Bray Wyatt has officially returned to WWE on Saturday night’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view, revealing himself as the mysterious “White Rabbit.” After Matt Riddle defeated Seth Rollins inside the Fight Pit, the show seemed to be over, but suddenly the lights in the arena went out. Suddenly White is heard singing “He’s got the whole world in his hands.” Figures representing the various Firefly Fun House characters began to appear, culminating with The Fiend being shown ringside.
Then the camera went into the Firefly Fun House, which was visibly dilapidated. Then a new masked character was shown laughing from a TV screen inside the house, and a back door inside the Wells Fargo Arena suddenly opened. From behind, White climbed up with his signature lantern and wearing the new mask. Reveal the mask and blow the lantern to officially end the show.
Bray Wyatt is back in WWE!!! #Strict rules pic.twitter.com/P6xJp2cqb2
– Italo Santana (@ulletClubIta) October 9, 2022
Wyatt was released from WWE again in July 2021, but reports of him beginning negotiations with WWE for a comeback began to surface in mid-September. Shortly thereafter, the song “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane started while the cameras weren’t rolling on SmackDown episodes and various live events. This was followed by mysterious messages embedded in QR codes that appeared in episodes of Raw and SmackDown, each containing references to Wyatt’s past.
Then it was reported that the big “disclosure” about the White Rabbit would take place in Strict rulesAnd the Evidence from Raw and SmackDown this week suggests just that. As fans arrived at the Wells Fargo Center for Saturday’s show, many were greeted by men in white rabbit costumes who were passing word searches with the words “Give Up All Hope Ye Who Enter” hidden inside them. This was not just a reference to Dante’s Inferno, but to the words painted on the door of Wyatt’s Firefly Fun House.
Video of a white rabbit making his way through a purple X (presumably to represent the Extmre Rules event) that stops broadcasting just before the start of the first game…
During his hiatus from wrestling, White posted a number of ambiguous messages on social media. The last of them, deliberately less enigmatic, came in early August with Wyatt explaining his love for the professional wrestling business.
“Wrestling is not a love story, it’s a masochist’s fairy tale. A comedy of people who criticize outlines. A fantasy that most don’t understand, a spectacle that no one can deny. The lines are blurred. Heroes are villains. Budgets are cut. Business is business,” he wrote. “But it can also be a land where the dead walk. Where honor makes you elite. Where demons race for office. And the Rock Bottom is cause for joy. WOOOOOO! It is an escape. A reason to blame anyone but yourself for 2-3 hours. Sorry to go back to the kids again, and nothing matters but the moment we live in. Wrestling isn’t a love story, it’s so much more than that. It is hope. And in a world surrounded by hate, greed, and violence, a world where closure may never come. We all know a place with hot and cold hope. For good or for worse. “
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