Dexter Lumis Discusses How Long He Has To Grow His Hair Out, Why He Wanted To Shed Wyatt Sicks Character After Release

When Dexter Lumos returned to television as part of the Wyatt Sicks in 2024, he looked much different.

Lumis has been off TV for over a year, and had grown his hair our, now sporting long dreads.

Speaking to Chris Van Vliet on Insight, Lumis discussed the character transformation.

“Well, I knew something was coming that was going to be related to a tribute to Bray Wyatt, like a crew of misfits. Unwanted guys and girls that maybe fell by the wayside, and now they have something to prove, and now they’ve seen the light, and they’re gonna progress their careers because of the spirit of Bray Wyatt. I knew there was some sort of plan, and I felt very strongly that I was going to be a part of it. I got a call one day. I was just sitting at home. I was doing some yard work, I believe, and a gentleman named Rob Fee called me. He’s just like, ‘Hey, it’s happening. What can you do to dramatically change your appearance right now?’ I was like, I could shave my head, I could take the mustache off, and then it was just like, ‘All right, don’t do anything yet. Let me talk to Triple H.’ Then it just turned into, well, just grow your beard out. Keep growing your facial hair out. Grow your hair out.”

Asked how long he had to grow his hair out, he replied, “I can’t remember the exact time frame of that. I’d say I had a few months, and then it just kind of got down to we’re being brought into the WWE offices to have meetings about this stuff and show us the plan and this and that. I was like, I need to probably get this done soon. My hair is not long enough, so I pulled the trigger, got some extensions, but by the end, almost all the extensions were gone.”

Lumis, and the entire Wyatt Sicks, were released in April 2026.

After his release, he posted a vignette with Indie Hartwell, his “wife” in WWE, shaving his head.

Speaking about the decision to shed the Wyatt Sicks character, Lumis said, “I think that was important to shed that character and do it right. There was a story there. I wanted to do it day one as soon as I got that call, because I was all game for this character initially and saw it through to the end. I was committed. I take a lot of pride in how I carry myself and get into a role, almost like a method actor in a way. I hear this a lot. I take acting lessons and from acting coaches who warn me of the dangers of method acting. I’ve always been intrigued by that, the actors that just get into it, like Heath Ledger. I’m not fond of the way that ended for him, but I was very intrigued by it. He had very detailed journals on everything that sort of reminded him of how to get this character across. He had like pictures of hyenas in his journal. I guess it’s the laugh.”

Lumis has wrestled a handful of independent matches, and won a handful of independent titles, since returning to the ring.

You can find more comments on his WWE release here.