5 dream opponents The Fiend should have faced in WWE and why

#4 The Fiend vs The Rock

Maybe The Rock is as responsible for The Fiend as anyone else? Bray Wyatt entered WrestleMania 32 with no announced plans and no certain spot on the card, even despite being built as an opponent for Brock Lesnar.

What transpired was perhaps one of the most damaging moments that served to condemn the Wyatt Family. The Rock came out to announce the attendance record that the Show of Shows had set.

Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan and Braun Strowman of the Wyatt Family confronted The Rock as they seemed set to make an example out of the Brahma Bull. The segment led to an impromptu match between The Rock and Erick Rowan, which was swiftly completed in six seconds after a solitary Rock Bottom to Rowan.

The devastating loss was a nail in the coffin of the faction as they struggled for momentum and appeared to lose direction completely. Although Wyatt was not officially involved in the match, he was the patriarch of the faction and having a member lose so quickly with no eventual pay off but to pop the crowd was severely damaging.

The Rock therefore represents someone who can be seen as damaging Bray Wyatt and harming his career. While the move served as nothing but a new record for The Rock, it made Bray Wyatt and his faction look like a joke at a time when all eyes are on WWE.

Avenging the loss with a clash between The Fiend and The Rock would have been a way to find some long-term payoff for the segment; especially if The Rock, being a semi-retired talent, was to lose in a squash match to display The Fiend as a force to be reckoned with.

The Rock inadvertently lending a hand to the creation of The Fiend and being destroyed would have served as an excellent plot device for The Fiend's development as a dominant supernatural force.

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#3 The Fiend vs Brock Lesnar

The 2016 Royal Rumble appeared to plant seeds for a WrestleMania feud between Bray Wyatt and Brock Lesnar. Brock eliminated Strowman, Rowan and Harper before they returned and eliminated Brock at the behest of Wyatt.

Then on the road to WrestleMania we saw a handicap match at Roadblock, where Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper teamed up to take on Brock Lesnar. The bout ended with the squashing of Harper. Bray Wyatt, however, did not get involved in the match, simply observing the mutilation.

Everything seemed to be heading towards Brock Lesnar vs Bray Wyatt, but a change of plan saw Brock take on Dean Ambrose (Jon Moxley) in a street fight. This left Wyatt with no prior arranged plans.

With Bray Wyatt unattached heading into the event, his faction suffered embarrassment when they confronted The Rock, while Lesnar went on to pummel Ambrose for the win. It could be argued that had Wyatt faced Brock Lesnar after all, his character wouldn't have suffered the hit it did and The Fiend wouldn't have been required.

Fast forward, and The Fiend could have held this as a grudge and targeted Lesnar, culminating in a clash between the two. Another vein of the storyline would be Brock's greatest achievement, the end of the Undertaker's WrestleMania streak.

Bray Wyatt had the opportunity to face The Undertaker the following year and Taker returned with a vengeance to beat Wyatt. Brock Lesnar inadvertently took the shine away from Wyatt's clash with the Phenom and brought a different side of The Undertaker out due to his loss a year prior.

Goldberg's return to WWE was brought about by his rematch with Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series 2016. It was after Goldberg destroyed Lesnar when he coined the phrase "one last title run" and turned his attention to the Universal Championship, held by Kevin Owens initially and secondly The Fiend.

Eventually Goldberg went on to dethrone The Fiend at Super Showdown 2020 in what was undoubtedly one of the most devastating blows to Wyatt. Brock Lesnar could have been held responsible by The Fiend for many of Wyatt's shortcomings, presenting an indirect blockade and an allusion to Wyatt on his attempted climb through the ranks.