The Wyatt Family is one of the most popular and creepy factions in the history of professional wrestling. Shortly after the faction had disbanded, stars such as Erick Rowan and Luke Harper (a.k.a Brodie Lee) were released from the company. Recently, Erick Rowan spoke about the possibility of the faction reuniting.
Back in 2021, Bray Wyatt was also released from his WWE contract. In September of 2022, he was re-hired. There were talks about the possibility of the return of the Wyatt Family as well. In a recent episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Rowan opened up about these rumors.
“Windham talked to me about wanting to involve me. But you know, it’s all about timing, and places, and story, and what works best for the company. It’s not all an individual’s decision. So, yeah, we’ve had conversations about like things we’d like to do and like stuff in the future, but like, you know, life happens and things happen, and unfortunate things happen that are way more important than anything to do with this fictional wrestling that we do,” Rowan said.
Erick Rowan opens up about the sudden passing of Bray Wyatt and Brodie Lee
During the same episode, Rowan also shared his thoughts on the sudden passing of his best friends in Brodie Lee and Bray Wyatt.
“I’m doing okay. I mean, it’s obviously been rough for the wrestling world. And, you know, it’s just one of those things. The passing of Jon, you know, Brodie, it was a shock. And then with, with Windham, it’s like, you don’t know where to start or begin. It’s one of those things that, you know, when you experience loss, it’s like, you don’t know how to react, then I still don’t know how to react. No matter what I do, I always feel, you know, them with me. And wrestling’s worse, I think. Because when I’m in the ring, I spent so much time with them. When I do any show lately, it’s constantly reminded, either by just popping myself in the ring by doing a move and thinking of somebody yelling in the corner at me and laughing or the crowd, reminding me it’s just one of those things. And keeping busy is, you know, my key, to just kind of moving on and, you know, concentrating on my family and myself.”
Rowan showed up on the Bray Wyatt tribute episode to pay his respects to his late friend.
Would you have liked to see a reunion of the Wyatt Family one last time?
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