Former WWE personality Dutch Mantel recently spoke on his podcast, “Story Time with Dutch Mantel,” about a variety of professional wrestling topics including Bray Wyatt’s promos:
“As soon as he got finished doing the interview, you’d look at your friend sitting there and say, ‘what did he say?’ Because you don’t remember anything he says of substance. He was doing I guess the stuff that was in the back of Bray’s head that didn’t make any sense, except to Bray. Then when they got The Fiend, here’s The Fiend, who could beat him? Nobody could beat him.”
Mantel then stated that fans wanted him to be a heel in order to have his “ass handed to him,” and that he didn’t know whether The Fiend was a face or a heel.
“I never saw the purpose of it. He never drew any money. He may have sold some merchandise but if he’s gonna sell merchandise, just keep him down your the card and don’t try to push him until your main event because I don’t think he’s gonna sell any tickets.”
Mantel added, “This is what I think happened to Bray. I think he wants to be a writer. He wants to be a creator so badly and I think they gave him carte blanche that he had full control over it and he had a special writer…”
Mantel speculated that Bray became frustrated and went home. He said, “Going back to Bray, I think what has happened to him, it just didn’t get over. Period. I don’t think he even understands the wrestling business himself. When The Wyatt Family used to go out and do this long detailed drawn out interview, he never really acknowledged the rest of them really, I don’t think.”
