5 WWE Superstars born in the wrong era who never got a chance to shine

#5 Bray Wyatt

Where did it all go wrong?

It's becoming increasingly apparent that the career of Bray Wyatt is heading for disappointment. When he made his debut as leader of The Wyatt Family, his creepy vignettes got the whole WWE Universe talking.

The early signs were good, having solid feuds with guys like Kane and The Shield and delivering promos in a style we hadn't heard before.

Over the years, Wyatt has failed to live up to expectations. Despite holding the WWE Championship, 2016/17 has been one of the worst periods of his career. Fans have grown tired of the basic formula he's been following during every single rivalry and many fans no longer take him seriously as a threat to anybody.

What is it that has really hurt Bray's fortunes? Is it the lack of imagination in WWE's creative team, always giving him the same kind of promo to follow? Is it his poor booking that has seen him lose to pretty much every major babyface in the company?

Perhaps it is just a case of Bray himself not being as talented as we originally thought. If the WWE want Wyatt to be a main player for them going forward, something has to be addressed, and quickly.

Still, most fans suspect that the "Eater of Worlds" might have had better fortunes in previous eras. Not only was the writing team better in the 80s and 90s than they are today, but fans were a little more willing to suspend their disbelief and buy into the kind of dark, sinister character Bray represents.

During the Golden Era, he would have been perfect as a heel who used psychology to get into people's heads, much like Jake Roberts used to do to babyfaces back in the day. Even in the New Generation and Attitude Eras, superstars like Kane and The Undertaker showed us that people from the dark side could get themselves over considering they were given strong storylines and opponents.

Whatever the case might be, Bray Wyatt is a WWE superstar that should be more over than he is. And after all the deliberation about what exactly went wrong, maybe it is all a case of him being born a few decades too late.