The Wyatt Family

Bray Wyatt first debuted on the fourth episode of the new WWE NXT, defeating Aiden English in a singles match. In July, Wyatt suffered a torn pectoral muscle and required surgery. Despite the injury, Wyatt continued to appear on NXT by founding a faction known as The Wyatt Family in November, with Luke Harper as his first kayfabe son and Erick Rowan as his second. Harper and Rowan entered the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament to crown the inaugural champions, and they defeated Percy Watson and Yoshi Tatsu in the first round on the January 23, 2013, episode of NXT. Following a win over Bo Dallas and Michael McGillicutty in the semi-finals with Wyatt's interference, Harper and Rowan were defeated in the finals of the tournament by Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey.

Wyatt had his first match back from injury on the February 21 episode of NXT, defeating Yoshi Tatsu. The Wyatt Family later assaulted Grey (who had suffered a legitimate injury) while Wyatt prevented Dallas from winning a NXT Championship number one contender match due to Dallas refusal to join the Wyatt Family. Dallas went on to hand Wyatt his first loss on the March 13 episode of NXT. On the May 2 episode of NXT, while Wyatt was defeated by six-time world champion Chris Jericho, Harper and Rowan won a triple threat elimination tag match by last pinning tag champion Neville to earn a shot at the titles. On the May 8 NXT (taped on May 2), Harper and Rowan defeated Neville and Bo Dallas, filling in for the injured Grey, to win the NXT Tag Team Championship.

The Wyatt Family went on to feud with Corey Graves and Kassius Ohno, with Wyatt defeating Graves on the May 22 NXT, and the next week Wyatt eliminated both Graves and Ohno during an 18-man battle royal to determine the number one contender to the NXT Championship, although he was later eliminated by Adrian Neville. On the June 19 NXT, the Wyatt Family defeated the team of Graves, Neville and Ohno. On the next NXT, the Wyatt Family, together with Garrett Dylan and Scott Dawson, attacked Graves, Neville and Ohno; when William Regal tried to make the save, he was also overwhelmed. This led to the Wyatt Family facing Graves, Neville and Regal in a six-man tag match the next week, where Wyatt pinned Regal for the win. On the July 17 NXT (taped on June 20), Harper and Rowan lost the NXT Tag Team Championship to Neville and Graves.

From the May 27 episode of Raw, WWE aired vignettes promoting the upcoming debut of the Wyatt Family. The vignettes showed the Wyatt Family's backwoods origins and Rowan wearing a sheep mask. On the July 8 episode of Raw, the Wyatt Family made their debut by assaulting Kane. The Wyatt Family continued their attacks on wrestlers like R-Truth, Justin Gabriel and 3MB (Drew McIntyre, Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal) while sending cryptic messages to Kane asking him to "follow the buzzards". Following another assault, Kane challenged Wyatt to a Ring of Fire match at SummerSlam, which he accepted. On August 18 at the pay-per-view, Wyatt defeated Kane in the Ring of Fire match, following interference from Harper and Rowan. After the match, Harper and Rowan again attacked Kane and ended the segment by carrying him away. At WWE Battleground, Wyatt's momentum continued with a win over Kofi Kingston On the October 11 SmackDown, Harper and Rowan suffered their first loss against Cody Rhodes and Goldust.

The Wyatt Family's next feud began when they attacked Daniel Bryan and CM Punk in late October; the feud saw Harper lose his first singles match to Punk. At Survivor Series, Harper and Rowan lost to Bryan and Punk, but the entire Wyatt Family defeated Bryan in a handicap match at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, with Wyatt attempting to recruit Bryan in the previous weeks. On the final Raw of 2013, Bryan defeated Harper and then Rowan in a gauntlet match so that he could face Wyatt, whereupon Harper and Rowan interfered for a disqualification and beat him down. A frustrated Bryan finally gave up and gave in to join the Wyatt Family. However, after Bryan joined them, the Wyatt Family could not find success. This caused Wyatt to punish Bryan, leading to Bryan attacking all the other members of the Wyatt Family on the January 13 Raw to signal him breaking free of the group. At the Royal Rumble, Wyatt defeated Bryan in a singles match, while both Harper and Rowan entered the Royal Rumble match and they managed two and zero eliminations respectively before they were eliminated.

