait and reveal her as a sort of "higher power".
As far as how the Fiend stuff went, it was similar to this where things would always start out great and then the supernatural stuff got sort of got out of hand once he started having matches, but honestly most people attribute that more to Vince McMahon not having any idea how to book a supernatural character and it's possible the new era (HHH) could book it a lot better. It's also still possible this group is sort of more grounded in reality as more of a cult than truly "magic".
Either way, it's awesome to know even someone who doesn't really understand the context loved this so much. I thought it was incredible but I'm also just a huge Bray Wyatt fan. If you want to check out one match to sort of get a feel for why people loved Bray Wyatt and who these characters are (sort of), I'd suggest the firefly funhouse match from Mania 36. Not really a match but a hell of a watch.