zllehsHiding in a box, waiting to strike.Registered Userregular
Really? we're happy about this?
How is Daniel Bryan-Wyatt going to be a character more worthy of a WWEWHC run than the Daniel Bryan that was head and shoulders above anyone else the most electrifying man in wrestling for the past year?
I don't see this sending him to a title run anytime soon
He is mid card and mid card only for the foreseeable future
You want to know the real reason for this?
Its the best way to kill a character and the segment disrupting crowd "YES" chants that he is responsible for
The reason people are excited about this is because it is exactly what WWE has been unwilling to do in the past - namely, take a chance with a storyline. Besides, Bryan has been treated as a main-event player since Summerslam, and this feud does nothing to diminish him.
its an actual character development that will have no effect on the man's wrestling capabilities, which is why he's so over in the first place
Not to mention that i think Bray and Bryan can actually offer a lot to each other in terms of sharing their skill sets!
just because someone is not in the middle of a title run does not mean they aren't important or amazing to watch, and sometimes there are long builds to this kind of thing
or we can just be cynical and assume they want to kill off daniel bryan, the man who gets some of the biggest pops every time he comes out for anything
How is Daniel Bryan-Wyatt going to be a character more worthy of a WWEWHC run than the Daniel Bryan that was head and shoulders above anyone else the most electrifying man in wrestling for the past year?
I don't see this sending him to a title run anytime soon
He is mid card and mid card only for the foreseeable future
You want to know the real reason for this?
Its the best way to kill a character and the segment disrupting crowd "YES" chants that he is responsible for
It looks bad at first glance, but it could be interesting, and much more interesting than just good guy going over bad guy so I'm hopeful and willing to give WWE the benefit of the doubt with this storyline. It going poorly could hurt him, but if it goes well it will make him even more over than he is now.
Generally, if a person is involved in an angle that is literally the last thing seen by that company in a year, that doesn't mean they're in a bad position.
I'm not saying Bryan's getting the belt back ever again (still don't think he does and still think if it weren't for Cena's injury he'd never have a reign), but he's certainly still getting at least semi-main event status with how this ended. You don't end a year of programming like that if a guy isn't getting involved in stuff above mid card.
Generally, if a person is involved in an angle that is literally the last thing seen by that company in a year, that doesn't mean they're in a bad position.
I'm not saying Bryan's getting the belt back ever again (still don't think he does and still think if it weren't for Cena's injury he'd never have a reign), but he's certainly still getting at least semi-main event status with how this ended. You don't end a year of programming like that if a guy isn't getting involved in stuff above mid card.
He was already a World Heavyweight Champion before Summerslam happened, and odds were they'd take a chance on him sooner rather than later, especially considering how often Cena went to bat for him, supposedly.
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So is he going to go from American Dragon to The American Nightmare?
I say this mostly cause I want to see an evil Daniel Bryan come out to the Zombie song at Mania
Also, have Barrett and his Podium randomly pop up everywhere and it will be the best thing he's ever done or will do
I want to see somebody chokeslam somebody else through the ring, only for Barrett's music to play and him and his Podium to slowly rise up from the hole in the ring
The reason people are excited about this is because it is exactly what WWE has been unwilling to do in the past - namely, take a chance with a storyline. Besides, Bryan has been treated as a main-event player since Summerslam, and this feud does nothing to diminish him.
Lol the wettest
Well the feud hasn't hurt him because he is still the same character
the same character who got screwed out of his belt for what feels like a dozen times and who the crowd was still yearning for
its an actual character development that will have no effect on the man's wrestling capabilities, which is why he's so over in the first place
Not to mention that i think Bray and Bryan can actually offer a lot to each other in terms of sharing their skill sets!
just because someone is not in the middle of a title run does not mean they aren't important or amazing to watch, and sometimes there are long builds to this kind of thing
or we can just be cynical and assume they want to kill off daniel bryan, the man who gets some of the biggest pops every time he comes out for anything
yeah probably that
Lol yea why would I think that?
