Wyatt Sicks Cryptic Tweet Implies Uncle Howdy's Name Origin
06/27/2024 10:03 PM
The Wyatt Sick6 are carrying the torch of cryptic messages and worldbuilding Bray Wyatt was famous for, as all the QR codes, vignettes, and promos were always meant to represent something. Nothing was ever supposed to be filler.
This Monday night on WWE Raw, Bo Dallas interviewed himself (via the Uncle Howdy gimmick) about how he’s been struggling to deal with the passing of Bray Wyatt. It was one of the more revealing—both in kayfabe and in reality—bits of backstory that these characters have ever had, blowing some of the canon up, in a lot of ways.
The lore may also have had another change as of this tweet from earlier this afternoon:
howdiditfeelwhenyourbrotherdied
howdiditfeelwhenyoudied
howdidyoufeelwhenyou
howdidyoufeelwhen
howdidyoufeel
howdidyou
howdy— Wyatt Sicks (@WyattSicks) June 27, 2024
Piggybacking off the Raw vignette, the implication here (at least as far as I’m personally taking it) is that the name Uncle Howdy was chosen based on whittling down the phrase “How did it feel when your brother died?”
It’s a stretch, but one that WWE is clearly trying to make. Of course, we know that if this is how the story will play out, then it is a retcon, as Uncle Howdy existed before Bray Wyatt’s passing. But in WWE, retcons happen all the time. Can you keep track of who was supposed to be the real killer of the parents of Undertaker and Kane? Remember when Edge and Christian were actual brothers, instead of best friends who are like brothers? When’s the last time anyone acknowledged The Godfather is actually Papa Shango?
Assuming this is how WWE will continue to expand on these new characters, it will be interesting to see if explanations are given to the others. Mercy the Buzzard, for instance, was always meant to reference Waylon Mercy—Dan Spivey’s character that was inspired by Robert De Niro’s Max Cady from the film Cape Fear (which yours truly was not a fan of, but loves the references from The Simpsons). Will that continue to be the case, or will there be an updated origin like this?
What is your interpretation of this tweet? Are you excited to learn more about The Wyatt Sicks, or are you finding it more ridiculous like many fans out there who are making fun of it? Drop your thoughts in the comments below!
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