Bray Wyatt speaks for first time since WWE return, cuts emotional promo on SmackDown

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Bray Wyatt made an emotional return to SmackDown on Friday night nearly a week after cryptic promos featuring white rabbits pointed to his big comeback at Extreme Rules last weekend.

Wyatt carried his signature lantern to the ring while fans shined lights from their cellphones in a pitch-black Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. But when he stepped through the ropes, fans got to witness a different side of the pro wrestler. Instead of "The Fiend" character, he poured his heart out.

"I am incredibly grateful. I’m really, really nervous to be here. I never thought this would happen," Wyatt said. "This right here, this is just me OK? This is a version of me I never got to introduce to you guys before. This is just me being me – genuine me – for the first time."

WWE wrestler Bray Wyatt watches from the sideline during the XFL game between the DC Defenders and Tampa Bay Vipers on March 1, 2020, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. (Mark LoMoglio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Wyatt explained over the last year he’s lost a lot of friends and things in his life.

"I lost my career. I lost my self-confidence. I lost two people who were very, very close to me. I lost my way," he said. "And I got to a point where I thought that everything that I’ve ever done here or otherwise, it was all meaningless. Nothing I’ve ever did has ever mattered to anyone. And I was wrong.

"Once I was done feeling sorry for myself, I decided to go out in the world again and see … people everywhere that would say, ‘Thank you Bray, man. When you coming back home?’ And then every once in a while there would be someone I