Hey now, this is the Getting Over Wrestling podcast, and we are devastated to do this show today,

as we remember Wintam Rotunda, better known as WWE superstar Bray Wyatt, who died unexpectedly

Thursday at age 36. You know, the phrase one of a kind gets thrown around a lot in professional

wrestling, but few actually live up to that moniker.

Wyatt was certainly one of a kind, as was Terry Funk, who died Wednesday at age 79 and who we

will discuss later in this episode. It's been difficult to wrap my mind around why it's passing,

just as it was that of his best friend, John Huber,

Brody Lee, Luke Harper, who died less than three years ago in a similarly sudden type of

manner.

Wyatt was stricken with agony following the death of his friend.

And the wrestling world again now, just like it did then, is coming together in

remembrance of a guy whose aura permeated through the screen and

whose humanity was clearly cherished by family, friends, and dozens of coworkers in WWE who were

quick to share their personal tributes to Wyatt on Thursday.

Wyatt's passing comes just a couple weeks after his father, Mike Rotunda, formerly

IRS and WWE, shared publicly that Bray had gotten past a health scare and was planning

to return to wrestling.

It was later reported that the condition was both career and life threatening.

And we were told as late as last week that was not only indeed the case, but there were actually

preliminary plans in place for him to return to WWE before the year was out. Sean Ross Sapp,

a fightful reported that Wyatt was diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier this year, which exasperated

some of his heart issues that I guess he had already. This is what we had heard from someone in

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