History YMMV / TheWyattFamily

* Rescuedfromthescrappyheap: Braun Strowman BIG TIME! After the Brand Split in 2016, Braun got spent most of 2016 squashing jobbers and gradually improving. Shedding some pounds, expanding his moveset and in-ring psychology, Braun Strowman went from Scrappy to fan-favorite over the course of 2016. Braun can now move surprisingly quickly for a big-man and has gotten the opportunity to show off his strength more than he did in 2015 with fans wanting him to enter the main event scene.

* TheScrappy: Braun Strowman became this once it became clear how green he was in the ring, with the only thing going for him being his size. When Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter reported that Vince had been pushing for a Strowman/Taker match at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 32'' after Wrestling/JohnCena was injured in earlier in the year, the fans said "hell no" and there was mass protest from the IWC, as many felt that Taker couldn't get a good match out of him and would possibly be injured while trying to do so. When Meltzer reported that the match was no longer on the board, many breathed a sigh of relief -- only to panic even more when he said the current plan was to push Strowman into a title program with Wrestling/RomanReigns after 'Mania and, provided that goes well, a possible match with Wrestling/BrockLesnar at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam''. The IWC immediately announced that they were okay with Reigns again if that were the case.

* CounterpartComparison: Hmmm... a CreepyAwesome, [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] and [[StrawNihilist nihilistic]] DarkMessiah. [[Wrestling/{{Raven}} Where have we seen that before]]? WWE even recognized this by [[http://www.wwe.com/videos/bray-wyatt-vs-raven-fantasy-warfare-26403140 pitting him against Raven in a "Fantasy Warfare".]]

*** '''What in God's name''' did he manage to do to Wrestling/RandyOrton? First off, this is [[{{Badass}} Randy freaking Orton]] we're talking about. Second, Randy's had a notoriously ''awful'' history as far as joining stables, and usually prefers to work alone. ''Third'', the two had been bitter enemies up to the point where he joined them, but has recently referred to Bray as a 'god'. [[MoreThanMindControl This all suggests that Wyatt had a little more than a creative sales pitch up his sleeve...]]

* HypeBacklash: It was inevitable after 6 weeks of hype promos, one of which closed Raw, and an underwhelming debut match for Bray Wyatt (it got 0 stars from [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Dave Meltzer]]). Largely averted since then, though - due in no small part to Wyatt's next solo match, an '''[[Awesome/TheWyattFamily awesome]]''' PPV tilt against [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan.]]

* HiddenDepths: Luke Harper, in the ring and on the mic. He's gone from speaking just as often as Erick Rowan (read: never) to being able to send creepy, unnerving messages to his opponents nearly as well as Wyatt himself. As far as between the ropes, he seems to pull out a move you'd never expect from a man his size at least once a month, and executes them with the grace of a man 100 pounds lighter. Plus he continues to improve overall in the ring over time with no limit in sight.

* VillainDecay: The Wyatt family are booked pretty much exactly how Skeletor and his goons are in ''Masters of the Universe'', with the role of He-Man being played by literally anyone on the roster.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The fact that the crowd all lights their phones up and Wrestling/MichaelCole literally says ''lol he calls these his "fireflies"'' guarantees that they will never be the creepy, off kilter faction that they should. They are mass market as it gets, which is only the tip of the "Wyatts are being wasted" iceberg (''Losing constantly, not being scary, no meaningful feuds, stealing peoples' powers only to have them [[NeverTrustATrailer revert back within 2 days]], and more! Next time, on Raw!'')

* BadassDecay: Suffering this after several underwhelming ends to feuds with [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], Wrestling/JohnCena, and Wrestling/ChrisJericho. While Bray is still considered one of the better in-ring talkers, his promos have started to lose credibility due to him having little impact on his opponents (particularly John Cena) and having no clear goal or focus despite what it looked since his beginning. It's gotten to the point where WWE attempted a retool on the entire Wyatt family, having Luke and Rowan "break free," from Bray to enter into singles competition and putting Bray into a feud with Wrestling/DeanAmbrose.
** The reunited family - Strowman included - is suffering horribly from this. The Family as a unit hasn't won a feud since the one with the Shield, and as of late 2015 they've been repeatedly curbstomped by the reunited Brothers of Destruction. In fact, the only feud Bray's really won was against Dean Ambrose - who's actually in the same boat of being an upper midcarder who WWE management simply won't give any meaningful victories to without pulling them right back afterwards.
** Finally seems to be coming to an end during the build up to the Royal Rumble in 2016, as they spent the last week before the Rumble showing up at the end of RAW and SmackDown and demolishing Roman Reigns and BROCK LESNAR.
** And it's gone back into play from Fastlane 2016 and up, with them losing tag matches to a CurbstompBattle with Brock Lesnar to Luke Harper.

