We have had six months of Daniel Bryan...what has he done and what have we learned?

[WMG the 2nd]

Nah..he's the main event. AJ and Joe are the midcard.

And ain’t shyt moving
Ratings ain’t doing numbers? Merch ain’t changing the game
He ain’t drawin shyt like everybody else
He been back six months and mr workrate ain’t even had a top ten match in Wwe male or female in that time
He been getting carried in his two most important feuds by miz and ko/Sami since returning
What has he done in six months?

 

[The Rainmaker]

All this emotion but not one of them can actually refute what WMG is saying :dayum:

Every other post I see from OP is about Bryan. Even I with the avatar and the smiley don't talk about him that much.

I'm just glad Bryan's back doing what he likes.

 

[Mob H]

Didn't OP already make this thread?

 

[Jello Biafra]

I just came in to post that Bryan and Gargano are equally shytty and they both have made watching Smackdown and NXT a fukking chore.

 

[Mr.Moon]

Nah..he's the main event. AJ and Joe are the midcard.

I agree with Joe .. but Styles ? Except for his micwork, he's one of the Top 5 of the current era.

 

[Cartier Murphy]

I don’t agree with the sentiment, but I respect the dedication you have to this topic

 

[Silkk]

Daniel Bryan fukked OP's bytch.

I'm 100% convinced.

Or dude wanna fukk DB

 

[woof]

When Raw has had the exact same rating pattern, that argument fails.

Raw is widely and rightfully acknowledged as trash. No one is out here pulling the ‘all the glory, none of the heat’ business with that show or its supposed headliners. Brock and/or Reigns constantly took/take shyt for every single thing wrong anywhere in the company, even though Reigns at least does merch numbers and gets YouTube/social media views while Brock legitimately has a real sports presence (even if WWE can’t do shyt with it ) beyond a borrowed chant. Even on SD, at least Styles moves merch at a high level and doesn’t have to rely on the least talented Bella for inflation.

Nothing supports Bryan being anything but really just another interchangeable guy, just like almost everyone else in the company, at this point and that’s certainly not what his annoying ass stanbase has whined about and anointed him as for years now. (Cue the excuses about what ifs and/or booking and writing being bad, even though that applies to everyone...)

 

[MenacingMonk]

All this emotion but not one of them can actually refute what WMG is saying :dayum:

A troll wants us to feed a troll.

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

Omega lapped him, Okada lapped him, AJ lapped him, the nxt guy with the smiley face shyt and low key Cien Almas has had more blassics than post return D Bry

 

[Jmare007]

I'm just glad Bryan's back doing what he likes.

Co-sign.

I feel like that is the general sentiment regarding Bryan since his return. He's no longer the "hardcore fans/IWC" representative in this weird and ongoing battle that the fandom has against WWE, so he doesn't get the monster support he was getting in 2013-2014. Instead he's treated more like a legend type of dude, he's still very over - probably the most popular male on the SD roster - I actually think that might be better in the long run because fans wont shyt and rebel against every booking decision that doesn't involve D-Bry winning the belt, and leaves the door open for a heel turn down the line (which always refreshes a character in WWE, and gives him/her a boost in popularity).

 

[JerseyBoy23]

Weren't you against Bryan ever returning @WMG the 2nd? I seem to remember that in every speculation thread about him returning, you'd crack some jokes about him needing to stay away and other CTE jokes.

 

[WMG the 2nd]

Weren't you against Bryan ever returning @WMG the 2nd? I seem to remember that in every speculation thread about him returning, you'd crack some jokes about him needing to stay away and other CTE jokes.

I was going off what HE had said that people were ignoring cause they wanted him back
I said as long as he wasn’t dropping himself on his head and doing too many dumb spamming spots and if he did come back I hoped he didn’t get hurt again

 

[R=G]

I agree with Joe .. but Styles ? Except for his micwork, he's one of the Top 5 of the current era.

Either Bryan or something connected with Becky is usually the main event on Smackdown. Been like that since Summerslam...for Bryan? Been like that since he came back...even when he wasnt wrestlings and was the GM favoring Owens and Sami.

AJ is usually like in the middle spot or kicking off the show or something. Joe wasn't even on Smackdown for awhile...he just returned several weeks ago.

 

[R=G]

I just came in to post that Bryan and Gargano are equally shytty and they both have made watching Smackdown and NXT a fukking chore.

Gargano doesnt matter but Smackdown would be dead without Bryan, Becky, and Rusev.