This is stupid, and even if it is just a scheme, what's the point?
Here's how Bryan should have been booked.....
After he lost to Sheamus he dumps AJ. He doesn't give two shyts about AJ and goes on with his feud with Sheamus before they transition onto other opponents. Bryan gets in the mix with Punk over who is the best in the business and AJ, who is still following Bryan around slowly develops feelings for Punk. Still, Bryan doesn't give two fukks about AJ. Over the course of time, Punk rebuffs AJ only for her to come back stronger and Bryan sees this, but instead of being jealous decides to use it to his advantage and begins dropping VERY SUBTLE hints that there still maybe something in his heart for her. Meanwhile Punk is catching feelings for AJ and the combination of that and Bryan getting at her bothers him.
They could have still brought Kane into the feud as a pawn, but instead of him falling for AJ, he does his normal monster routine and tries to assault her. Punk capes, but Bryan only pretends to, keeping out of harms way while looking like he's concerned. Eventually, Kane is written off into the MITB match and Bryan is still trying to get that WWE title. Even though Punk has been off balance he's still managed to hold on to the title which frustrates Bryan, but Bryan sees that Punk's feelings for AJ are growing yet stronger and he has one more ace up his sleeve. Bryan starts to be a true dikk to AJ and during a night a face GM is running RAW, and before purposely pissing them off somehow, hints that the worst thing that could happen is if AJ was made the special guest referee of their match at MITB. Of course, that's what happens.
Bryan feigns anger and leading up to the match still treats AJ like shyt. At MITB however, after a great match AJ fast counts Punk or does a Montreal Screwjob and Bryan wins the title. On RAW they come out and celebrate AJ apologizes to Punk (he's not out there) and explains that at the last minute Bryan realized he lost the most important thing in his life and he'd do whatever it took to get it back. She says she forgave him and wanted things back to normal; Bryan at the top with her at his side.
Bryan proposes and we get the wedding next week. At the wedding he dumps her and explains that he's always been about the title. She is nothing yada yada yada. He says he was going to get rid of her after MITB but decided to do the wedding for extra humiliation because of the 18 second loss. AJ goes crazy and tries to assault Bryan and he puts her in the YES lock and Punk comes out and just sits on the stage, Indian style, while refs pull Bryan off AJ.
Punk then delivers one of his shoots, shytting on AJ, Bryan, Cena, et. al, regains his edge and Cena comes out and BOOM, you have Bryan as top heel, Punk as a tweener, and Cena as face and feuds to last you til the fall. What happens to AJ, who gives a shyt?