Think about it
Daniel Bryan has been the rolling star in WWE for about the last six months. He has been phenomenal in almost every match he puts on. Hell, he even carried Ryback to some good matches. The "YES" chants were louder than ever and everyone loved him. So WWE turned him. They made him give up and now everyone is complaining and rightly so. Or is it?
The turn
The man above, Hulk Hogan, is responsible for being possibly the biggest turn ever. Hogan was at the top of his popularity. He was THE star in WCW. Everyone chanted and loved him. Fans would dress as him and carry feather boas to the shows, similar to what happened with the "yes towels" and the D-Bry fake beards. Hulk Hogans heel turn was perfect because he turned at the peak of popularity, when wrestling was at its biggest. WHEN HOGAN WAS AT HIS BIGGEST. Can we see what I'm getting at here?
Now I am in no way saying that Daniel Bryan is as big or as popular as Hogan because face it he's not. Everyone loves him yes but he is not Hulk Hogan. Does he deserve to be that popular? Probably. But the point I'm making is WWE HAD TO TURN BRYAN AT HIS MOST POPULAR IN ORDER FOR A GOOD HEEL TURN.
Now I am in no way saying that Daniel Bryan is as big or as popular as Hogan because face it he's not. Everyone loves him yes but he is not Hulk Hogan. Does he deserve to be that popular? Probably. But the point I'm making is WWE HAD TO TURN BRYAN AT HIS MOST POPULAR IN ORDER FOR A GOOD HEEL TURN.
A heel turn works on the basis of a good guy turning bad. So to get the biggest effect the most logical time to cause this turn is at the height of popularity. If they don't do a turn that way or on a slow burn you end up with the situation The Miz is currently in. No one know what Miz was about a month ago when he feuded with Kofi because his heel turn was awful.
Bryan turning to join the Wyatts is good for lots of reasons but the IWC can't see past their noses to see that this will do Bryan good.
Where do we go from here?
This is plain and simple. Bryan turned because it keeps interest. The "YES" chants would slowly become one of those annoying things like the "WHAT?" chants and people would get bored of them. People don't want the same gimmick forever. Just look at what the IWC say about John Cena and The Rock. Bryan needed to develop his character. Yes he did. Don't even try to deny it. This character development has people willing him on now to turn on Bray. People pay more attention to him now. People will give this story more attention.
The WWE want to make Bray Wyatt a solid contender for the few years, we know that. So what better way to do it than to help build your younger talent with someone who is already over. THEY HAVE NOT BURIED DANIEL BRYAN! THEY ARE USING HIM TO GET TALENT OVER!
The WWE want to make Bray Wyatt a solid contender for the few years, we know that. So what better way to do it than to help build your younger talent with someone who is already over. THEY HAVE NOT BURIED DANIEL BRYAN! THEY ARE USING HIM TO GET TALENT OVER!
There is nothing wrong with this. Daniel still gets attention from this feud and ultimately he will still have a great mania match this year. Bray Wyatt will no doubt get a great mania moment this year. So does that not mean that four talented guys will get noticed on the biggest PPV of them all?
Ultimately this story will get Bray over as a heel. They have made you hate that Daniel Bryan has joined the Wyatts. Who caused that? Bray did. Who is Daniel Bryan going to want redemption from? Bray Wyatt. So maybe instead of focusing your hate on WWE for turning Daniel Bryan maybe you should try live in the land of kayfabe for a bit and hate Bray Wyatt? You know? That thing you're meant to do to heels? HATE THEM! Eventually Bryan will get revenge and he will be a babyface again and then you can all cheer again. And eventually people will learn to love Wyatt. They did it with these two guys;
Mankind was weird and lived in a boiler room. you weren't meant to like him. You were meant to be disgusted by him. But because Mick Foley played this character so well and made you feel sympathy for the fact his only friend to begin with was a rat made people grow fond of him. That and his great matches.
Kane. Kane broke up one of the best matches on his debut. Kane destroyed and tormented one of the fan favourites for months. But yet we love him now.
The fact is both these guys were hated because they were destroying baby faces and feuding with them. They were good heels because you boo'ed them for beating up the "good guy". Is that not what Bray is doing?
Kane. Kane broke up one of the best matches on his debut. Kane destroyed and tormented one of the fan favourites for months. But yet we love him now.
The fact is both these guys were hated because they were destroying baby faces and feuding with them. They were good heels because you boo'ed them for beating up the "good guy". Is that not what Bray is doing?
Food for thought
The WWE's primary job is to be an entertaining product for those who watch it and to bring those in who don't by creating a buzz. WWE are currently putting on a story line that has almost everyone who watches talking. WWE are currently putting on some of the best shows from the last 5 years of their programming.
Daniel Bryan is wrestling. Bray Wyatt is developing the story. Should we really be complaining just because your number one guy turned heel for ten minutes? If you're a D-Bry fan you should support his talent not just because he is a face.
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