Also at the Royal Rumble event, the Wyatt Family cost John Cena his WWE World Heavyweight Championship match against Randy Orton. On the January 27 Raw, the Wyatt Family attacked Cena, Bryan and Sheamus during an Elimination Chamber qualifying match against the Shield, thus awarding Cena's team a disqualification win and the Chamber match slots. The Shield wanted revenge, so a six-man tag match was set up between the Shield and the Wyatt Family at the Elimination Chamber event, which the Wyatt Family won. Later at the same event, the Wyatt Family's interference caused Cena to be eliminated from the Elimination Chamber match.

After Elimination Chamber, Wyatt turned his attention fully to feud with John Cena, with Wyatt wanting to prove that Cena's heroic act was a facade characteristic of "this era of lies" while also trying to turn Cena into a "monster". Wyatt went on to accept Cena's challenge for a WrestleMania match, with Cena successfully resisting the urge to become a "monster" and overcoming interference from Harper and Rowan to defeat Wyatt at WrestleMania. The feud continued after WrestleMania based on the story that Wyatt was capturing Cena's fanbase, which was exemplified by Wyatt leading a children's choir to the ring on the April 28 episode of Raw, with the children later putting on sheep masks. At Extreme Rules, Wyatt defeated Cena in a steel cage match, after repeated interference from the rest of the Wyatt Family and a demonic child. Cena's feud with Wyatt continued with a Last Man Standing match being set up for Payback. At the pay-per-view, after interference from the rest of the Wyatt Family and the Usos, Cena went on to bury Wyatt under multiple equipment cases to win the match. In the following episode Harper and Rowan took on The Usos in a tag team match, Bray Wyatt did not appear during the match although his rocking chair was still sat beside the ring. The Wyatt family went on to win the match. Wyatt then went on to win his match against Dean Ambrose to qualify for Money in the Bank, due to a distraction by Seth Rollins. At Money in the Bank, all three members of The Wyatt Family failed to win the titles.

After defeating Sheamus and The Usos, The Wyatt Family interrupted Chris Jericho's return on the June 30 episode of Raw and beat him down, with Bray Wyatt delivering the Sister Abigail to Jericho. Then on that week's Raw, it was announced that at Battleground Chris Jericho would face Bray Wyatt. It was announced on SmackDown that The Usos will defend the WWE Tag Team Championship against Harper and Rowan in a 2 out of 3 falls tag team match at Battleground. The Wyatt Family came up winless at Battleground as The Usos successfully defended their championship against Harper and Rowan while Bray Wyatt fell victim to Chris Jericho despite the help from Harper and Rowan as Jericho finished Wyatt off with the Codebreaker. On the August 1 episode of SmackDown, Jericho defeated Rowan to ban him from being at ringside for Wyatt's match at SummerSlam. On the August 4 episode of Raw, Wyatt attacked Jericho in Harper's match against Jericho, causing Harper to be also banned from Wyatt's SummerSlam match. At SummerSlam, Wyatt defeated Jericho in a rematch. Then on raw Wyatt defeated Jericho in a steel cage match to close the rivalry.

Before and after SummerSlam, Harper and Rowan suffered multiple singles and tag losses to the team of Big Show and Mark Henry. On the August 25 episode of Raw, Wyatt faced John Cena. Harper and Rowan caused a disqualification, leading to a six-man tag pitting The Wyatt Family against Cena, Show and Henry, in which Cena submitted Harper to win. On the September 8 episode of Raw, Wyatt defeated Jericho in a steel cage match.

The Wyatt's last televised match while together as a trio aired on the September 19 episode of SmackDown, when all three Wyatt Family members defeated Big Show and Los Matadores. They were then taken off television.

From September 29, videos were shown of Harper and Rowan being "set free". All three members of the Wyatt Family returned to television on their own and apart from each other. Wyatt returned at Hell in a Cell on October 26, attacking Dean Ambrose. Rowan returned on the October 31 episode of SmackDown, and Harper returned on the November 10 episode of Raw, aligning himself with The Authority. On the November 17 episode of Raw, Rowan joined Team Cena for Survivor Series, going after Luke Harper thus disbanding the group for the time being.