Look how great he was booked and how great he was treated up to and through his very short title run and how he got his redemption and his title back... oh wait...
And character development?
You know who needs character development/change?
Stale and stagnant characters which we can all agree DB is not
If it aint broke dont fix it. What character do you guys remember being on the forefront of their peak and under go a character change?
The changes that the Rock Stone cold and John cena went through came after they were at the top for a more than decent amount of time
Also Bryan can't work that same style he has been in the past because that is a very babyface style
But you mention something that is intriguing
you this this will get him a legit title run in the future?
As an anti authority character? meaning a face turn for the entire Wyatt family?
How is Daniel Bryan-Wyatt going to be a character more worthy of a WWEWHC run than the Daniel Bryan that was head and shoulders above anyone else the most electrifying man in wrestling for the past year?
I don't see this sending him to a title run anytime soon
He is mid card and mid card only for the foreseeable future
You want to know the real reason for this?
Its the best way to kill a character and the segment disrupting crowd "YES" chants that he is responsible for
It looks bad at first glance, but it could be interesting, and much more interesting than just good guy going over bad guy so I'm hopeful and willing to give WWE the benefit of the doubt with this storyline. It going poorly could hurt him, but if it goes well it will make him even more over than he is now.
The Wyatts do little for me but If this actually leads to a long DB title run then I'm all for it...
I'm just not sure how you create a character more deserving than the DB from this past year
The fact that he ended a Raw when Cena and Orton had the night off means absolutely nothing to me, personally. Just underlines what we've already been saying about his position in the company.
I really want to give them the benefit of the doubt, and in theory if I believed in the direction of WWE right now this would be an awesome storyline. But I don't know. There's a part of me that says this is just their way of shuttling him back to the midcard.
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Generally, if a person is involved in an angle that is literally the last thing seen by that company in a year, that doesn't mean they're in a bad position.
I'm not saying Bryan's getting the belt back ever again (still don't think he does and still think if it weren't for Cena's injury he'd never have a reign), but he's certainly still getting at least semi-main event status with how this ended. You don't end a year of programming like that if a guy isn't getting involved in stuff above mid card.
He was already a World Heavyweight Champion before Summerslam happened, and odds were they'd take a chance on him sooner rather than later, especially considering how often Cena went to bat for him, supposedly.
Are you suggesting the WHC was on the same level as and treated just as importantly as the WWEC these last few years?
Congrats wirehead, you've officially become the 2nd worst person in the thread!
But seriously, there are so many ways for this feud to go. Bryan could be doing this to get inside the Wyatt Family, who've been a thorn in his side for months, and then take them out from within. He can do this while winning the Rumble as well. Or he could go all-in on being a Wyatt member, learning how to fight against authority, and then use that in his fight against the people who wronged him.
At the same time, character development keeps things interesting. Comparing Daniel Bryan to Rock or Stone Cold or Cena doesn't work because he isn't them. He's more of a Chris Jericho, in that he's a guy you can always count on to be compelling and believable. Jericho changed his stuff up all the time. Change is good. It adds a new wrinkle to a character.
Generally, if a person is involved in an angle that is literally the last thing seen by that company in a year, that doesn't mean they're in a bad position.
I'm not saying Bryan's getting the belt back ever again (still don't think he does and still think if it weren't for Cena's injury he'd never have a reign), but he's certainly still getting at least semi-main event status with how this ended. You don't end a year of programming like that if a guy isn't getting involved in stuff above mid card.
He was already a World Heavyweight Champion before Summerslam happened, and odds were they'd take a chance on him sooner rather than later, especially considering how often Cena went to bat for him, supposedly.
Are you suggesting the WHC was on the same level as and treated just as importantly as the WWEC these last few years?
Considering when he was WHC he was having mini-feuds with CM Punk over who was the best champion in WWE, I'd say he did a lot to try and bring that belt back (actually that whole run from Mark Henry through Sheamus was the strongest the title had been in a long time).
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The fact that he ended a Raw when Cena and Orton had the night off means absolutely nothing to me, personally. Just underlines what we've already been saying about his position in the company.
