Who is Mike Rotunda? Everything Fans Should Know About Bray Wyatt’s Father

We’re sure it’s been quite an emotional past few weeks for Mike Rotunda following the announcement of the Peacock documentarya data-entity-href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/bray-wyatt-documentary-trailer-late-wwe-windham-rotunda" data-entity-title="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/bray-wyatt-documentary-trailer-late-wwe-windham-rotunda" href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/bray-wyatt-documentary-trailer-late-wwe-windham-rotunda" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"emBray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal/em/aall about his late son and WWE legend, Windham Rotunda./p pAs announced earlier in March,a href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/show/wwe-monday-night-raw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"WWE/aSuperstar Mike Rotunda will be inducteda href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wwe-hall-of-fame-2024-every-inductee-wrestlemania-40" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"into the WWE Hall of Fame/aduring WrestleMania weekend alongside his U.S. Express tag team partner, Barry Windham. That’s quite an honor in itself, and if you ask us, it’s recognition that is not only deserved but overdue./p pFor More WWE:brstronga data-entity-href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/jade-cargill-reflects-on-her-wwe-royal-rumble-debut" data-entity-title="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/jade-cargill-reflects-on-her-wwe-royal-rumble-debut" href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/jade-cargill-reflects-on-her-wwe-royal-rumble-debut" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Jade Cargill Reflects on Her WWE Royal Rumble Debut/abra data-entity-href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/all-the-2024-wwe-premium-live-events-and-when-theyre-happening" data-entity-title="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/all-the-2024-wwe-premium-live-events-and-when-theyre-happening" href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/all-the-2024-wwe-premium-live-events-and-when-theyre-happening" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Here's When You Can Catch All The WWE Premium Live Events of 2024/abra data-entity-href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wwe-rhea-ripley-announces-engagement-buddy-matthews" data-entity-title="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wwe-rhea-ripley-announces-engagement-buddy-matthews" href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wwe-rhea-ripley-announces-engagement-buddy-matthews" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Rhea Ripley Breaks the Hearts of the WWE Universe, Announces Engagement/a/strong/p pHowever, news surrounding the Rotunda family keeps coming – the WWE Universe’s jaws dropped on March 18 when the first trailer for the upcominga href="http://www.peacocktv.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Peacock/adocumentary was released./p p/pdiv class="embed-code-other embed-code-youtube"iframe loading="lazy" fetchpriority="low" src="about:blank" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OUtiqboJESg?si=Irn9NTWQVlFlRH8m" class="optanon-category-13" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen style="width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 560 / 315;"/iframe/div pNews of the upcoming documentary covering thea href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wwe-bray-wyatt-dead-36" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"life and times of Bray Wyatt/ais significant because, well, Bray is the real-life son of Mike. Despite his acclaim in WWE, some may not know, or simply welcome a refresher, on the major points of Mike Rotunda's career./p div class="listicle-heading" h2span class="title"What is Mike Rotunda Most Famous For?/span/h2 div data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="af9f2aee-85f6-41f9-bb9d-7f94e5881e7d" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:862px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.usanetwork.com/sites/usablog/files/styles/scale_862/public/2024/03/wwe-mike-rotunda.jpg" width="862" height="575" alt="Mike Rotunda poses as 'IRS' in a promotional image." typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" Mike Rotunda appears as 'IRS' in a promotional image. /span span class="media__credit"Photo: WWE /span /div /div /div /div /div pWe can’t talk about the wrestling career of Mike Rotunda without bringing up one of the mosta href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/here-are-some-of-the-wildest-wwe-superstar-alter-egos" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"iconic characters in history/a– Irwin R. Schyster, also known to the WWE Universe as IRS. Notably aligned with the Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase, for most of his WWE career, IRS was a tough, no-nonsense wrestler inside the ring and an accountant by day – a crooked one at that! Don’t believe us? See for yourself:/p p/pdiv class="embed-code-other embed-code-youtube"iframe loading="lazy" fetchpriority="low" src="about:blank" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FNCy9_DU8I4?si=LI3n7v0jOIxO8nEd" class="optanon-category-13" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen style="width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 560 / 315;"/iframe/div pWWE in the early 90s was filled with over-the-top, colorful characters like IRS, and we must give credit where credit is due: Mike Rotunda nailed the role. A villainous accountant was a WWE Superstar that every fan loved to hate./p pInterestingly enough, Rotunda competedn WWE from 1984 to 1986,a stretch of time that would ultimately earn hima href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/who-is-rey-mysterio-wwe-hall-of-fame-inductee" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"a Hall of Fame nod/a. This is where his tag team alliance with Barry Windham led to the duo winning the WWE Tag Team Titles on two occasions. Like many WWE Superstars of his day, Rotunda left the promotion later in 1986 to test his worth in other wrestling organizations./p div class="listicle-heading" h2span class="title"What Other Wrestling Companies Did Mike Rotunda Compete For?