Alexa Bliss has shared new insight into what could have been one of WWE’s most emotional on-screen reunions, revealing that she and Windham Rotunda, known to fans as Bray Wyatt, were expected to reconnect on programming following WrestleMania.
During her appearance on A Shot of Brandi, Bliss discussed her experience participating in the Wyatt Sicks haunted house at Halloween Horror Nights, an attraction rooted in the creative ideas and legacy of Rotunda. While reflecting on that appearance, Bliss also opened up about the unfinished nature of her WWE story with Wyatt and why the opportunity to take part in the haunted house carried such personal weight.
Bliss and Wyatt became closely associated during the final stretch of Wyatt’s first WWE run. Their unusual alliance drew from the Firefly Fun House universe and evolved from Bliss initially being targeted by The Fiend into her becoming a major part of the act. The pairing was central to several major stories, including Wyatt’s rivalry with Randy Orton and the cinematic Firefly Inferno Match at WrestleMania 37.
At that event, Bliss appeared to turn against Wyatt, distracting him during the match and allowing Orton to win. It was a striking conclusion to a storyline that had transformed Bliss’ WWE presentation and put her at the center of one of the company’s most surreal character worlds. But as Bliss explained, the apparent split was not intended to be the final chapter between the two performers.
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“I never got to have that closure with Bray because the last time I was with him, it was WrestleMania and I turned on him against Randy (Orton), and then we were supposed to join back together after this one WrestleMania and then I found out I was pregnant, and then he had gotten sick, and so he was out for a while,” Bliss said.
The planned reunion ultimately never materialized. Bliss stepped away from WWE after becoming pregnant, while Rotunda’s own time away from television extended. WWE released Rotunda in July 2021, before he later returned to the company at Extreme Rules in October 2022. His return was met with enormous anticipation, but his subsequent run was interrupted by illness before he passed away in August 2023.
For Bliss, the timing meant that she and Rotunda never had the chance to resolve their WWE story on camera. She described the missed connection as two people passing one another without being able to return to the creative direction that had once been mapped out for them.
“It was like ships in the night, and he did that interview where he was like, ‘Well, Alexa and I will always be connected in some way,’ and I just felt a sense of comfort,” Bliss said.
That connection has remained meaningful to both Bliss and the fans who followed their work together. Their partnership was not a conventional wrestling alliance. It shifted through horror imagery, mind games, supernatural elements, championship pursuits and deeply character-driven segments. Bliss’ transformation into a darker persona gave her a distinctive role within the Firefly Fun House world, while Wyatt’s creativity gave the story a presentation unlike most WWE angles of that era.
Even after their television partnership ended, Bliss’ association with Wyatt continued to be a point of discussion. Her comments make clear that this was not simply because of fan perception or their past storylines. There was an actual plan for their paths to cross again, one that was affected by life events and circumstances outside the ring.
A Personal Goodbye at Halloween Horror Nights
Bliss’ appearance in the Wyatt Sicks haunted house gave her an opportunity she had not previously received: a chance to revisit the world built around Rotunda’s imagination in a setting designed as a tribute to it.
She said she was able to work as a scare actor in the attraction for a few hours. The experience was emotional from the beginning, as she walked through a house that reflected ideas Rotunda had wanted to see brought to life.
“I was in it,” Bliss said. “I got to actually be a scare actor for a few hours. So I walked through it the first time… It’s super heavy because it’s all of Windham’s ideas, and that’s one thing he always said: He always wanted a house at Halloween Horror Nights and to see it happen was so cool but it was so bittersweet knowing that he would never see it.”
The blend of pride and grief Bliss described speaks to the significance of the attraction. Rotunda was known throughout his WWE career for presenting wrestling characters through a cinematic lens. The Firefly Fun House, The Fiend, the Wyatt Family and later concepts associated with the Wyatt Sicks all demonstrated a willingness to use horror, nostalgia and unsettling visual storytelling in ways that extended beyond a standard in-ring persona.
A haunted-house presentation was therefore especially fitting for his creative legacy. Yet that same fit made the experience difficult for someone who had worked so closely with him. Bliss recalled the initial impact of walking through the attraction and confronting the reality that the person behind so many of its ideas was not there to see it.
“The first time I walked through… it feels like someone hit you in the gut. You’re just like, ‘Oh my God,’” Bliss said.
Rather than keeping a distance from that feeling, Bliss wanted to be part of the experience. She explained that participating in the attraction allowed her to return, in a sense, to the creative space where her relationship with Wyatt’s WWE character had begun. A Firefly Fun House scene, in particular, became a defining moment for her.
“I really wanted to be in the house,” Bliss said. “I got to do the Firefly Funhouse scene, where I was next to the TV that was just playing Windham over and over and over and over and it was so cool to be a part of that again but also so heartbreaking after I did it.”
Closing an Unfinished Chapter
Bliss characterized the experience as a form of closure. While no haunted-house appearance can replace the reunion that never happened or change the loss felt by those who knew Rotunda, it gave her a space to process the end of a chapter that had remained unresolved both professionally and personally.
“I felt like I finally was able to close that chapter,” Bliss said. “It’s over, and I think that was one of the first times that it actually hit me that he was actually gone.”
She also expressed appreciation for being allowed to have that moment within the attraction. For Bliss, participating was more than a cameo or a Halloween-season appearance. It was an intentional farewell to a collaborator and friend whose influence remains visible in WWE’s horror-themed storytelling.
“I was like, I feel like this is me saying goodbye,” Bliss said. “This is me going back to where it started and this is me saying goodbye and they let me have that moment.”
The Wyatt Sicks themselves have undergone major changes since then. The faction, which included Bo Dallas as Uncle Howdy, Nikki Cross, Joe Gacy, Dexter Lumis and Erick Rowan, was released by WWE in April 2026. That development marked another significant shift for a group created in part to carry forward themes connected to Rotunda’s work.
Bliss’ reflections do not change the on-screen history between her and Wyatt, but they add an important layer to it. What appeared to be a dramatic WrestleMania betrayal was not necessarily designed to be their permanent ending. WWE had intended for the two to reunite, only for pregnancy, illness and time away from television to prevent that plan from coming together.
For fans who remain attached to the Firefly Fun House era, the revelation adds a bittersweet dimension to an already memorable story. Bliss and Wyatt left behind a body of work defined by unusual imagery and ambitious character development, but also by a creative partnership that had more planned than audiences were ever able to see. Her Halloween Horror Nights appearance gave Bliss the chance to honor that partnership, revisit its beginning and finally say goodbye.
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