I really want to give them the benefit of the doubt, and in theory if I believed in the direction of WWE right now this would be an awesome storyline. But I don't know. There's a part of me that says this is just their way of shuttling him back to the midcard.
How could It not be?
You know what makes a main event storyline and character a main event storyline or character?
Being the Main Event of a PPV (going on last) or being given the title of a Co-main event
@MrDapper What difference does it make what time of the year it was and when this RAW happened?
WWE championship matches and Taker at Mania is main event
Everything else is Mid card - Upper mid card is no exception
Congrats wirehead, you've officially become the 2nd worst person in the thread!
But seriously, there are so many ways for this feud to go. Bryan could be doing this to get inside the Wyatt Family, who've been a thorn in his side for months, and then take them out from within. He can do this while winning the Rumble as well. Or he could go all-in on being a Wyatt member, learning how to fight against authority, and then use that in his fight against the people who wronged him.
At the same time, character development keeps things interesting. Comparing Daniel Bryan to Rock or Stone Cold or Cena doesn't work because he isn't them. He's more of a Chris Jericho, in that he's a guy you can always count on to be compelling and believable. Jericho changed his stuff up all the time. Change is good. It adds a new wrinkle to a character.
I like the CJ comparison and I would completely agree if DB was booked as strongly as CJ
CJ reaches a characters peak with a championship chase or reign and then moves on to a new character and climbs the ladder with the new one
Do you think DB reached the peak of this previous character?
I have a dream that face and heel are considered old terms
same with mid-card and main event
all wrestling is good and they just go in order of who is the funnest to watch or has the best crowd reaction or the most storyline going at the time
A lot pf people seem to think a title is the only way a wrestler can be successful which I think is kind of crazy. There are plenty of people who do great matches without touching a title. It's all about the storyline.
The fact that he ended a Raw when Cena and Orton had the night off means absolutely nothing to me, personally. Just underlines what we've already been saying about his position in the company.
I really want to give them the benefit of the doubt, and in theory if I believed in the direction of WWE right now this would be an awesome storyline. But I don't know. There's a part of me that says this is just their way of shuttling him back to the midcard.
MrDapper What difference does it make what time of the year it was and when this RAW happened?
This could be where my somewhat newness being a regular viewer gets the better of me, but I thought the end of the show and the end of they year were both important places to have a match.
they needed to bury his YES! NO! stuff just so they can bring it back ten fold at some point in the future if and when he turns on or leaves the Wyatts
I have a dream that face and heel are considered old terms
same with mid-card and main event
all wrestling is good and they just go in order of who is the funnest to watch or has the best crowd reaction or the most storyline going at the time
A lot pf people seem to think a title is the only way a wrestler can be successful which I think is kind of crazy. There are plenty of people who do great matches without touching a title. It's all about the storyline.
The fact that he ended a Raw when Cena and Orton had the night off means absolutely nothing to me, personally. Just underlines what we've already been saying about his position in the company.
I really want to give them the benefit of the doubt, and in theory if I believed in the direction of WWE right now this would be an awesome storyline. But I don't know. There's a part of me that says this is just their way of shuttling him back to the midcard.
MrDapper What difference does it make what time of the year it was and when this RAW happened?
This could be where my somewhat newness being a regular viewer gets the better of me, but I thought the end of the show and the end of they year were both important places to have a match.
I dont think a title is the ONLY way someone could be considered successful but it is the ONLY way someone could be the MOST successful
DB has been as successful as it is possible to be without the top belt in the industry
What character can you guys think of who didnt reach their peak of success and popularity as the top star in the company without the BIG title?
Even that CM Punk character and angle from a few years ago is the same case...
His peak wasn't that worked shoot promo it was a few weeks later when he won that title
It s the culmination of the chase for the title by a character that we care about and winning the title that we all live for
If not... If championship belts aren't important/the most important... than why the fuck do they exist?
This could be where my somewhat newness being a regular viewer gets the better of me, but I thought the end of the show and the end of they year were both important places to have a match.
