Former WWE Writer Claims The Rock Wanted To Put Over Bray Wyatt At WrestleMania 32

The late Bray Wyatt didn't have a match at WrestleMania 32, but he was involved in a memorable segment.

Bray - along with Wyatt Family members Luke Harper and Erick Rowan - interrupted The Rock, who then pinned Rowan in a record-setting six seconds before Rock and John Cena hit their finishers on Bray.

According to former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz (who now works as an SVP for Dwayne Johnson's Seven Bucks production company), the People's Champion wanted to make sure The New Face of Fear was put over during the segment.

Speaking with Steve Fall (for WrestlingNews.co), Gewirtz said:

"The other thing I would add is that in putting that promo together, the one key in that promo that we wanted to do, above everything else, is Rock putting Bray over. Usually, there’s this dynamic where the heel comes out, and maybe there's a line, some lip service or whatever, of 'Yeah, you're a great athlete, but', blah blah blah, typically with a heel and babyface. 

"But in this particular case, we had the spotlight on us. The world of wrestling is watching. This is a good opportunity for The Rock to really put over the dynamic personality, the magnetic presence, the fact that he's supposedly a heel, and 101,000 people are holding up their cell phones. I always thought, certainly at the time, at WrestleMania 32, that the Bray Wyatt character should transcend babyface/heel. He's just this agent of chaos, and you can either like him or not like him. I don't like that be as sometimes pigeon-holed as, 'You gotta be a heel because wrestling is babyface and heels'. I thought he was just an anomaly in the sense that he transcends that and is much more than that. 

"So we definitely took that opportunity for The Rock, and the fans responded too, by the way. When The Rock's talking about how he's got the look, he's got the charisma, he's got this magnetic power about him, and of course, you can't teach this stuff, and I couldn't teach it, but Bray and Rock, with the presence to take that moment and take their time, acknowledge the crowd. They're popping, they're responding to it. There's not a 'What?' in the building during the time where lots of 'Whats' would happen, where Bray and Rock would go back and forth. Everyone was truly listening to hear what they would have to say. So yeah, that was really great to be able to work on that promo with those guys".

Johnson paid tribute to Wyatt on Instagram, following the 36-year-old's sudden passing last week.

H/T Fightful