(1987-05-23)May 23, 1987 Brooksville, Florida, U.S.
Died
August 24, 2023(2023-08-24) (aged 36) Clermont, Florida, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Samantha Pixley-Rotunda
(m. 2012; div. 2017)
Partner
JoJo Offerman (2017–2023)
Children
4
Parent(s)
Mike Rotunda (father)
Relatives
Bo Dallas (brother)
Blackjack Mulligan (grandfather)
Barry Windham (uncle)
Kendall Windham (uncle)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Alex Rotunda
Axl Mulligan
Bray Wyatt[1]
Duke Rotundo
Husky Harris
Tank Mulligan
Tank Rotundo
The Fiend
Billed height
6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[2]
Billed weight
285 lb (129 kg)[2]
Billed from
Brooksville, Florida[3]
Lafayette, Louisiana[4]
Trained by
Barry Windham
Florida Championship Wrestling
NXT
Debut
February 5, 2009[5][6]
Windham Lawrence Rotunda (May 23, 1987 – August 24, 2023) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenure in WWE from 2009 until his death in 2023, primarily under the ring name Bray Wyatt.
Rotunda was a third-generation wrestler, following in the footsteps of his grandfather Blackjack Mulligan, his father Mike Rotunda, and his uncles Barry and Kendall Windham. His younger brother Taylor is also a wrestler under the ring name Bo Dallas. Alongside his brother, he held the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship twice while in WWE's then-developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). He wrestled under various ring names between 2008 and 2012 in FCW, and wrestled on WWE's main roster from 2010 to 2011 as a member of The Nexus under the ring name Husky Harris.
After returning to WWE's developmental territory, which had been rebranded as NXT, Rotunda was repackaged as Bray Wyatt. Portrayed as the villainous leader of a bayou-dwelling cult called The Wyatt Family, he returned to the main roster alongside Wyatt Family members Luke Harper and Erick Rowan in 2013. He subsequently became a one-time WWE Champion, two-time WWE Universal Champion, one-time SmackDown Tag Team Champion (alongside Harper and brief Wyatt Family member Randy Orton under the Freebird Rule), and one-time Raw Tag Team Champion (with Matt Hardy).
After a hiatus from August 2018 to April 2019, Wyatt returned with a new split personality gimmick that saw him switch between two characters: Bray Wyatt, who was a Mr. Rogers-esque children's TV host, and The Fiend, which was a grotesque monster resembling an evil clown. He was released from WWE in July 2021, but returned at the 2022 Extreme Rules with a new character that claimed to be his "real-life" self while gradually reincorporating his previous personalities in addition to new ones. In what would become his only televised match during his return, he defeated LA Knight at the 2023 Royal Rumble; the following month, he took a medical hiatus due to a COVID-19 diagnosis that exacerbated a pre-existing heart condition, and died of a heart attack on August 24 at the age of 36.
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WWE from 2009 until his death in 2023, primarily under the ring name BrayWyatt. Rotunda was a third-generation wrestler, following in the footsteps of...
The Wyatt Family was an American professional wrestling stable in WWE originally composed of BrayWyatt, Erick Rowan, and Luke Harper. The Wyatt Family...
member of The Wyatt Family. For most of his WWE career, he was closely associated with Wyatt Family members BrayWyatt and Erick Rowan. The Wyatt Family won...
that August. Rotunda has since only appeared in the 2024 documentary, BrayWyatt: Becoming Immortal, and at the 2024 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony to induct...
day. At Crown Jewel on October 31, 2019, SmackDown wrestler "The Fiend" BrayWyatt won the Universal title by defeating Seth Rollins in a Falls Count Anywhere...
Reigns and establishing himself as the newest member of The Wyatt Family alongside BrayWyatt, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan. Strowman had his first televised...
and BrayWyatt. Wyatt used Bliss' image as Strowman had an affection for her. Bliss then became involved in the storyline between Strowman and Wyatt, as...
Wyatt Family (BrayWyatt, Erick Rowan, and Luke Harper) interfered, thus starting a feud between the two factions. The Shield would lose to The Wyatt...
H in the opening bout. In other prominent matches, John Cena defeated BrayWyatt and Brock Lesnar defeated The Undertaker to end his undefeated streak...
ladder match, which he failed to win after BrayWyatt interfered and attacked him. On July 17 at Battleground, Wyatt defeated Reigns after Luke Harper interfered...
However, the entire Wyatt Family defeated Bryan in a handicap match on December 15 at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, with BrayWyatt attempting to recruit...
follower of BrayWyatt, who introduced Rowan as his "second son". As a member of The Wyatt Family, Rowan formed a tag team with Wyatt's "first son" Luke...
Universal titles, and in the main match from SmackDown, Randy Orton defeated BrayWyatt to win his ninth WWE Championship. The event also marked the surprise...
Feud of the Year (2019) vs. "The Fiend" BrayWyatt Worst Match of the Year (2019) vs. "The Fiend" BrayWyatt at Hell in a Cell WWE WWE Championship (2...
"face of the WWE". In 2016, he joined The Wyatt Family, winning the SmackDown Tag Team Championship with BrayWyatt and Luke Harper before turning on them...
on the April 6 episode of Raw. In the penultimate match, "The Fiend" BrayWyatt defeated John Cena in a Firefly Fun House match. In other prominent matches...
in July 2015 After Elimination Chamber, BrayWyatt accepted Cena's challenge for a WrestleMania XXX match. Wyatt wanted to prove that Cena's heroic act...
cage". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 29, 2017. Melok, Bobby. "BrayWyatt def. John Cena, The Miz, Baron Corbin, AJ Styles and Dean Ambrose in a...
match for SmackDown, BrayWyatt, who briefly returned to his cult leader persona for this match, defeated Braun Strowman in a Wyatt Swamp Fight, which was...
They were also known as being members of the cult faction The Wyatt Family, led by BrayWyatt. After work at house shows from June 2012 to November 2012...
Ziggler defended his contendership against BrayWyatt. Ziggler won the match, but was attacked afterwards by Wyatt and Erick Rowan, who also laid out Dean...
had a few matches on the indies, including a match in Ring of Honor. BrayWyatt was not included in either draft pool and had been off WWE programming...
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