No its not an important show at all... I mean the WWEWHC and the #1 contender were off tonight... thats why DB got the slot he did tonight
The show your'e thinking of is the Raw after Wrestlemania which is the start of the new year for the WWE
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Dusty Rhodes made an entire goddamn career off of the chase. I'm pretty sure you have no idea what you're talking about.
Speaking of the Rhodes, looking back I honestly think the whole Cody Rhodes getting fired/Golddust coming back was some of the best storytelling this year.
Congrats wirehead, you've officially become the 2nd worst person in the thread!
But seriously, there are so many ways for this feud to go. Bryan could be doing this to get inside the Wyatt Family, who've been a thorn in his side for months, and then take them out from within. He can do this while winning the Rumble as well. Or he could go all-in on being a Wyatt member, learning how to fight against authority, and then use that in his fight against the people who wronged him.
At the same time, character development keeps things interesting. Comparing Daniel Bryan to Rock or Stone Cold or Cena doesn't work because he isn't them. He's more of a Chris Jericho, in that he's a guy you can always count on to be compelling and believable. Jericho changed his stuff up all the time. Change is good. It adds a new wrinkle to a character.
I like the CJ comparison and I would completely agree if DB was booked as strongly as CJ
CJ reaches a characters peak with a championship chase or reign and then moves on to a new character and climbs the ladder with the new one
Do you think DB reached the peak of this previous character?
Do you uh
Do you remember Jericho's undisputed championship run
As per your last point, no, he probably didn't reach the highest point his character could go in kayfabe. He wasn't allowed to go any higher the traditional easy. The turn to the Wyatts is a genius move in that it feels like a culmination of everything he went through this year without diminishing anything he accomplished. That's why he didn't go as high as he shoulda, for this moment.
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Later, a folk hero with the support of nearly every paying customer in any arena around the world, wanted to finish his year by rolling through a cadre of backwater Golems, led by a demon too evil and too logical to be considered human. The Real Best in the World had been through a trying year. He lost a best friend, was the victim of machinations of those who thought he couldn't benefit them in fiduciary terms, and now was being targeted by these cultists. The wild-eyed elseworlds truck driver was the first tree to fall, even if the man had to use every axe in his repertory and his entire first aid kit. The goat-masked fire-beard was next, falling to guile in shorter order, the only chance the Dragon had of surviving.
Then the one he wanted, the leader, the mastermind, the succubus inhabiting the shell of the former Husky Harris, played one final, dirty trick, and Daniel Bryan was broken.
Heroes can't claim their mantel without a heavy dose of adversity. While my trust in WWE to be able to carry out satisfying second and third acts, especially in long-arching stories such as the ones set up on RAW tonight, I cannot argue with the men, my heroes, being left for dead or having given up their fight to join a cult. In theory, Mark Henry vs. Brock Lesnar should be one of the most Titanic matches in WWE history. Daniel Bryan either breaking or intentionally infiltrating the Satanic South should provide for exciting moments.
But both as a lost-in-the-moment fan and a critical observer, I find myself in a ball, clutching my binkie, asking myself where the hope will descend and shine a light like the sun behind the back of Gandalf the White at Helm's Deep. WWE has hurt me before when asking me to trust them and their long term storytelling, but I guess the outside chance always exists that this time will be the time they follow through.
Storyline wise, this makes a lot of sense, and I'm intrigued where they're going.
I'm not happy that this takes Bryan away from the main even and seems like a way to distance the "Yes" chants. Also, it looks like the possibility of Bryan winning the belt at WM (Which was the natural conclusion to his storyline) to be less likely to happen.
I completely understand someone being worried about the execution, let me be clear
apart from the shaky track record creative has, there are two other glaring issues I see
A) not a casual-viewer friendly story, really
at least, in order to get maximum enjoyment out of it I think you need to have been riding this thing out with D-Bry
and more importantly
2) we don't get to see that amazing powerbomb spot with bryan and harper again soon and it makes me very sad
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Congrats wirehead, you've officially become the 2nd worst person in the thread!