/span/h2 div data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="2bd2cb73-f786-41a1-8cee-e2476065c3aa" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:862px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.usanetwork.com/sites/usablog/files/styles/scale_862/public/2024/03/wwe-mike-rotunda4.jpg" width="862" height="575" alt="Mike Rotunda speaks to the camera in a WWF skit" typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" Mike Rotunda appears as 'IRS' in a WWF skit. /span span class="media__credit"Photo: Youtube /span /div /div /div /div /div pMike Rotunda competed in WCW in the late 90s (he was actually a member of the New World Order for much of his run there as Michael Wallstreet) and had a short stint in various promotions across Japan before his retirement in 2004. Most old-school fans will remember him as the former NWA World Television Champion – someone who went toe-to-toe with wrestlers like Sting, Jimmy Garvin, and Rick Steiner. Just looka href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/the-rock-returns-wwe-thanks-fans-reception" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"at the crowd reaction/afrom the National Wrestling Alliance’s Starrcade ‘98 event – they couldn’t get enough of Rotunda losing the Television Championship:/p p/pdiv class="embed-code-other embed-code-youtube"iframe loading="lazy" fetchpriority="low" src="about:blank" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/univGjKpj3Y?si=HISlUXPI0DX-xRnB" class="optanon-category-13" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen style="width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 560 / 315;"/iframe/div pThroughout his 20-plus year career, Rotunda was the ultimate professional – whilea href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/the-rock-cody-rhodes-roman-reigns-drama-explained" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"he never rose to the top/aof any wrestling organization as a world champion, he found a niche in which he thrived. By all accounts, he’s among the most well-liked and well-respected Superstars who competed in the 80s and 90s./p div class="listicle-heading" h2span class="title"Does Mike Rotunda Have Other WWE Superstar Children?/span/h2 div data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="579a6e78-ed9d-426a-9fa8-e321b449d742" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:862px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.usanetwork.com/sites/usablog/files/styles/scale_862/public/2024/03/wwe-mike-rotunda3.jpg" width="862" height="575" alt="Mike Rotunda speaks to the camera in a WWF skit" typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" Mike Rotunda appears as 'IRS' in a WWF skit. /span span class="media__credit"Photo: Youtube /span /div /div /div /div /div pBesides thea href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wwes-shotzi-reveals-impact-bray-wyatt-had-on-her-career" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"late Bray Wyatt/a, Rotunda is also the real-life father of another polarizing former WWE Superstar: none other than Bo Dallas! Yes,emthat/emBo Dallas – the man who memorably defeateda href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/big-e-wwe-injury-update-broken-neck" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Big E/afor the NXT Championship more than a decade ago./p p/pdiv class="embed-code-other embed-code-youtube"iframe loading="lazy" fetchpriority="low" src="about:blank" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vVHvIHmVUAo?si=KEs234gHHpEY7ZwO" class="optanon-category-13" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen style="width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 560 / 315;"/iframe/div pThe Rotundas have wrestling in their blood – and fans would struggle to think of a better father to guide Bray and Bo throughout their careers./p div data-embed-button="related_content" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:node.embed" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="61c66a2f-69d2-4335-bfe3-5bf4c3bf7418" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"h2 class="headline" a class="embed-in-feed" href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/bray-wyatt-honored-wwe-superstars-tattoos" WWE Superstars Band Together to Honor the Late Bray Wyatt /a /h2 /div pMany likely can’t wait to experience Rotunda’s Hall of Fame speech. Those in the know are expecting plenty of reminiscing, maybe a throwback IRS impression or two, and, of course – a heartfelt tribute to his son, Windham, who captivated the spirit of the WWE Universe like no other Superstar has as Bray Wyatt./p pPrepare yourselves to get a little misty-eyed./p pemYou can tune in to/ema href="https://www.peacocktv.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"emPeacock/em/aemto watch WrestleMania on April 6 and 7. In the meantime, catch up on all things WWE Universe on/ema href="https://www.peacocktv.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"emPeacock/em/aem./em/p