Former WWE champion Bray Wyatt dies at age 36

WWE star Bray Wyatt, identified for being one of the vital inventive minds in skilled wrestling who pushed the boundaries with modern characters, died Thursday on the age of 36, WWE chief content material officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque introduced on social media.

Wyatt, whose actual title was Windham Rotunda, had been inactive over the previous a number of months in WWE whereas coping with an undisclosed well being difficulty. He had been with WWE since 2009, save for simply over a yr in 2021 and 2022 when he was surprisingly launched. Rotunda returned to WWE final September with a lot fanfare and a mysterious storyline, together with cryptic vignettes, which helped increase tv scores.

“Simply acquired a name from WWE Corridor of Famer Mike Rotunda who knowledgeable us of the tragic information that our WWE member of the family for all times Windham Rotunda — often known as Bray Wyatt — unexpectedly handed earlier at present,” Levesque wrote on X, previously often known as Twitter. “Our ideas are together with his household and we ask that everybody respect their privateness presently.”