Can we not do this, please? Can we not call people bad for disagreeing with us? We all have opinions, and even when we disagree with the rest of the group, that doesn't make us wrong to express them. Part of me agrees with both sides of this argument; I don't think Bryan really needed a change of character and want to see him have a decent title reign, but at the same time, I'm really intrigued to see where this is going. But even if I did disagree with one side or the other, I'd try to restrict my comments to arguing against the opinion, and not bitching about the person holding the opinion.
Good grief the amount of whining online right now about this Bryan/Wyatt thing. Apparently they are all convinced this is just Vince trying to destroy Bryan and not giving a shit about his fan base. Really? I guess they are convinced Bryan will stay a Wyatt for his whole career.
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How is Daniel Bryan-Wyatt going to be a character more worthy of a WWEWHC run than the Daniel Bryan that was head and shoulders above anyone else the most electrifying man in wrestling for the past year?
I don't see this sending him to a title run anytime soon
He is mid card and mid card only for the foreseeable future
You want to know the real reason for this?
Its the best way to kill a character and the segment disrupting crowd "YES" chants that he is responsible for
The reason people are excited about this is because it is exactly what WWE has been unwilling to do in the past - namely, take a chance with a storyline. Besides, Bryan has been treated as a main-event player since Summerslam, and this feud does nothing to diminish him.
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Not to mention that i think Bray and Bryan can actually offer a lot to each other in terms of sharing their skill sets!
just because someone is not in the middle of a title run does not mean they aren't important or amazing to watch, and sometimes there are long builds to this kind of thing
or we can just be cynical and assume they want to kill off daniel bryan, the man who gets some of the biggest pops every time he comes out for anything
yeah probably that
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he'll be in heel mode when he faces Cena or Taker at WM29
either way he helps gets Bray and Harper over
which is awesome
It looks bad at first glance, but it could be interesting, and much more interesting than just good guy going over bad guy so I'm hopeful and willing to give WWE the benefit of the doubt with this storyline. It going poorly could hurt him, but if it goes well it will make him even more over than he is now.
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I'm not saying Bryan's getting the belt back ever again (still don't think he does and still think if it weren't for Cena's injury he'd never have a reign), but he's certainly still getting at least semi-main event status with how this ended. You don't end a year of programming like that if a guy isn't getting involved in stuff above mid card.
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He was already a World Heavyweight Champion before Summerslam happened, and odds were they'd take a chance on him sooner rather than later, especially considering how often Cena went to bat for him, supposedly.
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I say this mostly cause I want to see an evil Daniel Bryan come out to the Zombie song at Mania
I want to see somebody chokeslam somebody else through the ring, only for Barrett's music to play and him and his Podium to slowly rise up from the hole in the ring
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Lol the wettest
Well the feud hasn't hurt him because he is still the same character
the same character who got screwed out of his belt for what feels like a dozen times and who the crowd was still yearning for
Lol yea why would I think that?
Look how great he was booked and how great he was treated up to and through his very short title run and how he got his redemption and his title back... oh wait...
And character development?
You know who needs character development/change?
Stale and stagnant characters which we can all agree DB is not
If it aint broke dont fix it. What character do you guys remember being on the forefront of their peak and under go a character change?
The changes that the Rock Stone cold and John cena went through came after they were at the top for a more than decent amount of time
Also Bryan can't work that same style he has been in the past because that is a very babyface style
But you mention something that is intriguing
you this this will get him a legit title run in the future?
As an anti authority character? meaning a face turn for the entire Wyatt family?
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The Wyatts do little for me but If this actually leads to a long DB title run then I'm all for it...
I'm just not sure how you create a character more deserving than the DB from this past year
I really want to give them the benefit of the doubt, and in theory if I believed in the direction of WWE right now this would be an awesome storyline. But I don't know. There's a part of me that says this is just their way of shuttling him back to the midcard.
Are you suggesting the WHC was on the same level as and treated just as importantly as the WWEC these last few years?
