We haven’t seen Bray Wyatt since he lost to Randy Orton at Wrestlemania.
SummerSlam looks like being a packed show. WWE has already brought back John Cena, although his role is still up in the air, They have also taken Goldberg out of mothballs and it looks like he will be fighting Bobby Lashley for the WWE World Title.
So, what about Bray Wyatt? He was the ‘must see’ segment of every show, but he hasn’t been seen for months. Betrayed by Alexa Bliss, he could come back to insert himself in her storyline, but Alexa is nowhere near the titles at the time of writing.
Here’s what I would do. And it’s an easy build. AJ Styles and Omos have already been attacking Matt Riddle in the absence of his shaky tag partner, Randy Orton. Let Orton come back at some point before SummerSlam to save Riddle from a beat down, and set up a tag team titles match at SummerSlam between AJ/Omos and Riddle/Orton.
Just as Riddle/Orton are about to get the win, bring back The Fiend to take out Orton. AJ/Omos get the win.
But here is where it gets interesting…
Have Riddle make friends with the Firefly Funhouse Bray Wyatt. Have Riddle interact with the puppet characters. This could be gold TV. Make Riddle try to convince Wyatt that Orton isn’t such a bad guy.
I’d even have Riddle/Orton/Wyatt (as pullover Wyatt) team against heel teams in six man matches, and make Riddle try to make Orton trust Wyatt. Keep The Fiend off TV for the whole time.
The outcomes are many. You could have Orton begin to trust Wyatt before The Fiend returns. You could have Riddle turn on Orton coz Randy doesn’t like the puppets, only for The Fiend to turn on Riddle. You could even have an Orton/Wyatt “if you can’t beat em join em” repeat storyline as they both turn on Riddle.
At the end of it, Riddle is gold. He is already gold. Orton is in a strong storyline either way, and Wyatt gets back towards the main event. Which is exactly where he should be.