The Wyatt Family
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The Wyatt Family was an American professional wrestling stable in WWE originally composed of Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan, and Luke Harper.
The Wyatt Family | |
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Stable | |
Members | Bray Wyatt (leader) Luke Harper Erick Rowan Braun Strowman Daniel Bryan Randy Orton |
Name(s) | The Wyatt Family |
Debut | November 7, 2012 |
Disbanded | May 9, 2017 |
Years active | 2012–2014 2015–2017 |
The Wyatt Family debuted in WWE's then developmental branch NXT in November 2012, with Harper and Rowan going on to win the NXT Tag Team Championship. They would go on to debut on the main roster in July 2013 as a villainous faction terrorizing other WWE wrestlers, including Kane, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, John Cena, and The Shield, among others.
The original incarnation of the group began to go their separate ways in September 2014, after Wyatt announced he was "setting Harper and Rowan free". As a result, Rowan would turn into a heroic character by joining John Cena's team at Survivor Series, while Harper would remain villainous and side with The Authority. Following a brief feud, Harper and Rowan would reunite in May 2015.
In July 2015, The Wyatt Family reunited, with Braun Strowman joining the stable. Strowman was later withdrawn from the stable as a result of the 2016 WWE draft. In late 2016, with the addition of Randy Orton, The Wyatt Family won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, holding the titles under the Freebird Rule. After they lost the tag team titles, Harper departed from the group in January 2017. Orton won the 2017 Royal Rumble match and Wyatt proceeded to win his first WWE Championship in February, with the pair going on to face each other at WrestleMania 33. Wyatt and Rowan continued their alliance as the last remaining members of The Wyatt Family until the 2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, in which Wyatt was moved to Raw, while Rowan remained on SmackDown, thus disbanding The Wyatt Family.
As of 2024, only Randy Orton and Braun Strowman and Erick Rowan currently work for WWE. Daniel Bryan now works for AEW under his real name, Bryan Danielson. Jonathan Huber, known as Luke Harper, also worked for AEW as Brodie Lee, died on December 26, 2020, from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 41. Windham Rotunda, who worked for WWE as Bray Wyatt, died on August 24, 2023, at the age of 36 from a heart attack.[1]