Bray Wyatt is facing further health problems, Xero News reports. Xero News reports, “Bray Wyatt is still far off a return & has been pulled from internal runsheets. Possibly won’t even be mentioned at the draft at all. Health issues, they are looking into it to avoid complications in the future, but no timetable for his return as it stands #BWE & A source.”
Bray Wyatt is still far off a return & has been pulled from internal runsheets. Possibly won't even be mentioned at the draft at all. Health issues, they are looking into it to avoid complications in the future, but no timetable for his return as it stands #BWE & A source.
— Xero News (@NewsXero) April 18, 2023
In the world of WWE, Vince McMahon reigns supreme as the final decision-maker. No wrestler or employee is safe from the chopping block, including his own son-in-law, Triple H. This was almost the case for former WWE writer, Chris DeJoseph, who played the controversial character of Big Dick Johnson on WWE television.
DeJoseph’s character involved him gyrating around in minimal clothing, which garnered significant backlash from the audience. Even Vince McMahon himself detested the gimmick, nearly sparking a firing spree. Despite this, DeJoseph remained well-liked by many in the industry, including Bruce Prichard, who recently spoke about the incident on his show Something to Wrestle With.
Prichard revealed that he and Triple H had a hand in creating the Big Dick Johnson persona, drawing inspiration from the late Chris Farley and Patrick Swayze’s iconic Saturday Night Live skit. However, the first time DeJoseph performed the act with McMahon, things went awry, and everyone involved was nearly fired.
“I’ve always gotten along with Chris (DeJoseph). Chris is a nice guy… (Prichard laughed when asked what he thought of DeJoseph as ‘Big Dick Johnson’). Um… I mean, Paul Levesque (Triple H) and I might have kind of come up with that a little bit. It was… God, what was his name?… Chris Farley. Patrick Swayze thing, yes, and I’m looking at it and the first time that we did it, he did it with Vince (McMahon) with the oil and everything. Almost got him fired, almost got all of us fired after that one.”
Although DeJoseph made a brief return to WWE in 2020, he was soon let go after an incident with McMahon. Nonetheless, in the unpredictable world of professional wrestling, anything can happen, and DeJoseph may have another chance to work with McMahon’s company in the future. As fans of WWE know all too well, anything can happen in the world of sports entertainment.
