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The Wyatt Family
File:Bray Wyatt.jpg
Bray Wyatt, the leader of the stable
Statistics
MembersBray Wyatt (leader)
Luke Harper
Erick Rowan
Billed heightsWyatt: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Harper: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[2]
Rowan: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)[3]
Combined
billed weight		865 lb (392 kg)
DebutNovember 7, 2012

The Wyatt Family is a heel professional wrestling stable in WWE. The stable consists of leader Bray Wyatt, and his followers Luke Harper and Erick Rowan. Their gimmick is that of a backwoods cult. Wyatt's character has drawn comparisons to Max Cady from Cape Fear, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Waylon Mercy.[4][5]

History

Developmental territory (2012–2013)

The character of Bray Wyatt first debuted in FCW in April of 2012. He first associated himself with Eli Cottonwood.[6][7] When WWE rebranded their developmental territory, Bray Wyatt debuted on the fourth episode of the new WWE NXT, defeating Aiden English in a singles match.

In July 2012, Wyatt suffered a torn pectoral muscle and required surgery.[8] Despite the injury, Wyatt continued to appear on NXT by founding a faction known as the Wyatt Family in November, with Luke Harper and Erick Rowan as his followers (Wyatt described them as his first and second son respectively).[9][10][11] Harper and Rowan entered the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament to crown the inaugural champions, and they defeated Percy Watson and Yoshi Tatsu in the first round on the January 23, 2013 episode of NXT.[12]

Wyatt had his first match back from injury on the February 21, 2013 episode of NXT, defeating Tatsu.[13] Wyatt suffered his first loss on the May 2 episode of NXT, when he was defeated by Chris Jericho.[14] Wyatt and the Family went on to feud with Corey Graves and Kassius Ohno, with Wyatt defeating Graves on the May 22 episode of NXT, and the next week Wyatt eliminated both Graves and Ohno during an 18-man battle royal to determine the number one contender to the NXT Championship, although he was later eliminated by Adrian Neville.[15]

Main roster (2013–present)

From the May 27 episode of Raw, WWE aired vignettes promoting the upcoming debut of the Wyatt Family.[16] The vignettes showed the Wyatt Family's backwoods origins and Rowan wearing a lamb mask.[17][18] On the July 8 episode of Raw, the Wyatt Family made their debut by assaulting Kane, thus removing Kane from participating in Money In the Bank.[19] On the July 10 episode of NXT, Wyatt pinned William Regal when the Wyatt Family fought Graves, Neville and Regal in a six-man tag match.[20] On the July 15 episode of Raw, the Wyatt's assaulted R-Truth. On the July 13 episode of Main Event, they assaulted Justin Gabriel and 3MB.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ "WWE bio of Bray Wyatt". WWE. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  2. ^ "WWE Bio of Luke Harper". WWE. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "WWE bio of Erick Rowan". WWE. Retrieved 14 July 2013. Cite error: The named reference "WWEbio" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  4. ^ Kapur, Bob. "Big crowd cheers on WWE favourites in Toronto". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 8 June 2013. Wyatt is a great cult leader / Max Cady character.
  5. ^ "Jim Ross predicts WWE will "shake things up" at No Way Out, comments on the latest WWE NXT tapings, and the new character played by Husky Harris". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved 9 June 2013. Some may compare it to the DeNiro character in Cape Fear and even Waylon Mercy back in the day but this uniquely Bray Wyatt incarnation feels new and fresh.
  6. ^ Namako, Jason (April 27, 2012). "FCW Results – 4/22/12". WrestleView. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  7. ^ Namako, Jason (April 11, 2012). "FCW Results – 4/8/12". WrestleView. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  8. ^ Martin, Adam (July 6, 2012). "Developmental talent to be out of action for six months". WrestleView. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  9. ^ Bishop, Matt (November 8, 2012). "WWE NXT: Who will challenge Rollins?". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved January 8, 2013. Bray announces this man as the "first son of the Wyatt family, Luke Harper."
  10. ^ James, Justin. "JAMES'S WWE NXT REPORT 12/12 - Week 25: Rollins defends NXT Title, Paige in action, Overall Reax". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  11. ^ Chiverton, George (January 7, 2013). "Chiverton's NXT Scouting Report – Year-End Review: Who are WWE's top prospects heading into 2013?". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
  12. ^ Bishop, Matt. "WWE NXT: HBK kicks off tag title tournament". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  13. ^ Namako, Jason (February 22, 2013). "WWE NXT Results – 2/21/13 (Big E. vs. O'Brian)". WrestleView. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  14. ^ Namako, Jason (May 3, 2013). "WWE NXT Results – 5/2/13 (Jericho vs. Wyatt)". WrestleView. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  15. ^ Trionfo, Richard (2013-05-29). "WWE NXT report: number one contender battle royal; big announcement from Stephanie McMahon; and more". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  16. ^ Caldwell, James (May 27, 2013). "RAW NEWS: HBK & Hart cameos, Axel beats top star, Wyatt Family intro, Punk's return, Hunter status, two title matches, World Title, Kidd returns with new look post-Raw, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  17. ^ Benigno, Anthony. "Raw Five-Point Preview: July 8, 2013: All in the family". WWE. Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013. Theories and speculation have abounded as to what the backwoods madman Bray Wyatt's mission is and where his family fits into the equation.
  18. ^ James, Justin. "JAMES'S WWE NXT REPORT 7/3 - WEEK 53: Bo Dallas defends NXT Title, Women's Tourney continues, Mason Ryan". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  19. ^ Caldwell, James. "RAW NEWS: Vickie "fired" as Raw authority figure & replacement named, Wyatts debut, final MITB PPV hype, RVD, Lesnar, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  20. ^ James, Justin. "JAMES'S WWE NXT REPORT 7/10: Wyatts vs. Team Regal six-man main event, NXT Women's Title tourney continues, Generico (Zayn), Mason Ryan, set-up for Charlotte's debut". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  21. ^ James, Justin (May 27, 2013). "James's WWE NXT report 5/15 & 5/22: El Generico debuts, O'Brian beats two NXT releases in same match, Bray Wyatt debuts mask, Natalya vs. Rae, more developments". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  22. ^ Santiago, Andres (2013-01-11). "DX invades DX taping: Complete WWE NXT spoilers from Florida". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  23. ^ Trionfo, Richard (2013-01-10). "WWE NXT report: Did Seth Rollins retain against Big E Langston?; third generation tag team against second generation tag team; divas action; and more". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
  24. ^ Trionfo, Richard (2013-05-29). "WWE NXT report: number one contender battle royal; big announcement from Stephanie McMahon; and more". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2013-05-31.
  25. ^ Bishop, Matt (2012-11-22). "WWE NXT: Ohno needs an opponent". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
  26. ^ "WWE: Live in Fear (Bray Wyatt) - Single". iTunes Store. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
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