The former WWE Universal Champion Bray Wyatt had sent out a warning to former WWE star Simon Gotch about having conversations with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon. Gotch had a stint in NXT between 2013 and 2016 before moving up to the main roster alongside his tag team partner Aiden English. In 2017, the former NXT Tag Team Champion received his release from WWE shortly after WrestleMania 33.
Bray Wyatt warned Simon Gotch
Speaking on the Cafe de Rene podcast, Gotch told former WWE star Rene Dupree that Bray Wyatt knew McMahon would dislike his personality.
“I got told early on by Bray Wyatt, who was always very kind, he said, ‘Don’t ever talk to Vince,’” Gotch said. “An observation similar to what you made about me, Rene, he had said, ‘Vince will not like your personality,’ and it would not behoove me to go in and speak to him directly.”
Gotch eventually became frustrated with his booking after 12 months on the main roster. Although Bray Wyatt respectfully advised him not to, the former Vaudevillain finally spoke to Vince McMahon to pitch an idea. Gotch initially thought the WWE Chairman was receptive to a storyline he pitched. However, based on the timing of his release, the 39-year-old admitted that he probably should have taken Bray Wyatt’s advice more seriously.
“I went in, I talked to Vince, I pitched an angle, he seemed to like it,” Gotch continued. “And I got fired like two weeks later… I should have [listened to Wyatt] but, at the end of the day, it was one of those deals where for the sake of my own sanity, I needed that to happen.”
