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Truly shocking and horrible news today out of the world of professional wrestling:<\/p>\n
Bray Wyatt, one of the most successful and popular WWE superstars of his generation, had died unexpectedly at the age of 36.<\/p>\n
The tragedy was confirmed late Thursday by company executive Triple H in a statement on social media.<\/p>\n<\/noscript>Bray Wyatt enters the arena to fight in the pitch black event during the WWE Royal Rumble event at the Alamodome on January 28, 2023 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cJust 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 \u2013 also known as Bray Wyatt \u2013 unexpectedly passed earlier today,\u201d wrote Triple H. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur thoughts are with his family and we ask that everyone respect their privacy at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n
No cause of death has been announced at this time.<\/p>\n (Twitter)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWyatt joined WWE\u2019s main roster in 2010 under the name Husky Harris, prior to departing a year later. <\/p>\n
He rejoined the main roster in 2013 as the leader of The Wyatt Family, which is when his career truly took off.<\/p>\n
Wyatt was a three-time world champion in WWE, including the WWE Championship on one occasion and Universal Championship on two occasions. <\/p>\n
He took a brief hiatus from August 2018 to April 2019 and returned with a new character, a mix of Bray Wyatt and his other side, The Fiend.<\/p>\nWWE Superstars Braun Strowman, Bray Wyatt and Erick Rowan ring The New York Stock Exchange Opening Bell in honor of WrestleMania 32 at New York Stock Exchange on March 29, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWyatt had memorable matches at WrestleMania over the years with such company icons as The Undertaker and John Cena.<\/p>\n
The veteran performer also came from a long line of wrestlers: <\/p>\n
His father was Hall of Famer, Mike Rotunda and his grandfather was Blackjack Mulligan, while his uncles were Barry and Kendall Windham.<\/p>\n
Before joining the world\u2019s biggest wrestling promotion, Wyatt wrestled under the name \u201cAlex Rotundo\u201d in the FCW (Florida Championship Wrestling).<\/p>\nRoman Reigns and Bray Wyatt stare each other down at the WWE SummerSlam 2015 at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on August 23, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by JP Yim\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWyatt was married to former WWE ring announcer JoJo Offerman. <\/p>\n
They had two kids and Rotunda had two other children from a previous marriage.<\/p>\n
As soon as news of his passing went viral, tributes started to pour in from those who knew him, cared about him and\/or worked with him.<\/p>\n
Wrote Matt Hardy on Instagram, for example:<\/p>\n
Absolutely shattered to learn that my friend, Windham Rotunda, has passed away. It\u2019s devastating to think he left us at only 36 years young. My condolences go out to his family, wife & children. I\u2019m so sorry, my compeer. Miss you already.<\/em><\/p>\nMay Windham Rotunda rest in peace<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Truly shocking and horrible news today out of the world of professional wrestling: Bray Wyatt, one of the most successful and popular WWE superstars of his generation, had died unexpectedly at the age of 36. The tragedy was confirmed late Thursday by company executive Triple H in a statement on social media. Bray Wyatt enters […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-33912","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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