But seriously, there are so many ways for this feud to go. Bryan could be doing this to get inside the Wyatt Family, who've been a thorn in his side for months, and then take them out from within. He can do this while winning the Rumble as well. Or he could go all-in on being a Wyatt member, learning how to fight against authority, and then use that in his fight against the people who wronged him.
At the same time, character development keeps things interesting. Comparing Daniel Bryan to Rock or Stone Cold or Cena doesn't work because he isn't them. He's more of a Chris Jericho, in that he's a guy you can always count on to be compelling and believable. Jericho changed his stuff up all the time. Change is good. It adds a new wrinkle to a character.
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Considering when he was WHC he was having mini-feuds with CM Punk over who was the best champion in WWE, I'd say he did a lot to try and bring that belt back (actually that whole run from Mark Henry through Sheamus was the strongest the title had been in a long time).
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How could It not be?
You know what makes a main event storyline and character a main event storyline or character?
Being the Main Event of a PPV (going on last) or being given the title of a Co-main event
@MrDapper What difference does it make what time of the year it was and when this RAW happened?
WWE championship matches and Taker at Mania is main event
Everything else is Mid card - Upper mid card is no exception
same with mid-card and main event
all wrestling is good and they just go in order of who is the funnest to watch or has the best crowd reaction or the most storyline going at the time
I like the CJ comparison and I would completely agree if DB was booked as strongly as CJ
CJ reaches a characters peak with a championship chase or reign and then moves on to a new character and climbs the ladder with the new one
Do you think DB reached the peak of this previous character?
A lot pf people seem to think a title is the only way a wrestler can be successful which I think is kind of crazy. There are plenty of people who do great matches without touching a title. It's all about the storyline.
This could be where my somewhat newness being a regular viewer gets the better of me, but I thought the end of the show and the end of they year were both important places to have a match.
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maybe it's being planned as a WM30 payoff
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I dont think a title is the ONLY way someone could be considered successful but it is the ONLY way someone could be the MOST successful
DB has been as successful as it is possible to be without the top belt in the industry
What character can you guys think of who didnt reach their peak of success and popularity as the top star in the company without the BIG title?
Even that CM Punk character and angle from a few years ago is the same case...
His peak wasn't that worked shoot promo it was a few weeks later when he won that title
It s the culmination of the chase for the title by a character that we care about and winning the title that we all live for
If not... If championship belts aren't important/the most important... than why the fuck do they exist?
No its not an important show at all... I mean the WWEWHC and the #1 contender were off tonight... thats why DB got the slot he did tonight
The show your'e thinking of is the Raw after Wrestlemania which is the start of the new year for the WWE
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I miss shenanigans. Also, the DB/DB match was a good match.
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Do you remember Jericho's undisputed championship run
I'm not happy that this takes Bryan away from the main even and seems like a way to distance the "Yes" chants. Also, it looks like the possibility of Bryan winning the belt at WM (Which was the natural conclusion to his storyline) to be less likely to happen.
apart from the shaky track record creative has, there are two other glaring issues I see
A) not a casual-viewer friendly story, really
at least, in order to get maximum enjoyment out of it I think you need to have been riding this thing out with D-Bry
and more importantly
2) we don't get to see that amazing powerbomb spot with bryan and harper again soon and it makes me very sad
Can we not do this, please? Can we not call people bad for disagreeing with us? We all have opinions, and even when we disagree with the rest of the group, that doesn't make us wrong to express them. Part of me agrees with both sides of this argument; I don't think Bryan really needed a change of character and want to see him have a decent title reign, but at the same time, I'm really intrigued to see where this is going. But even if I did disagree with one side or the other, I'd try to restrict my comments to arguing against the opinion, and not bitching about the person holding the opinion.
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This. Not sure what would cause him to break away though.
Winning the rumble may shake him out of his brainwashing.
Have him go full heel all January and have it come down to Bray vs Bryan as the final two in the rumble.
Have Bryan act like he's leaving and by now the crowd will be YESsing like crazy and we get the blow off and a Bryan win.
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