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The feud between Bray Wyatt and the Universal Champion, Braun Strowman has taken a completely new turn in the last couple of weeks with the involvement of Alexa Bliss. Wyatt and Strowman have been in a heated rivalry ever since the latter won the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 36 by defeating Goldberg.
At Money in the Bank 2020, Bray Wyatt faced Strowman for his title in his "Firefly Fun House" avatar and lost to his former follower. Last month, Wyatt brought back his cult leader persona and took on the Monster Among Men in a Wyatt Swamp Fight at Extreme Rules. It was The Fiend who appeared and won the match.
Braun Strowman was missing ever since, with even Bray Wyatt probably not having any clue of where he was. This led to him taking things to a whole new level as The Fiend appeared on SmackDown two weeks ago and surprisingly attacked Alexa Bliss - who has been pretty close to Braun Strowman.
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This week as well, The Fiend and Alexa Bliss had an interesting segment while Braun Strowman made his return. The Universal Championship match for SummerSlam 2020 is pretty much confirmed, but the question is - what does Alexa do going forward on SmackDown?
Let's take a look at five possible directions for Alexa Bliss on WWE SmackDown.
#5 Alexa Bliss continues showing affection towards The Fiend
After The Fiend attacked Alexa Bliss with the Mandible Claw on SmackDown two weeks ago, everyone was looking forward to what does WWE plan to do this past week. Well, The Fiend and Alexa Bliss did appear together, but what happened next was quite unexpected.
Just when The Fiend was going to attack her again like the previous week, Alexa Bliss held his hand and then went on to caress his face over the mask. This unsettled the sadistic alter-ego of Bray Wyatt, who backed off.
There was a very interesting discussion on the Sportskeeda writer's group chat about Alexa Bliss having developed a sense of the Stockholm Syndrome. While it logically doesn't make much sense, but I think Alexa Bliss can continue showing her affection towards The Fiend. Why? I don't really know, but this is what last week's segment suggested. It would be the perfect case of Beauty and The Beast with Alexa Bliss being attracted to The Fiend.
#4 Alexa Bliss becomes a follower of Bray Wyatt
One of the possibilities going forward for Alexa Bliss could be her becoming the follower of this "new" Bray Wyatt. Bray Wyatt used to be a cult leader, leading the likes of Erick Rowan, Luke Harper, and Braun Strowman himself.
There have been various hints from this "Firefly Fun House" persona of Bray Wyatt about starting another cult for a long time. In fact, there is a theory that the puppets - Mercy the Buzzard, Abby the Witch, Rambling Rabbit, and Huskus the Pig Boy - are all souls trapped. If that is the case, we might see Alexa Bliss become a follower of Bray Wyatt, and completely forget her identity.
Alexa Bliss could accompany Wyatt during segments and even matches, acting like a completely different personality. Bray Wyatt could use him for his advantage and play further mind games with his opponents. It has been a long time since Alexa Bliss has been the "bubbly face" of SmackDown and a change in character could immensely help her.
#3 Alexa Bliss transforms into Sister Abigail, a brand new Wyatt Family is formed
The Horror Show at Extreme Rules saw Alexa Bliss make a cameo during the Wyatt Swamp Fight, where she was portrayed as Sister Abigail. This sparked the conversation between the fans that what if WWE actually makes her Sister Abigail?
Now, Bray Wyatt has mentioned on several occasions that Sister Abigail is way older than him and is probably dead, so she is just a spirit at this moment. But what if that "spirit" takes control over Alexa Bliss and leads to The Goddess transforming into Sister Abigail. Stuff out of horror movies, I know! But if someone can pull it off, it is the creative genius of Bray Wyatt.
A "possessed" Alexa Bliss and Bray Wyatt could then form a new Wyatt Family, and maybe add some more Superstars to the mix as well. It could lead to a very interesting faction on SmackDown and I can certainly see "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt as the Universal Champion with "Sister Abigail" Alexa Bliss as the SmackDown Women's Champion. So much potential!
#2 Alexa Bliss and Braun Strowman trick The Fiend into their plan
So far, we have discussed the possibility of Alexa Bliss siding with Bray Wyatt in some manner. But let's take a look at another different yet interesting possibility. Did any of you notice The Fiend almost looked uncomfortable on SmackDown when Alexa Bliss starting touching her mask innocently? It was almost hilarious to me how The Fiend backed off.
This is the guy who gets back up immediately after multiple Curb Stomps and Spears. So what exactly made him behave that way on SmackDown? One theory from Sportskeeda's Kartik Arry was that maybe after all of this, the biggest weakness of The Fiend turns out to be empathy? As hilarious as it might sound initially, it could be a possibility.
Now, we saw how Braun Strowman mentioned on SmackDown this past week that he doesn't care about Alexa Bliss (ouch!) But what if this is all a plan? What if the Monster Among Men is trying to trick The Fiend into something and play mind games with him through Alexa Bliss? It could lead to The Goddess of WWE finally siding with Strowman again, and the two could expose a huge weakness of The Fiend!
#1 Alexa Bliss takes a break, comes back as a heel
Alexa Bliss is one of the major Superstars on Friday Night SmackDown. With her mostly being in the tag-team title pictures for the last year or so, fans now want to see Little Miss Bliss get back to her heel persona, something she was amazing at.
Let's assume that The Fiend's plan was to use Alexa Bliss to get leverage over Braun Strowman. But if the Monster Among Men doesn't care about her, she is of no use to Bray Wyatt. If that is the case, The Fiend might no longer keep Alexa hostage and release her.
This could lead to Alexa Bliss taking a small break and coming back as a massive heel. Remember how everyone who encounters The Fiend goes back to their previous gimmicks - same could be the case with Alexa Bliss who could come back as a heel and take revenge from Nikki Cross? Maybe she could even jump ship to RAW, or even better - go back to NXT for a small run.
Alexa Bliss is one of the most talented and popular NXT alumni who has not won the NXT Women's Championship and maybe she could go back to the black and gold brand of WWE and get her hands on the only active women's championship in WWE that she has never won.
