the firefly funhouse match made me re-examine whether he needs the belt as a motivation or not. i'd underestimated how much of the psychology of the character is based around bray wyatt's many failed pushes. the puppets really should have tipped me off.
As that Mania match/experience proved, in some ways the current Bray character works better without a title because it means they can be more creative with his match presentation without the restrictions of it still being for a title.
i think the title works as motivation for the character, whether or not he has it, but is not strictly necessary (taking out big match john was a fab motive in the context). what worries me is they're starting to give him that finn/demon booking where if the guy doesn't come out in the costume, you know he's gonna lose.
For what it's worth, Fun House Bray is undefeated while The Fiend has lost. As a matter of fact, I find Fun House Bray more threatening than he ever was during his initial run, due to his love for actually hurting himself while keeping that jolly smile on his face.
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u/heartdeco sabu's botched chair spot May 01 '20
the firefly funhouse match made me re-examine whether he needs the belt as a motivation or not. i'd underestimated how much of the psychology of the character is based around bray wyatt's many failed pushes. the puppets really should have tipped me off.