Former WWE champion Bray Wyatt passes away at 36: Details
What's the story
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star Bray Wyatt passed away on Thursday (August 24).
Paul "Triple H" Levesque, the chief content officer of the wrestling company, announced the same on social media.
According to TMZ, Wyatt, who was 36, died due to a heart attack.
Notably, Wyatt was a three-time world champion in WWE.
Here are further details.
Health issues
Wyatt was battling health issues
As per ESPN, Wyatt was inactive over the past several months in WWE as he was dealing with an undisclosed health issue.
Wyatt, whose real name was Windham Rotunda, had been a part of WWE since 2009.
He was surprisingly released in 2021 as the wrestling star was out of action for over a year.
Wyatt had returned to WWE last September.
Details
Wyatt's dark character thrilled fans
While Wyatt joined WWE in 2009, he made it to the main roster in 2010.
'Husky Harris' was his ring name back then. His career took off in 2014 when debuted The Wyatt Family with Luke Harper and Erick Rowan.
His dark persona became the talk of the town as Wyatt used to enter the ring holding a lantern in the dark.
Feats
Here are his accomplishments
According to TMZ, Mr Wyatt was a three-time world champion in WWE.
While he won the WWE Championship once, the wrestling start clinched the Universal Championship twice.
He locked horns with several prominent wrestlers in his decorated career including the likes of Randy Orton, John Cena, and The Undertaker.
Notably, Wyatt introduced a new character ' The Fiend' in 2019.
Twitter Post
Twitter Post
Just received a call from WWE Hall of Famer Mike Rotunda who informed us of the tragic news that our WWE family member for life Windham Rotunda - also known as Bray Wyatt - unexpectedly passed earlier today. Our thoughts are with his family and we ask that everyone respect their…
— Triple H (@TripleH) August 24, 2023
Family
Wyatt belonged to a family of wrestlers
Hailed as one of the most creative and innovative minds in professional wrestling, Wyatt had wrestling in his veins.
His grandfather Robert Windham wrestled as 'Blackjack Mulligan' in the 1980s while his Hall of Fame father Mike was a prominent figure in the 1990s.
Irwin R Schyster was his ring name. His brother Taylor Michael Rotunda, aka Bo Dallas, was too with the WWE.