{"id":123414,"date":"2024-03-18T21:11:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T01:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=123414"},"modified":"2024-03-18T21:11:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T01:11:22","slug":"bray-wyatt-documentary-becoming-immortal-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/03\/18\/bray-wyatt-documentary-becoming-immortal-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Bray Wyatt Documentary &#8216;Becoming Immortal&#8217; Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bray Wyatt<\/strong> will feature in a new documentary set for release on Peacock during <em><strong>WrestleMania<\/strong><\/em> week.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal<\/em> will tell the story of the man behind the character played by Windham Rotunda. His former partner JoJo Offerman and brother Taylor Rotunda (<strong>Bo Dallas)<\/strong> will help celebrate his legacy whilst sharing the pain of his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2023\/08\/25\/bray-wyatt-has-passed-away\/\" target=\"_self\">passing aged just 36.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mark Calaway &#8211; known as <strong>&#8220;<\/strong><strong>The Undertaker&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; will narrate the documentary.<\/p>\n<p>Paul &#8220;<strong>Triple H<\/strong>&#8221; Levesque announced the documentary on X, saying it was &#8216;time for his story to be told&#8217;. The documentary will air on April 1, 2024.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Windham Rotunda had a brilliant mind. There was no wall he wouldn\u2019t break down in the name of storytelling. You had no choice but to believe in him. He was just that good.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for his story to be the one that\u2019s told. \u201cBray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal\u201d comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peacock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@peacock<\/a> on 4\/1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/36XZTVCe3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/36XZTVCe3d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Triple H (@TripleH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TripleH\/status\/1769772093552357707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal<\/h3>\n<p>Levesque will feature in the documentary where he will shed light on Rotunda&#8217;s creative process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Cena<\/strong> will discuss working with Rotunda in the ring. Cena and Bray Wyatt took part in one of the most creative matches in WWE history when they met in a Firefly Funhouse match at <em><strong>WrestleMania 36<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Never before seen footage and interviews with Rotunda will also help tell the story. In the trailer, we hear him declaring that \u2018I wanna be just like my dad. I wanted to be in the WWE.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>His father Mike Rotunda was famous in the WWE for playing\u00a0<strong>Irwin R <b>Schyster,\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>or <strong>IRS<\/strong>. Prior to this, he was a successful tag team wrestler. He will enter the WWE Hall of Fame on April 5, 2024 along with brother-in-law <strong>Barry Windham.<\/strong> Together they were known as <strong>&#8220;The U.S. Express&#8221;. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Windham Rotunda was named after his uncle.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A Friend, A Fiend, A Father\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rotunda&#8217;s former tag team partner <strong>Braun Strowman<\/strong> will also feature in the documentary. In the trailer, he seemed visibly upset when discussing his friend. Strowman debuted in WWE as a member of Rotunda&#8217;s <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;The Wyatt Family&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">stable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rotunda&#8217;s former partner JoJo Offerman will discuss living with him and what he was like as a father to their children. Taylor Rotunda &#8211; known to WWE fans as <strong>Bo Dallas<\/strong> &#8211; is also set to discuss his brother&#8217;s life and passing. Together, they held the FCW Florida Tag Team Championships. The brothers were in the middle of their first main roster storyline when Rotunda became unwell.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bray Wyatt was a two-time WWE Universal Champion and held the WWE Championship once during his time with the WWE. He won the WWE Universal Championship for the final time under his <strong>The Fiend<\/strong> gimmick in a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/08\/23\/andnew-the-fiend-bray-wyatt-wins-the-universal-championship\/\" target=\"_self\">match against Strowman at <em><strong>SummerSlam 2020.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In August of 2023, Rotunda passed away at the age of 36.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Watch the full trailer below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal | Official Trailer | Peacock Original\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OUtiqboJESg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013\u00a0<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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