Lawful Metal Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Bray Windham, master of the lariat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Windham Rotundo, the cowboy turned captain turned accounrant. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Just now, odessasteps said: Windham Rotundo, the cowboy turned captain turned accounrant. Run from his house boat tying in capt Mike and the cape fear gimmick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoFistsJustFlips Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: There's a question left unasked and that is what name he will use in another federation. Bray Wyatt was BW initials. Can't use Bray anymore but something similar sounding would help with recognition. My vote... Beau Windham. Also BW initials. Beau / Bray very similar. Wyatt / Windham same amount of syllables. Just my two cents... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 It would fit well into his multiple personality gimmick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Bray Windham sounds great. He can use 'Bray', right? Probably not a good idea to lean on the Rotundo side of the family tree though... EDIT: We could make up some really stupid ones. B. Windham like W. Morrissey, for example. Roham. The Artist Formerly Known as H. Harris. Edited July 31, 2021 by Curt McGirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Built in program with Cody/Dustin too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 26 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Bray Windham sounds great. He can use 'Bray', right? Probably not a good idea to lean on the Rotundo side of the family tree though... EDIT: We could make up some really stupid ones. B. Windham like W. Morrissey, for example. Roham. The Artist Formerly Known as H. Harris. Time to dust off the old Braun Strowman misnamings. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) To be honest, there's a little part of me that thinks it would be really funny if Bo Rotunda and Harris Windham just showed as a tag-team in AEW and they just kind of 90% no sell their previous creative. Edited July 31, 2021 by RunningFromAmerica 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, nate said: Time to dust off the old Braun Strowman misnamings. Or not 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) CHRIST JESUS I forgot all about the existence of Bo Dallas. He was always a guilty pleasure. Dude should be working somewhere by now. I wonder how many pounds he gained standing there in catering? Or actually, was he just on Main Event all the time? Edited July 31, 2021 by Curt McGirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 What a moment, SummerSlam 2019. Wish they kept this original entrance for The Fiend rather than the red lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I mean, I’m not against Bray and Bo dusting off the Rap Is Crap Tour 98 shirts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 10 minutes ago, For Great Justice said: I mean, I’m not against Bray and Bo dusting off the Rap Is Crap Tour 98 shirts Feud with the Acclaimed would write it self Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I've been trying to think of something to say, but I got nothing. I mean from a merch pov he must have been bringing in money that offset what ever his contract might have been. This is just stupid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 3 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: There's a question left unasked and that is what name he will use in another federation. "The US Express" Windham Rotundo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Hero Morganti Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Go for nepotism as lieutenants Rotundo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Gray Bryant debuting in AEW leading a new Bryant Family composed of a brainwashed MP Cunk & Nathaniel Bryanson in blue overalls. Writes itself! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Basically I think this is the guy I want to see in AEW. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, caley said: Gray Bryant debuting in AEW leading a new Bryant Family composed of a brainwashed MP Cunk & Nathaniel Bryanson in blue overalls. Writes itself! CP Munk and Colt Cabunny. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Naw he can just be FS Waiter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jimbo_Tsuruta Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 He should pile on the pounds to become fat masked luchador El Rotundo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 New member of the Varsity Blonds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 1 hour ago, For Great Justice said: I mean, I’m not against Bray and Bo dusting off the Rap Is Crap Tour 98 shirts No. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Rev Ray said: I'm surprised but not really since they basically gave his gimmick away. I think he is a creative guy by accounts. I liked his work as husky Harris but year, his fiend stuff has been underwhelming ring wise because a to me the guy who thinks he has powers as actually works better than someone having powers. He's been mostly gimmick for so long don't know if the motivation is still there or the potential was squandered. The supernatural part is what doomed The Fiend, IMO. Look at the 2019 HIAC match with Seth Rollins. Rollins hit Fiend with everything: 11 curb stomps, stairs, toolboxes, ladders, sledgehammers, cartoon mallets. Nothing worked. How is a wrestler like that supposed to be booked to eventually lose? It was more heavy-handed than Taker when he was first introduced. To go further, the Taker/Fiend comparisons were wrong. Taker was a much simpler gimmick. And he was introduced to us as a mythical being from the start. We had swamp preacher Bray first--who was dark and creepy, but had no particular powers. He becomes The Fiend and it worked at first, but it was always going to hit a snag when he had to wrestle and no-sold everything. Bray is clearly a creative guy. I can easily see him going into movies, both as an actor and writer. But his characters tend to go in a direction where they wind up cornered with no good way out. Some of that is on booking/creative. But some is on the character's origins, especially Fiend. And by most accounts, Bray was given a lot of freedom to develop his persona. And that's before getting into his in-ring work being hit and miss. If Bray didn't ask for his release, it stinks, just like the other firings. But Nick Khan has been brought in as Vince's corporate headhunter. He's phasing out a lot of the long-term talent, along with anyone he thinks they've hit a peak with. WWE has always been built around a handful of big names, but it feels different now. Maybe because they're at no risk of going out of business this time with all the TV/streaming deals. Khan is taking Vince's philosophy--WWE is an entertainment company first and foremost--and pushing the gas to full speed. It's not pretty or polite. But it's not supposed to be, not in this captialist world. Interesting times. Edited August 1, 2021 by Burgundy LaRue 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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