Wassup with Daniel Bryan

[prophecypro]

So in the end CM Punk's indirect actions have both elevated and held back Daniel Bryan in the span of 2 years

 

[Slystallion]

A recent "update" from earlier this month:

Bryan Held Hostage by WWE's Caution Surrounding Concussions

Daniel Bryan is losing a battle that he's not even in as WWE collides with attorneys over concussions.

Forced to stand on the sidelines for months, Bryan has had to watch plaintiffs and lawyers go on the offensive rather than him. WWE has blocked him from returning to wrestle, as the company is spooked by the potential legal ramifications of his suffering another head injury.

Bryan knows that his future with WWE is unclear.

The former world champ spoke with IGN's Meghan Sullivan about his current status and what's ahead for him. Bryan reiterated once more that he's healthy enough to compete again.

He said, "All my testing came back excellent. But the WWE's medical doctor is skeptical, because of my history of concussions and that sort of thing. So they will not clear me."

A neurologist with expertise in concussions cleared Bryan. And his last concussion happened back in April. He's showing no signs of the injury lingering, but WWE has kept him out of action. The company remains trigger-shy with him.

It's no secret why. As Bryan told IGN, "Obviously they're very hyper-sensitive about concussion stuff right now."

WWE's legal team has spent much of the year fending off lawsuits from former wrestlers firing off various concussion-related claims.

Vito LoGrasso and Evan Singleton (known as Big Vito and Adam Mercer in the ring, respectively) filed lawsuits against WWE early this year, as ABC News reported. They claimed that WWE was negligent in diagnosing concussions.

In April, a trio of new plaintiffs emerged. Russ McCullough, Ryan Sakoda and Matt Wiese (better known as Luther Reigns) all sued WWE, as reported by TMZ Sports. They claim that "the brutality in the ring has resulted in dementia, Alzheimer's disease and a lot more."

It's gotten to the point where WWE is trying to prevent any other former employees from leaping onto the dogpile. The Associated Press reported (h/t Fox News) that WWE asked a federal judge to block these lawsuits.

And so while these cases hang over the company's head, WWE remains overly cautious.

Seth Rollins' Curb Stomp move is now gone. Replays of his famous WrestleMania win don't even show the move.

The move is not especially dangerous; it just looks like it is. One imagines that a non-WWE fan sitting in a courtroom somewhere would believe it to be barbaric and evidence of how chaotic the wrestling business is. The chance of that thought crossing minds is enough for the WWE to push the Curb Stomp to the side for now.

That's what WWE has done with Bryan, as well. Despite a specialist clearing him and a lengthy time after the injury, WWE refuses to budge.

Should Bryan get concussed again and develop serious health issues as a result, WWE would take a massive public relations hit during the heart of a concussion controversy. The company has shown that it is not willing to do that, even with as much as it needs Bryan right now.

As Jason Powell noted on ProWrestling.net, last week's Raw "scored a 2.33 rating, down from the 2.47" number the previous week's show garnered. Those are shoddy numbers that would certainly lead one to expect WWE to respond with an all-hands-on-deck approach.

The fact that ratings are tanking and WWE is still letting a former world champ and top-tier star sit on the bench is a sign of just how hesitant the company is right now.

The company has not laid out a timetable for his return. It has just kept Bryan on an unending hiatus. Officials have to recoil at the thought of his concussion history leading to a bad injury during a time when plaintiffs are busy claiming that pro wrestling left them damaged.

The standstill is set to end one way or the other, though.

In his interview with Sullivan, Bryan explained where the situation stands today. He said, "So now, we have two doctors: one saying no, one saying yes. They're going to send me to a third doctor at some point in the near future and that doctor will decide my fate."

If WWE does not clear him, he told IGN that he would consider returning to the independent circuit and traveling to Mexico.

It's unthinkable that WWE would allow a wrestler with the kind of crowd connection that Bryan has to just walk away, but that's looking like a real possibility. It's not his value as a wrestler or his skills that would lead to that choice but rather a legal firestorm.

In a way, one can't blame WWE for freezing up here. This is a multimillion-dollar enterprise at stake here.

And so Bryan has become the proof that WWE can hold up to show that it does indeed care about concussions and won't put wrestlers at unneeded risk. He's a pawn in a game of legal chess, forced to stand on the same square, unsure when his next move is coming.

Ever since they have gone public they have made the slow gradual move to wearing panties like Bruce Jenner getting surgeries here and there to ultimately cutting his penis off and becoming Caitlyn this is what happened to the WWF over the last 15 years ....

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Getting rid of the curb stomp because it looks dangerous.

Where's randy marsh to create sarcastawrestling

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

ratings are tanking, multiple people are working injured, but the person thats medically cleared for the long term and could possibly boost ratings at least to a 2.5 or 2.7 is being held hostage because Vince has become a p*ssy.

How has no one ever looked at the reports of people working injured and not raised their eyebrows at those practices.

