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Bray Wyatt is a Dark Signer.
  • He has the whole manipulation thing down pat. He walks into an arena and all the schmucks with cell-phones light up the arena, even when the intro should be a lights out affair. To continue with the mind control, we have never heard Bray's loyal men say a single word while he is talking. Unlike every other stable, they have never even clenched a microphone while Bray is cutting a promo. This would make it very easy for Bray to puppet master the two once they finally "broke away" from him.
    • There are other similarities. Bray has never been seen on the main roster without his right forearm wrapped. It might be a stylist choice, but a more sinister reason could also be at play. He is covering up his Mark of the Shadows. It is also black enough that it would dampen any light that is emitted from a glowing Mark. What is that Mark? Why it is nothing else but the red buzzard that he has taken for a symbol. The Vulture is very much a creature that fits into the existing mythos of the Earthbound Immortals, which includes a hummingbird and a condor.
    • Another factor to this theory is that early on he said that he said that he killed his father by burning down the family boat. I believe that Husky Harris was on that boat. Husky was fired from WWE and the only person he could blame was John Cena. Cena personally built a force to deny Husky and all his mates the chance at wrestling fame. This rage is what gained the Vulture's sinister attention. The Buzzard took pity on a slighted man and saw to resurrect him. Husky, at that point going by Bray, knew that he had to change his look, so he grew his beard out. To make it appear less out of place, he and The Vulture had his two followers grow equally large scruffy beards.
    • Finally, Bray Wyatt/Husky Harris is a resurrected soul. The only person who can return him to his proper resting place is the other resident demon/zombie/whatever you want to call him: The Undertaker. Bray's Earthbound Immortal is afraid that he will lose three very valuable assets if The Phenom can banish Husky back to the Nertherworld. However, the Vulture would love to take over the Deadman's, shall we say, perch. This is what is compelling Bray/Husky to call out The Undertaker for a match at Wrestlemania 31.

Bray Wyatt is Kane's son and, by extension, the Undertaker's nephew.
  • He disposed of his family the same way Kane is said to have disposed of his own family. The first Bray Wyatt promos imply that his father (or perhaps this was a stepfather?) was abusive, probably because the mother died when Bray was young and the stepdad was left to raise a kid that he knew wasn't his. Wyatt and Kane share similar dichotomies of one side of them simply being twisted, evil men scarred by their horrific pasts, and the other side hinting at something more supernatural/demonic. Well, if Bray Wyatt's basically half-demon, suddenly a lot of his freakish behavior makes a lot more sense. Also, note that Wyatt's catchphrase is "follow the buzzards!" A buzzard is a colloquial term for a vulture, and one of Undertaker's more iconic early-career moments was entering Wrestlemania IX with a vulture by his side. So perhaps Bray is obsessed with supplanting Kane and the Undertaker as the most feared figure in WWE (or, as he dubs himself, "The New Face of Fear") because he believes that the title is his birthright.

Paige will join the Family in the near-future.
  • Especially if the Wyatts are looking to take over the WWE. There's no doubt that the Wyatts are in full-force right now. Bray Wyatt would gun after the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Both Rowan and Harper could attempt taking over the Tag Division once more now that Rowan has returned, and the Intercontinental championship would be cakewalk for a guy like Strowman. Obviously, they have no jurisdiction in the Diva's division, though, so they would have to handpick a representative. Who best fits the bill? The pale, freshly-turned heel Dark Action Girl Paige.

Bray Wyatt is a Sin-Eater..
  • Bray is a Forgotten who's father killed him through neglect, who then used Pyre-Flame to get revenge. Sister Abigail is his Geist, and the rest of the family is his Krewe.

Bray Wyatt came back because Husky Harris died.
  • Why was the Punt kick (which Husky Harris fell victim to before disappearing) legitimately banned? Well, partly because a forceful enough kick to the side of the head can be deadly in the right circumstances. Bray Wyatt has already responded to the Husky Harris question with the revealing "he needed me, and I needed a vessel" tweet. While Wyatt has been implied to be a malevolent entity that possessed Husky Harris's body, why did Husky Harris 'need' Bray Wyatt? Maybe it was because he was severely, perhaps even fatally, wounded by Orton and agreed to let Wyatt possess him in return for a second chance at life and revenge on Orton, to which Wyatt agreed to get around to eventually. (Wyatt and Orton would begin feuding in 2016.)

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