In April 2012, Rotunda debuted a new character, Bray Wyatt, who initially associated himself with Eli Cottonwood while in FCW.[3][46] When WWE rebranded FCW into NXT Wrestling,[47] Wyatt debuted on the fourth episode of the rebooted WWE NXT, taped at Full Sail University, where he defeated Aiden English in a singles match.[48] Wyatt is portrayed as an evil cult leader who believes himself to be more monster than human.[49][50][51] The character drew comparisons to Max Cady of the 1991 film Cape Fear and Waylon Mercy.[49][52] In July, Wyatt suffered a torn pectoral muscle and required surgery.[53] Despite the injury, Wyatt continued to appear on NXT by founding a faction known as The Wyatt Family in November, with Luke Harper as his first son and Erick Rowan as his second.[54][55][56] Wyatt had his first match back from injury on the February 21, 2013 episode of NXT, defeating Yoshi Tatsu.[57] Wyatt suffered his first loss on the March 13 episode of NXT, when he was defeated by Bo Dallas.[58] On the May 2 episode of NXT, Wyatt was defeated by six-time world champion Chris Jericho.[59] On the May 8 episode of NXT, Harper and Rowan defeated Adrian Neville and Bo Dallas to win the NXT Tag Team Championships.[60][61] The Wyatt Family went on to feud with Corey Graves and Kassius Ohno, with Wyatt defeating Graves on the May 22 episode of NXT.[62] The following week, Wyatt eliminated both Graves and Ohno during an 18-man battle royal to determine the number one contender to the NXT Championship, although he was later eliminated by Neville.[63] On the June 19 NXT, the Wyatt Family defeated the team of Graves, Neville and Ohno.[64] On the July 10 episode of NXT, Wyatt pinned William Regal when the Wyatt Family faced Graves, Neville and Regal in a six-man tag match.[65] From the May 27 episode of Raw, WWE aired vignettes promoting the upcoming debut of the Wyatt Family.[66] The vignettes showed the Wyatt Familys backwoods origins and Rowan wearing a lamb mask.[67][68] On the July 8 episode of Raw, the Wyatt Family made their debut by assaulting Kane.[69] The Wyatt Family continued their attacks on wrestlers like R-Truth, Justin Gabriel, Drew McIntyre, Heath Slater, and Jinder Mahal while sending cryptic messages to Kane asking him to follow the buzzards.[70][71] Following another assault,[72] Kane challenged Wyatt to a Ring of Fire match at SummerSlam, which he accepted.[73] On August 18 at the pay-per-view, Wyatt defeated Kane in the Ring of Fire match, following interference from Harper and Rowan. After the match, Harper and Rowan again attacked Kane and ended the segment by carrying him away.[74] Wyatts next target was Kofi Kingston,[75][76] who he defeated at WWE Battleground.[77] The Wyatt Familys next feud began when they attacked Daniel Bryan and CM Punk in late October,[78] leading to Bryan and Punk defeating Harper and Rowan at Survivor Series.[79] The Wyatt Family continued their feud with Bryan as Wyatt attempted to recruit Bryan,[80] and the trio defeated Bryan in a handicap match at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs.[81] On the final Raw of 2013, Bryan defeated Harper and then Rowan in a gauntlet match so that he could face Wyatt, whereupon Harper and Rowan interfered for a disqualification and beat him down. A frustrated Bryan finally gave up and gave in to join the Wyatt Family.[82] However, after Bryan joined them, the Wyatt Family could not find success. This caused Wyatt to punish Bryan, leading to Bryan attacking all the other members of the Wyatt Family on the January 13 Raw to signal him breaking free of the group.[83] At the Royal Rumble, Wyatt defeated Bryan in a singles match, and later at the event, the Wyatt Familys distraction cost John Cena his WWE World Heavyweight Championship match against Randy Orton. The Family then proceeded to attack Cena and left him lying in the ring. On the January 27 Raw, the Wyatt Family attacked Bryan, Cena and Sheamus during an Elimination Chamber qualifying match against The Shield, thus awarding Bryans team the disqualification win and costing the Shield a chance to enter the Elimination Chamber match at the eponymous event. Therefore, a six-man tag match was instead set up between the Shield and the Wyatt Family at the event.
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