Late to the party, but here's the thing about Bryan..
it's easy to whine about his position on the card and what not but truth be told, he is the guy. He may not be booked exactly how ya'll want him to but make no mistake about it.. he's the guy, everyone knows it. That includes management..
think about it.. Bryan is giving future main eventers the rub. Not a rub, but THE RUB.. People like to pretend as if he's being used as enhancement talent on some Dolph Ziggler type shyt, but it's not true. Bryan's feud with Roman did for the kid what even The fukking ROCK couldn't do, which is give him that rub. Make him legitimate. The fact that Bryan is in a position to do that for anyone speaks volumes. Like I said, cry over dudes position on the card if ya want (he just main evented a PPV but lets ignore that) but I could say with confidence that there's a million wrestlers past and present that would sell their fukkin souls to the devil to be what Daniel Bryan is in this industry..
He'll be up there with the Austins, Takers, Rocks, etc. when it's all said and done, no doubt about it