The next few weeks saw Ambrose and Wyatt taunting and attacking each other in both backstage and in-ring segments, with Wyatt claiming that he could "fix" Ambrose, the way he "fixed" Harper and Rowan, leading to a match at Survivor Series. Ambrose lost the match by disqualification after utilizing weapons, namely a table, a ladder and steel chairs. At Survivor Series, Harper was the second to last man eliminated in Team Authority's loss against Team Cena. As punishment for his affiliation with the Authority, Harper was forced to put his Intercontinental Championship on the line against Dean Ambrose, on the November 24 episode of Raw and successfully retained the title after getting himself disqualified, after the match while Ambrose was looking for weapons to attack Harper with, Wyatt ambushed Ambrose from behind.

On the December 8 episode of Raw, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan faced each other in singles competition, with Harper ultimately getting himself disqualified. On the January 2 episode of SmackDown, Rowan faced Wyatt in a losing effort after Rowan felt sympathetic for Bray. On the January 5, 2015 episode of Raw, The Authority punished Rowan by putting him in a singles match against Harper, with Harper picking up the win after a discus clothesline and the help of J&J Security (Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury), who were the special guest referees for the match. On the January 22 episode of SmackDown, Rowan and Harper once again competed against each other, this time in a 2015 Royal Rumble qualifying match, with Harper winning, thus not allowing Rowan to participate in the 2015 Royal Rumble match. Despite this, Rowan appeared during the Rumble match, ambushing the #6 entrant Curtis Axel, to attack Harper, subsequently sparking a brief Wyatt Family reunion, along with Bray Wyatt, before all three men began to brawl.

On the May 7, 2015 episode of SmackDown, after Harper defeated Fandango, Rowan would come out, seemingly to confront Harper, but would instead attack Fandango, turning heel in the process. On the May 11 episode of Raw, Harper and Rowan would officially reunite, when Harper accompanied Rowan to his match against Fandango, which Rowan won after 30 seconds, and the two proceeded to double team Fandango after the match. On the May 18 episode of Raw, Harper and Rowan teamed up to take on Fandango and Zack Ryder, which Rowan and Harper won after a superkick and full nelson slam combination. On the May 21 episode of Main Event, Harper and Rowan defeated Fandango and Ryder in a rematch. On the June 4 episode of SmackDown, Harper and Rowan cut a promo about being ostracized and stated they were a family.

On the June 5 episode of Superstars, Harper and Rowan faced Los Matadores, in a tag team match, in which Harper and Rowan won with a Flapjack/Cutter combination, reminiscent of legendary tag team The Dudley Boyz's 3D finisher. On the June 8 episode of Raw, Harper and Rowan faced Los Matadores in a rematch, where they once again defeated them with a Flapjack/Cutter combination, which the announcers revealed was called The Way. On the June 19 episode of Superstars, Harper and Rowan defeated Los Matadores and The Ascension, in a triple threat tag team match. During a match at a house show, Erick Rowan was injured, with reports saying he'll be out of action for 4–6 months. On the June 23 episode of Main Event, Harper returned to singles competition when he defeated Cesaro, but not before cutting a promo where he said losing his tag team partner has made him more dangerous.

At Battleground on July 19, 2015, Harper interfered during Wyatt's match against Roman Reigns, helping him defeat Reigns and signaling the return of the stable. During a post-Battleground interview, Wyatt stated: "To the world, say your prayers, lock your doors, the family has returned." On the July 20 episode of Raw, Wyatt accompanied Harper in his match against Reigns. A brawl ensued during the match, after Wyatt interfered, and Reign's former Shield cohort Dean Ambrose got involved. On the July 23 episode of SmackDown, Wyatt and Harper distracted Ambrose in his match against Sheamus, which caused Ambrose to lose. On the August 6 edition of SmackDown, Reigns challenged Wyatt to a tag team match at SummerSlam, with Reigns and Ambrose facing Wyatt and Harper, which Wyatt accepted. Wyatt and Harper would ultimately lose the match. On the August 24 episode of Raw, Wyatt and Harper fought Reigns and Ambrose in a SummerSlam rematch. During the match, Braun Strowman made his WWE debut, joining the Wyatt Family and helping Harper and Wyatt attack Reigns and Ambrose. Strowman made his in-ring debut the next week on Raw, when he beat Dean Ambrose by disqualification due to interference by Reigns. At Night of Champions (2015), The Wyatt Family defeated the team of Reigns, Ambrose, and the returning Chris Jericho when Strowman incapacitated Jericho. On the October 19 edition of Raw, Erick Rowan returned to action after recovering from his injury and rejoined the group.

