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RIP Windham Rotunda, 1987-2023

An extraordinary talent taken away far too soon.

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Carl Beijer
Aug 26, 2023
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I don’t write often about professional wrestling these days, but I would like to say a word or two about Windham Rotunda, better known as Bray Wyatt, who died yesterday at 36.

Rotunda was a daring, unique talent in an industry that is often notorious for cramming unique talents into homogenized corporate molds. If the WWE had had its way with him that li…

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