It is easy to forget that, for the longest time, both Wyatt and Dallas, the sons of WWE Hall of Famer Mike Rotunda, were in WWE at the same time. Despite that, they hardly, if ever, crossed paths, with Wyatt staying in his own universe, usually higher up the card, while Dallas, after a successful run as a top star in “NXT,” struggled to find his footing on the main roster before disappearing off TV in December 2019 due to injuries, later being released in 2021. Through all that time, it was never acknowledged that the two were actually related. While many didn’t pay much mind to it at the time, in retrospect, it feels like a missed opportunity on WWE’s part. While Wyatt already had plenty of lore to his name, adding Dallas to it as his brother surely wouldn’t have hurt, and given Dallas’ lowly stature through most of his WWE run, putting him with Wyatt seems like it would’ve been nothing but a positive.

Ironically enough, WWE seemed to figure that out, albeit towards the end of Wyatt’s life and then after his death. After several years away from WWE, Dallas returned portraying “Uncle Howdy” during Wyatt’s own return, a run that was cut off following Wyatt’s passing. A year later, Dallas re-emerged as Howdy, leading the Wyatt Sicks stable as a tribute to his brother. Though the faction has had its starts and stops, similar to Wyatt himself, Dallas has found more consistent success with the group, including leading Wyatt Sicks members Dexter Lumis and Joe Gacy to the WWE Tag Team Championships earlier this year. Looking at that, it’s hard to argue that it wouldn’t have been beneficial to put Dallas and Wyatt together much earlier than they did, or at least even acknowledge that they were related much earlier.