At Hell in a Cell on October 25, 2015, Wyatt was defeated by Roman Reigns in a Hell in a Cell match, but following Brock Lesnar's victory over The Undertaker later in the evening, the entire Wyatt family attacked The Undertaker then carried him to the back, reigniting Bray Wyatt's feud with Undertaker from earlier in the year. A day later on Raw, after Bray Wyatt explained his attack, the Undertaker's half-brother Kane came out to avenge his brother, however was met with the same fate after the rest of the Wyatts came out, beat him down and carried him to the back. On the November 9 edition of Raw, after Bray Wyatt claimed to have taken their souls, Undertaker and Kane returned as The Brothers of Destruction and attacked The Wyatt Family. On the November 12 edition of SmackDown, The Wyatts challenged The Brothers of Destruction to a match at Survivor Series, which they accepted later that night. The Undertaker's body of dark angels, dubbed "The Druids", returned on the November 16 edition of Raw, however Wyatt would take control of The Druids and have them turn against The Brothers of Destruction.

At Survivor Series, Harper and Wyatt teamed up against Taker and Kane. After the Brothers of Destruction chokeslammed Strowman through the announce table, they delivered simultaneous chokeslams to their opponents. This was followed by a tombstone from Taker to Harper, thus ending the match with a loss for the Family. On the following Raw, Harper and Wyatt defeated the The Dudley Boyz. Later that week on Smackdown Rowan and Strowman lost to The Dudley Boyz visit disqualification after Harper's interference, but the attacked the Dudley's with Strowman choking D'von out and Harper and Rowan double chokeslaming Bubba Ray through a table. This act led to a feud with the Dudleys, later with Tommy Dreamer and Rhyno, who allied with the Dudleys. At TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, The Wyatt Family defeated Team ECW in an eight-man tag team elimination tables match. At WWE Tribute to the Troops, The Wyatt Family and The League of Nations lost in a 16-man tag match against The Usos, Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, The Dudley Boyz, Kane, and Ryback. On the January 4, 2016 edition of Raw, The Wyatt Family attacked Big Show and Ryback during their match and declared their entry in the Royal Rumble.

On a January 11, 2016 episode of Raw, The Wyatt Family was interrupted by The Social Outcasts. Later that night, The Wyatt Family were at ringside during Roman Reigns' "One vs. All" match, but did not enter the ring. The following week on Raw, they beat down both Reigns and Brock Lesnar to close the show.

All four members of the Wyatt Family entered the 2016 Royal Rumble match, and the group cumulatively eliminated 7 wrestlers including Lesnar. Wyatt was scheduled to face Brock Lesnar at Roadblock, but at the event Wyatt revealed that he would be facing Lesnar alongside Harper in a two-on-one handicap match, which they lost with Wyatt never returning to the ring. It was reported that Wyatt was likely replaced in the match due to a serious back injury he was suffering from. On March 21, Harper suffered a knee injury during a Raw dark match, and it was reported that the injury would sideline him for five to six months. The Wyatt Family appeared at WrestleMania 32, where they confronted The Rock, who defeated Rowan in an impromptu match in 6 seconds, and the Wyatts were then fended off by the returning John Cena and The Rock.

On the April 4 episode of Raw, the Wyatt Family attacked The League of Nations, starting a feud between the heel factions that was never explained in storyline. On the April 11 episode of Raw, the Wyatt Family confronted and scared off the League of Nations when they were about to attack Roman Reigns. This led to Bray Wyatt abruptly turning face when he tagged with Reigns to defeat Alberto Del Rio and Sheamus of the League. On April 13, during a singles match against Reigns at a live event in Italy, Wyatt suffered an injury to his right calf, and was thus pulled off WWE's European tour. His injury resulted in the suspension of the feud between the Family and the League. However, during Wyatt's recovery, the League disbanded, effectively and abruptly ending the storyline.