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{{short description|American professional wrestler (born 1990)}}
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{{Infobox professional wrestler
|name = Bo Dallas
|image = Bo Dallas may 2017 01.jpg
|caption = Dallas in 2017
|birth_name = Taylor Michael Rotunda<ref name="PWDN">{{cite web|title=WWE Raw in Uniondale (correspondents needed), Dot Net Audio, Raw dark main event, Alberto El Patron, Bray Wyatt, Bo Dallas, Alex Shelley, D'Angelo Dinero|url=http://prowrestling.net/printer.php?42372|publisher=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref>
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|5|25}}<ref name="PWDN"/>
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|debut = November 15, 2008<ref name="tampabay"/>
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'''Taylor Michael Rotunda''' (born May 25, 1990) is an American [[professional wrestler]]. <!--STOP removing the "as of". This is how these are supposed to be written based on consensus established a few months ago.-->{{As of|December 2022}},<!--STOP removing the "as of". This is how these are supposed to be written based on consensus established a few months ago.--> he is signed to [[WWE]] where he currently performs on the [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw brand]] under the [[ring name]]s '''Bo Dallas''' and
While in WWE's then-[[Farm team#Professional wrestling|developmental territory]] [[Florida Championship Wrestling]] (FCW), he became a three-time [[FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion]] as well as a two-time [[FCW Florida Tag Team Champion]] with his brother. FCW was rebranded as [[NXT (WWE brand)|NXT]] in 2012 where Rotunda, repackaged as Bo Dallas, became a [[List of NXT Champions|one-time]] and youngest [[NXT Champion]]. He was promoted to WWE's main roster in 2014, where he won the [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship]] (with [[Curtis Axel]] as part of [[The B-Team]]) and the [[WWE 24/7 Championship]] once each. He was released from WWE in 2021 but returned in 2022, portraying a character named Uncle Howdy, an accomplice of his brother's. After his brother became ill in 2023, both men were removed from television. His brother Windham died unexpectedly that August, leaving
== Early life ==
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{{Main|The Wyatt Sicks}}
At [[Extreme Rules (2022)|Extreme Rules]], on October 8, 2022, Rotunda's brother Windham, known by his ring name [[Bray Wyatt]], made his return to WWE.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|date=October 8, 2022|title=WWE Extreme Rules results: Powell's review of Matt Riddle vs. Seth Rollins in a Fight Pit match with Daniel Cormier as special referee, Bianca Belair vs. Bayley in a ladder match for the Raw Women's Title, Liv Morgan vs. Ronda Rousey in an Extreme Rules match for the Smackdown Women's Title, Drew McIntyre vs. Karrion Kross in a strap match|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/10/08/wwe-extreme-rules-results-powells-review-of-matt-riddle-vs-seth-rollins-in-a-fight-pit-match-with-daniel-cormier-as-special-referee-bianca-belair-vs-bayley-in-a-ladder-match-for-the-raw-womens/|access-date=November 4, 2022|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|archive-date=October 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010122511/https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/10/08/wwe-extreme-rules-results-powells-review-of-matt-riddle-vs-seth-rollins-in-a-fight-pit-match-with-daniel-cormier-as-special-referee-bianca-belair-vs-bayley-in-a-ladder-match-for-the-raw-womens/|url-status=live}}</ref> Soon after, a new character named Uncle Howdy began haunting Wyatt.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=Jason |date=October 28, 2022 |title=10/28 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Powell's review of Roman Reigns' latest appearance, Smackdown Women's Champion Ronda Rousey's open challenge, Top Dolla, Ashante Thee Adonis, and a mystery partner vs. Legado Del Fantasma, Sami Zayn and Solo Sikoa vs. Ridge Holland and Butch |url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/10/28/10-28-wwe-friday-night-smackdown-results-powells-review-of-roman-reigns-latest-appearance-smackdown-womens-champion-ronda-rouseys-open-challenge-top-dolla-ashante-thee-adonis-an/ |access-date=November 4, 2022 |website=Pro Wrestling Dot Net |language=en-US |archive-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030141520/https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/10/28/10-28-wwe-friday-night-smackdown-results-powells-review-of-roman-reigns-latest-appearance-smackdown-womens-champion-ronda-rouseys-open-challenge-top-dolla-ashante-thee-adonis-an/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Rotunda would then make his return to WWE and portray Howdy, first appearing as Howdy in December and allied with Wyatt in his feuds against [[LA Knight]] and [[Bobby Lashley]]. However, as Wyatt was then taken off television due to an illness, Howdy was also taken off as a result. Wyatt unexpectedly died from a heart attack in August 2023, leaving Rotunda's future as Howdy and in WWE in general unknown at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pwmania.com/update-on-bo-dallas-wwe-status-and-the-uncle-howdy-character|title=Update On Bo Dallas' WWE Status And The Uncle Howdy Character|date=October 17, 2023|author=PWMania.com Staff|work=[[PWMania]]|access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref> In April 2024, amid his in-ring hiatus, Rotunda appeared in the [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]] documentary, ''Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal'', a biopic about his brother. Days later on April 5, Rotunda, along with his sister Mika, appeared at the [[WWE Hall of Fame (2024)|2024 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony]] to induct the tag team of their father and uncle, [[U.S. Express|The U.S. Express]] ([[Mike Rotunda]] and [[Barry Windham]]), into the [[WWE Hall of Fame (2024)|WWE Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The U.S. Express to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024|url=https://www.wwe.com/article/the-us-express-to-be-inducted-into-wwe-hall-of-fame-class-of-2024|author=WWE.com Staff|date=March 8, 2024|access-date=March 8, 2024|website=[[WWE]]|language=en|archive-date=March 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308153319/https://www.wwe.com/article/the-us-express-to-be-inducted-into-wwe-hall-of-fame-class-of-2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
Starting on the ''Raw'' after [[WrestleMania XL]], WWE began to tease the return of Rotunda as the Uncle Howdy character by playing ominous music during episodes of ''Raw'' and ''SmackDown'' during commercial breaks, as well as showing [[QR code]]s on screen for viewers at home, similar to the buildup to [[Bray Wyatt#Return and final appearances (2022–2023)|Wyatt's return in 2022]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rueter |first=Sean |date=April 9, 2024 |title=WWE seems to have started a White Rabbit-like campaign at the Raw After WrestleMania - Cageside Seats |url=https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2024/4/9/24125121/wwe-campaign-tease-uncle-howdy-alexa-bliss-raw-after-wrestlemania-song-glitch-hello-brsy-wyatt }}</ref>
== Other media ==
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| ''Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal''
| Himself
| Documentary of his late brother, [[Bray Wyatt]].
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Taylor Rotunda|Bo Dallas}}
* {{IMDb name|name=Taylor Rotunda}}
* {{Professional wrestling profiles}}
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