Projecting Bray Wyatt's Path to World Title Scene over Next 12 Months

Fantasy-booking a path for any Superstar toward the WWE World Heavyweight Championship is always tough, but Bray Wyatt somehow feels overdue for a run in the main event scene.

He's proved himself to be one of the company's more entertaining, intriguing and, perhaps most importantly, unpredictable workers since joining the main roster a few years ago.

He always feels like a much more credible and stronger force when he has his family alongside him, and the reuniting of The Wyatt Family a few months ago looks to have positioned him for a long-awaited tilt at WWE's big prize.

It will be a while yet before Wyatt can taste that kind of success, since there is a host of guys in front of him. But how would you correctly and properly build him into a future world champion over the next year? 

To Start, Make Him Look Unstoppable

To craft any Superstar into a potential world champion, there has to be a strong sense of momentum behind him. With time on his side and, as mentioned, a few guys ahead of him, WWE has the advantage of being able to do this slowly with Bray Wyatt.

With The Wyatt Family alongside him, the numbers game can often stack up to give Wyatt much-needed wins. Whether these are comfortable wins against guys who aren't part of his storylines or big pay-per-view victories that add serious momentum, there are all sorts of ways to build this up over the next few months.

Wins against Bo Dallas (despite the obvious family ties), Zack Ryder and even someone like Neville may not be popular, but if there's an endgame here to get Wyatt on a roll, it seems to make sense.

It's not just the win-loss ratio that is important, though. Regardless of who Wyatt is feuding with, the times when he is on the back foot shouldn't result in his losing—they should result in his managing to get away unscathed. 

In a way similar to Seth Rollins, Wyatt can build up his heel persona by seemingly looking untouchable and unstoppable. Matches on Raw and SmackDown will offer plenty of chances to do that.

Wyatt could sneak out the back door and let Luke Harper and Braun Strowman take over and save the day. Randy Orton can succumb to Bray's allies on a frequent basis, forcing The Viper to go on a revenge mission for what has happened to him. 

It's worked for Rollins for so long, so why not for Bray?

Survivor Series also provides another great opportunity for The Wyatt Family to grow as a faction once again. Erick Rowan's return could be timely here, as it would mean only one other ally would be needed for the Wyatts to comprise a Survivor Series team all on their own.

A Reunion with a Former Ally, with Gold on the Line

A solid few months of being on top of his foes would lead into WrestleMania season and the turn of the year. This is the most important time of the year for WWE and the time where Wyatt can seize momentum.

Again, this isn't just about winning and losing; even if you are losing out to a big star, you can still gain traction by putting together a feud that people just can't ignore.

So if all goes to plan and Daniel Bryan returns in the next few months, WWE should let him win the Intercontinental Championship, so he and Wyatt can resume their mouthwatering feud from the start of 2014.

At that time, Wyatt was at the peak of his momentum heading toward WrestleMania XXX, so the same could easily happen for him in 2016 if WWE has built him up really well. 

WWE can make plenty of references to their past, when Wyatt was fooled into thinking Bryan had joined The Wyatt Family, and in a bid to increase his status as the company's fast-developing No. 1 heel, WWE can even play on Bryan's injury history and make it look like he is failing to cope with Wyatt. 

Losing the feud doesn't have to mean Wyatt loses momentum, either. And in fact, it's a win-win for everyone. Bryan would emerge victorious to give him a platform from which to move forward, the Intercontinental Championship would have had a brilliant rivalry to give the title a boost and Wyatt would be in a strong position at the head of the company.

Make the Big Statement on the Biggest Raw of the Year

Picture the scene: WrestleMania 32. Roman Reigns has just become the new WWE world heavyweight champion, and there's still an element of discontent among fans about his success.

Some sections of the crowd in attendance still feel aggrieved that Reigns has managed to pick up the title, especially if it's at the expense of someone like Rollins, who will still be massively over by that point.

But Rollins isn't around after a bruising match at Mania. Reigns is in the ring, cutting a promo about how he worked so hard to achieve this and how nobody can take it away from him. 

Suddenly, the lights drop. "Anyone but you, Roman..."

Wyatt appears as the crowd goes crazy and hits Reigns with a Sister Abigail in the middle of the ring. But this time, instead of kneeling over Reigns and laughing, he reaches for the title, lifts it in the air and declares his intention on the biggest Raw of the year. Wyatt wants the title. 

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It's only six months removed from the rivalry between Wyatt and Reigns, which will likely end at the upcoming Hell in a Cell pay-per-view and likely inside The Cell itself. That bad blood still lingers fresh in the memory, as does Wyatt's costing Reigns the chance to win Money in the Bank.

It would sets things up for the next three months spectacularly. Rollins would not take his mandatory rematch clause, as he has his hands full elsewhere. His time will come to use that option, but for now, Wyatt vs. Reigns would be on once again.

Recent history (Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose) has taught us that going back to feuds after a short space of time can work. This would be another fine example.

The Road to His Crowning Glory

Despite that spectacular move on the post-WrestleMania Raw, things wouldn't go quite to plan for Wyatt initially. 

Extreme Rules would see him fall narrowly short in a brutal No Holds Barred match in which Wyatt and Reigns brawl all over the arena. Scenes like the ones we saw to close Raw this past week prove that these two guys could really rock it in the main event, and with both putting their bodies on the line, the fans would be hooked.

Reigns could just about emerge with the title in his grasp, but fans' demands and Wyatt's own mission would mean that the charge for the title wouldn't end. 

He can continue to torment Reigns, and even the return of Ambrose to help his buddy keep hold of the title wouldn't deter Wyatt. The Wyatt Family could show up at Payback looking once again to put down Ambrose, Reigns and another partner, and this time they could succeed. 

That would open the door for Wyatt to get another shot at the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Elimination Chamber, but with four other stars involved, he should again fall short. This would act as a buffer for him to take a step back from the title scene and enable Reigns to go back into battle with Rollins, who would start to demand his mandatory rematch.

Wyatt would instead go on and win the Money in the Bank briefcase, but there wouldn't be a wait of six or seven months. He would keep beating people on Raw and SmackDown over the next months and continue tormenting his victims. 

Then when SummerSlam arrives, Wyatt's time would also come around. Reigns won't get time to successfully defend his title—before the end of the match, the lights could drop again, and The Wyatt Family could beat down Reigns and his opponent, rendering them both helpless. 

Cue Wyatt, cue the cashing in and cue the new WWE world heavyweight champion.

There's lots of fantasy booking involved, but if you want to take the next 12 months and dedicate them to crafting Wyatt into a future WWE world heavyweight champion, that's how you could do it.