* TheScrappy: Braun Strowman became this once it became clear how green he was in the ring, with the only thing going for him being his size. When Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter reported that Vince had been pushing for a Strowman/Taker match at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 32'' after Wrestling/JohnCena was injured in earlier in the year, the fans said "hell no" and there was mass protest from the IWC, as many felt that Taker couldn't get a good match out of him and would possibly be injured while trying to do so. When Meltzer reported that the match was no longer on the board, many breathed a sigh of relief -- only to panic even more when he said the current plan was to push Strowman into a title program with Wrestling/RomanReigns after 'Mania and, provided that goes well, a possible match with Wrestling/BrockLesnar at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam''. The IWC immediately announced that they were okay with Reigns again if that were the case.

** Not entirely true about Bray only winning the Ambrose feud. Many seem to forget Bray actually won the feud with Daniel Bryan completely clean too.

* MagnificentBastard: Bray Wyatt is the undisputed ''king'' of psychological warfare. And one of the only {{Heel}} wrestlers that can be a successful ManipulativeBastard ''without'' becoming a DirtyCoward.

** Braun Strowman's pants have dark patches on the inner thighs. [[ https://twitter.com/TableofJapan/status/653210032763441152 He looks like he's pissed himself.]]

** Braun Strowman's pants have dark patches on the inner thighs. It looks like he's pissed himself every night.

** Braun Strowman's pants have dark patches on the inner thighs. It looks like he pissed himself every night.

* Subverted with Erick Rowan's attire. His coveralls would look ridiculous with another wrestler in another gimmick, but his look makes him look like, if anything, an old-fashioned gas station attendant or mechanic-turned slasher movie serial killer. It actually works pretty well, especially with the mask.
* Braun Strowman's pants have dark patches on the inner thighs. It looks like he pissed himself.

* FashionVictimVillain: Subverted with Erick Rowan's attire. His coveralls would look ridiculous with another wrestler in another gimmick, but his look makes him look like, if anything, an old-fashioned gas station attendant or mechanic-turned slasher movie serial killer. It actually works pretty well, especially with the mask.

*** Now with Bran Strowman as the new member, some think that he is a great reinforcement to the team and a terrifying character, while others opine that he is too green for the spot and that he is not credible enough as the invincible monster he is been pushed as. However, most of them think that, in one way or another, he was simply needed for the Family as it was becoming weak and stale, and that he can be an asset if they won't feed him to John Cena as everybody is fearing.

* CounterpartComparison: Hmmm... a CreepyAwesome, [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] and [[StrawNihilist nihilistic]] DarkMessiah. [[Wrestling/{{Raven}} Where have we seen that before]]?

** Harper and Rowan. Some like Rowan because he's got a unique look and intimidating presence; others don't because he really can't do much in the ring (though few deny his vast improvement since his debut). Conversely, some like Harper because he's actually pretty good in the ring, but others think he's very bland compared to Rowan and Bray Wyatt. Harper's and Rowan's critics seem to be toning down their complaints as Harper has begun to speak for himself a little bit and show some charisma and Rowan's in-ring work is improving.

** Several hours after [=WrestleMania=] 30, another BrokenBase already emerged involving the fact that Cena won during his and Bray Wyatt's match (Wyatt's first [=WrestleMania=]). Some people claim that Wyatt was buried by losing to Cena; other people are saying that the Cena victory was the start of an eventually Wyatt-dominated feud. Still, others are saying Wyatt was elevated by the match itself due to the amazing display of storytelling involved with credit for this varying from half-Wyatt/half-Cena to being all down to Wyatt himself.

* MoralEventHorizon: Trying to beat down Wrestler/JerryLawler ''solely'' because he's a supporter of JohnCena. Lawler had done nothing wrong, and Bray attacked him ''purely'' to hurt Cena. ''Then'' having Harper and Rowan ''hold Cena's eyes open'' so he's ForcedToWatch. Cena even more or less calls it this InUniverse.

*** Now with Bran Strowman as the new member, some think that he is a great reinforcement to the team and a terrifying character, while others opine that he is too green for the spot and that he is not credible enough as the invincible monster he is been pushed as. However, most of them think that, in one way or another, he was simply needed for the Family as it was becoming weak and stale, and that he can be an asset if they don't feed him to John Cena as everybody fears.

* CelebrityResemblance: Harper looks quite a bit like MLB pitcher Brian Wilson.
** And of course, his facial resemblance to Creator/JasonLee was one of the reasons why he used Brodie Lee as his ring-name on the indies.