Windham Rotunda, a former World Wrestling Leisure champion and a third-generation skilled wrestler generally known as Bray Wyatt, died on Thursday on the age of 36, the corporate introduced.
Mr. Rotunda’s demise was introduced by WWE’s chief content material officer Paul Levesque, the previous wrestler generally known as Triple H, on X, previously generally known as Twitter. WWE additionally confirmed the demise in an announcement on its web site.
“Recognized for his fascinating performances and unbelievable in-ring presence, Wyatt was a defining Celebrity of his technology and achieved many feats in WWE, together with changing into WWE Champion in 2017,” the assertion stated.
Mr. Rotunda was the brother of Taylor Rotunda, generally known as Bo Dallas; a son of the Corridor of Fame wrestler Mike Rotunda; and a grandson of Robert Windham, generally known as Blackjack Mulligan.
Tributes from followers and wrestling colleagues flooded social media on Thursday night.
Dwayne Johnson, the actor and former WWE wrestler who carried out as “The Rock,” stated on social media that Mr. Wyatt had a “very distinctive, cool and uncommon character, which is difficult to create in our loopy world of professional wrestling.”
Mr. Rotunda is survived by his associate, Joseann Offerman, a former WWE announcer, and his kids, Chris Legentil, a WWE spokesman, stated.
