4 ways Bray Wyatt could return after Ultimate Deletion 

On this week's edition of Monday Night Raw, Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt drew a line underneath their on-going feud in the first ever 'Ultimate Deletion' match.

Fans have been desperate to see Matt Hardy's Broken universe in the WWE since he made his surprise return to the company at last year's WrestleMania, and while the gimmick got off to a rocky start at the end of last year, the company allowed Hardy the creative freedom to make the 'Ultimate Deletion' a shed load of fun.

The match on Monday night will go down as one of the most bizarre to ever main event Monday Night Raw, and the response to the bout has been largely positive in the days that have followed.

The match ended with Matt Hardy hitting the Twist of Fate on Wyatt before throwing his defeated opponent into the Lake of Reincarnation.

Fans of Hardy's run in Impact Wrestling will know that The Lake of Reincarnation has been used to change wrestler's gimmicks several times in the past, and many have been speculating that Bray being thrown in the lake means that we will see a change in his character when Senor Benjamin finally fishes him out.

Wyatt has been in need of a character change for some time now, and if the company does decide to follow the lake's tradition, it could turn out to be a make or break move for the man formerly known as Huskey Harris. Let's take a four possible outcomes of Bray's dip in the lake, and how they would affect his career going forward.

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#1 Return to old self

Will Bray don his Hawaiian Shirt and hat once more?

The change in Bray Wyatt's gimmick from when he first arrived in the WWE up until now has been a subtle one.

His character has become increasingly less defined over the last two years, and he has lost all sense of purpose since he was split from The Wyatt Family last year.

The Lake of Reincarnation often sees Superstars return back to old gimmicks, and Bray returning, sitting in his rocking chair, with his Hawaiian shirt and hat on, along a number of new followers by his side would at least develop some interest in the character again.

Wyatt is a cult leader with no followers, and seeing him assemble a new team would give him a new purpose in the WWE. It could be the soft reset that his character so desperately needs. With the WWE continuing to focus on stables in their product, a new version of The Wyatt Family could be just what Bray and the WWE are looking for.

#2 Broken Bray

Could Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy be Raw's newest odd-ball pairing?

Many who have been thrown into the Lake of Reincarnation in the past have returned on the same side as Matt Hardy.

Jeff Hardy was Matt's arch nemesis before he was thrown into the lake, and he returned a different man. Brother Nero was a total change of character for Jeff and he partnered up with Matt to help him fight in the "Great War".

Wyatt and Hardy would make for a perfect oddball tag team, with Bray fully embracing Matt's Broken or Woken brilliance and helping him challenge whoever the tag team champions are.

The image of Reby Hardy playing the piano, while Bray Wyatt sits next to her, rocking in his chair, cradling Maxel and singing him in a lullaby in the Hardy compound is as excellent as it is crazy and Wyatt could really get himself back on the right track with the fans after an extended stint in the Broken or Woken universe.

#3 Sister Abigail

Will WWE attempt to resurrect the much criticised Sister Abigail character?

Rule this one out at your peril. WWE creative has let Bray Wyatt down at every turn in his career, and if someone backstage is convinced that the Sister Abigail character can work, then they might try and force this upon the WWE universe.

We were given a brief glimpse of Bray's Sister Abigail gimmick back in October, and the few moments that fans saw were enough to make them realise what a joke this character would be.

Wyatt being fully forced to embrace the gimmick would all but kill his career in the WWE, but it is something that we shouldn't rule out happening altogether.

#4 Nothing changes

Will Bray simply return as if nothing has changed?

Of course, The Lake of Reincarnation is a product of Matt Hardy's twisted but excellent imagination, and there is every chance that the WWE will opt to ignore the gimmick of the lake altogether.

While the WWE has seemingly gone all in on the Woken and Broken universe, there are certain elements that they may consider to be too ludicrous for the WWE universe to buy, and this could be one of them.

Wyatt has struggled to get over in recent years, but the company still like to have him sit in the mid-card, as he is a reliable performer whose character allows for him to effectively start a feud off the back of next to nothing.

There is every chance that if this is going to happen, then Wyatt will be kept off TV for a while, or perhaps even moved to SmackDown after WrestleMania, with the company not mentioning The Lake of Reincarnation again.