 

[El Cocodrilo]

It's not convenient for them to put DBry out there

1. He catches another concussion its bad for WWE image and legal-wise
2. Let's be real... this is the real reason... they don't want the crowds to hijack every single fukking thing they wanna do. If they reinstate DBry, they're setting themselves up for the fukkery of WM31 and 30 all over again where the people wouldn't give them a fukking break unless they had DBry going over in the main event.

 

[Lord Beasley]

This is what happens when "nikkas" use racist terms like "neckbeards"...

Negged

I don't know why I got a chuckle outta this.

I had the face. Wwe could steal it and give DB his own awkward, dry humor series

 

[Jmare007]

Getting rid of the curb stomp because it looks dangerous.

I've always find it funny that they made him replace the curb stomp with the pedigree. A move that accomplishes they same thing as the stomp, but with potentially more force

 

[R=G]

Ever since they have gone public they have made the slow gradual move to wearing panties like Bruce Jenner getting surgeries here and there to ultimately cutting his penis off and becoming Caitlyn this is what happened to the WWF over the last 15 years ....

Here's the thing about that..as big a public relations nightmare it would be if Bryan got another concussion, it's gonna be 20x worse if they let Bryan walk from the WWE. They would be opening themselves to a endless amountvof fan harassment at their top stars like we have never seen before. The love for Danielson is not phony and it will be heard if it doesn't add up.

 

[Xane Vic]

I've always find it funny that they made him replace the curb stomp with the pedigree. A move that accomplishes they same thing as the stomp, but with potentially more force

WWE don't wanna hear that shyt and you're right like a muthafukka.

Negged

Can't handle the truth?

shyt like this is what lets me further know that the nikkas on this board really ain't nikkas.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

Partial Source: PWInsider

WWE filed several motions in the ongoing lawsuit over concussions suffered by former talent on October 16th. The company has been sued by several former stars including Billy Jack Haynes, the family's of Matt “Doink” Osborne and Nelson “Viscera” Frazier and others alleging that the company is responsible for long-term health effects from the many concussions that the talent had sustained over years working for them. WWE had also filed a pre-emptive suit against Blackjack Mulligan, Dynamite Kid, Ivan Koloff and Koko B. Ware, who all had letters sent from their attorneys indicating a possible intent to sue.

Also read: WWE Files A New Motion In Nelson "Viscera" Frazier Lawsuit - Details

The motions filed on Friday served various purposes. The first was targeted at Haynes, who initially sued in his home state of Oregon. The judge in that suit’s case sent it over to Connecticut for jurisdictional reasons but did not rule as to whether the case should fall under Oregon or Connecticut law. WWE’s motion argues that since Haynes didn’t claim that an injury took place in Oregon and WWE’s headquarters (along with many of the defendants) are based in Connecticut, the case should be heard under Connecticut law. The motion further argues that should it be ruled that the claims fall under Connecticut jurisdiction, then the statute of limitations to sue will have run out and the case should be dismissed. Haynes has until October 30th to respond.

The second motion filed by the company is in regard to their attempt to gain sanctions against Konstantine Kyros. Kyros is the lawyer who has filed the majority of the lawsuits on behalf of the former stars. WWE pointed out the suit filed by Osbourne’s children in this motion, noting that it is the latest by Kyros which was filed in one of many different venues instead of Connecticut where it should be according to WWE contracts. The motion says that Kyros also was false in his claim that Osbourne worked for WWE from 1985 through 2008 when that was not the case and has claims that can’t be scientifically proven, such as claiming that Osbourne suffered from CTE when he was not examined for it after passing away.

In addition, the lawyers Blackjack Mulligan, Dynamite Kid, Ivan Koloff and Koko B. Ware have filed a motion asking for WWE’s case against them to be dismissed. They claim that WWE’s argument that their claims are time-barred under existing WWE contracts cannot be correct since three of the four never had such deals. WWE has until November 20th to respond to that motion.

 

[CBoz]

He said in an interview he is willing to quit WWE and go back to the indies if they don't allow him to wrestle anymore.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

What i dont get is how will WWE get in trouble for letting him wrestler when hes medically cleared??

Any and every wrestler can get injured in any match

 

[mrken12]

He said in an interview he is willing to quit WWE and go back to the indies if they don't allow him to wrestle anymore.

He should just go ahead and do that. Plus having a less strenuous schedule will help prolong his career.

 

[mrken12]

He's vanished after Wrestlemania and they've been extremely quiet about his status. I hope everything is OK.

WWE Injuries Include Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, Amid Superstar Shakeups

Daniel Bryan has been absent from television since losing the WWE Championship to Kofi Kingston at WrestleMania earlier this month. The 37-year-old is dealing with an undisclosed injury, according to PWInsider’s Mike Johnson, who notes the exact nature of the ailment is being kept a closely guarded secret. Complications from repeated concussions previously forced Bryan to temporarily retire from in-ring competition.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Dude don’t look like he works out at all. Like at all, ever.