WWE champion Bray Wyatt dies, aged 36

Three-time WWE satellite champion Bray Wyatt has died astatine the property of 36.

The wrestler had been dealing with an undisclosed wellness contented that had kept him retired of the ringing since February, but his decease was characterised arsenic abrupt by his family.

Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, was among those paying tribute to the star.

"Loved his presence, promos, successful ringing enactment and transportation with @WWE universe," helium wrote. "Very unique, chill and uncommon character, which is hard to make successful our brainsick satellite of pro wrestling."

WWE commentator Mick Foley added: "I thought truthful highly of Bray Wyatt... He was a existent visionary; 1 of the astir compelling presences that wrestling has ever seen."

Rotunda came from a household of wrestlers, including his gramps Blackjack Mulligan, his begetter Mike Rotunda and his younger member Bo Dallas.

Born successful Brooksville, Florida connected 23 May, 1987, Wyatt was a authorities wrestling champion successful precocious schoolhouse and earned a shot assistance to Troy University.

However, helium near his people earlier graduating to go a nonrecreational wrestler, making his nonrecreational debut successful 2009.

He fought nether respective names including Husky Harris, Alex Rotunda, Duke Rotundo and The Fiend.

As Bray Wyatt, helium portrayed the villainous person of a cult faction named The Wyatt household with Erick Rowan, Braun Strowman, and the precocious Luke Harper (aka Brodie Lee).

After being released from WWE successful 2021, helium made a long-awaited comeback astatine the pay-per-view Extreme Rules lawsuit past October, wherever helium debuted a caller mentation of his character.

He had precocious missed respective months owed to unwellness but was adjacent to returning to the WWE earlier his death, according to Wrestling News.

Triple H, existent sanction Paul Levesque, said helium had been informed of Rotunda's decease by his father.

"Just received a telephone from WWE Hall of Famer Mike Rotunda who informed america of the tragic quality that our WWE household subordinate for beingness Windham Rotunda - besides known arsenic Bray Wyatt - unexpectedly passed earlier today," helium wrote.

"Our thoughts are with his household and we inquire that everyone respect their privateness astatine this time."

Wrestling newsman Sean Ross Sapp aboriginal said that the 36-year-old had died of a bosom attack, aft a brushwood with Covid that exacerbated existing bosom conditions.

"There was a batch of affirmative advancement towards a instrumentality and his recovery," he said. "Unfortunately contiguous helium suffered a bosom onslaught and passed away."

Wyatt is survived by his fiancee and erstwhile WWE ringing announcer Joseann Offerman, their 4 children, member Bo Dallas (Taylor Rotunda), and sister Mika.