Big E looks back on how Windham Rotunda, also known as Bray Wyatt, was kind to him early in his time in WWE.
Rotunda tragically passed away at the age of 36 in August 2024. He made a difference in many lives in a variety of ways. Rotunda was loved by those he worked with and by countless fans around the world.
Speaking on The Ringer Wrestling Show, former WWE Champion Big E discussed his friendships with Rotunda and Jon Huber, also known as Brodie Lee. With Rotunda, he highlighted how Windham looked out for him earlier in his career. (H/t Andrew Thompson of POST Wrestling for the transcription)
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“We (Windham Rotunda & myself) definitely met in ‘09 when I got signed,” Big E said. “He was already signed in FCW and you know, he was like one of those first guys that looked out for me and he would kind of tell me — because there’s so many unwritten rules in wrestling. In football, we didn’t go around shaking everyone’s hand but that was kind of the expectation in wrestling is you come in every single day, you shake everyone’s hand.
“Wrestling just has all these unwritten rules I wasn’t familiar with. Windham did such a great job doing that. He would have house parties and always would encourage me to come out. He and his brother were named Bo and Duke Rotundo at the time. So they would have the ‘Bo & Duke Bash’ at their house. They’d do a Halloween party every year. So yeah, he was one of the first guys that I met when I got to FCW. He was like the welcoming committee. That was him and he was just one of those guys who’s always just had this larger than life charisma about him.
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