This is fukking ridiculous. I've moved beyond the "He'll steal Roman's heat" conspiracy. Even Bryan has stated he wanted to work SmackDown more and be involved in the IC Title picture or something like that. But I don't get this. You have MULTIPLE credible renowned modern doctors clear him, but not from Dr. Maroon, the motherfukker that thought that CTE didn't exist?
And don't give me the whole "They're worried about his health" argument when a 50 year old war-torn Undertaker and TOMMY GODDAMN DREAMER are getting cleared.
As a fan, knowing all this and seeing him being wasted on that godawful Total Divas show makes me ill. If Bryan still feels he can still wrestle, he has to either make them grant him his release, or pull a Punk and say "fukk you, I'm out of here.", because he is an independent contractor. However, something tells me he doesn't want to scorch bridges the way Punk did, so he'll be more "nice" about it.
Either way, this is probably the end for D Bry in the E. At least he'll set himself up for a high payday from either NJPW, ROH or even LU.
(PS: At least it rids us of the screeching, move leeching, can't act speaking momo known as Brie Bella. Bryan leaving and Nikki's surgery almost means No More Bellas!
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