The Fiend

The Fiend Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania

Blackjack Mulligan (grandfather)

**Windham Lawrence Rotunda** (May 23, 1987 - August 24, 2023) was an American professional wrestler best known in WSC as **The Fiend**. Fiend was formerly the leader of The Wyatt Family. Fiend is also known as **Bray Wyatt**, **Burnt Fiend**, and **Zombie Bray Wyatt**. Fiend is a former 4x WSC Hardcore Champion, 1x WSC Hardcore Tag Team Champion (w/ Aleister Black), and 2x and longest reigning WSC Multiversal Champion.

### 2019 to 2023

The Fiend has had many enemies far too many to count and one of his most personal was Jon Moxley, The Fiend had won and lost the hardcore championship many times. The first time these two ever met was in 2019 in a Last Man Standing match for the WSC Hardcore Championship in which The Fiend won with a little help from hornswoggle. The two would also meet in a ladder match between The Stage Creator Vs The Joker Jon Moxley. The Fiend would be the last of many other attackers in that match that targeted Mox which included The Usos, and Braun Strowman. The Fiend would appear at the last moment to cost Mox the Championship. Nate would win the match, but would have one of the shortest WSC hardcore title reigns in history following a cash-in by Kevin Owens. Less than a week later, Kevin would put his Hardcore title on the line against The Fiend, Joker Jon Moxley, John Morrison, Riddle, and a WSC debuting John Cena. The Fiend would come up successful winning his 2nd hardcore title. The Fiend would then face Mox (Joker) in a regular Hardcore match in which The Fiend would win. This would lead to The Jokerz (Moxley’s old friends) turning on Mox. After that, Brock Lesnar would attack The Fiend backstage and then beat Fiend for the hardcore title. Mox and The Fiend wouldn’t have any appearances against each other until Deadly Games 3. Mox would defeat The Fiend and 4 other superstars in the Deadly Games match to become Mr. 4 time Mox (nickname given to Mox after winning DG3 for his 4th WSC hardcore title). After Mox defended against Seth Rollins, and Ryback, The Fiend would attack Mox and challenge him to a Firefly Funhouse Match. This match would end in a no-contest after a returning Brock Lesnar would attack both Mox (for the WSC Hardcore Championship) and The Fiend (for breaking Brock’s arm causing him to be put on the shelf). Moxley and The Fiend would participate in a Fatal-4-Way match with Brock Lesnar and Riddle only for both of them to come up in defeat. Mox and Fiend would not face each other until Deadly Games 4 which would result in Mox winning again, this time with his Shield brother Roman Reigns. After a few weeks, The Fiend would go into his Eater of worlds Bray Wyatt with the Wyatt Family and win the gold from The Shield, only to lose it to them again in the Warzone. Wyatt would disappear after being exploded in the warzone. The latest time these two would face is for the WSC Multiversal Championship after Mox under his joker persona would beat Shrek for the title. Since 24/7 rules were established, The Fiend easily pinned Mox to be the WSC Multiversal Champion. This would last until February 12, 2023, were he was buried alive by The Undertaker in what would sadly be the fiends final match in wsc.

### Personal Life

Rotunda and his ex-wife, Samantha, married in 2012 and had two daughters together before she filed for divorce in 2017. Rotunda and WWE announcer JoJo were revealed to be together during this time. They later had a son (born May 2019), whose godfather is wrestler Braun Strowman, and a daughter (born May 2020). They became engaged in 2022.

Rotunda was close friends with fellow wrestlers Brodie Lee, Erick Rowan, and Braun Strowman.

Rotunda died of a heart attack on August 24, 2023, at the age of 36. His death was announced by WWE chief content creator and wrestler Triple H on X. Prior to his death, Rotunda had been dealing with an undisclosed illness since February, which was reportedly life-threatening. According to reports just days before his death, he had been making positive progress towards recovery, and had been medically cleared for a WWE return just two weeks prior to his death. Shortly after his death, it was revealed that the illness was COVID-19, which had exacerbated an existing heart issue.

The Stage Creator put on a tribute to Rotunda later on, in the tribute featured all of Rotunda's highlights. In the pinned comment, Nathan says that Rotunda was his favorite wrestler and he said that we say goodbye to Rotunda, in real life and in WSC. This confirmed that The Fiend character was retired in WSC out of respect.

Cactus Jack •
Edge •
Jeff Hardy/Willow the Wisp •
**The Fiend/Bray Wyatt** •
Roman Reigns •
Braun Strowman •
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin •
The Stage Creator •
Kevin Owens •
Brock Lesnar •
Finn Bálor •
Aleister Black •
Matt Riddle •
Triple H •
Shawn Michaels •
Seth Rollins •
CM Punk •
Cody Rhodes

Brothers of Destruction; Kane and The Undertaker •
The Usos; Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso •
The Fiend and Aleister Black •
The Shield; Roman Reigns and Jon Moxley •
The Wyatt Family; Erick Rowan and Luke Harper •
The Drip Gods; The Stage Creator and Seth Rollins

Aleister Black •
Drew McIntyre •
Shrek •
Joker Jon Moxley •
The Undertaker •
Roman Reigns