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Daniel Bryan should ditch the Yes! Chant.

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#1 ·
Not stop it immediately, but come up with something new.

He needs to cut an iconic promo, coin a new catchphrase or something to be stamped on a shirt.

Not that Yes! Isn't over.... But he needs to have his moment on the mic, and tweak his character to reflect the perceived Unfarness toward him.

He's too happy, and smiley.

A new direction would help him with VKM too.... A hot new tshirt, getting another catchphrase over.... It would prove hes capable.


I know what all the Bryan Marks are going to say "yes is over, it's fine, blah blah blah"

How is it working out? Doing the same thing and expecting anything to change makes zero sense.

And I'm not a Bryan fan and couldn't care less about his career.
 
#3 · (Edited)
No way will he drop it any time soon given the crossover appeal he's received along with the chant.

Most that'll happen is Bryan will find new ways to integrate it into his schtick, but it will follow him for most of his career, much like Rock had "If you smell what The Rock is cooking" and Austin had "And thats the bottom line because Stone Cold said so". Difference between those and Bryan's Yes is that Yes isn't linked to just Bryan and only him, making it easier to get behind.

I'd normally say that his Yes is Austin's What, but the Yes chant has far surpassed the What chants now given the crossover appeal.
 
#13 ·
I don't agree that he should ditch the YES! chant because it's super over, but I think he should tone down forcing it into promos when it's unnecessary. I agree with your overall sentiment of him needing to grow a backbone and stand up for himself. Just smiling after embarrassingly losing the Rumble and taking this bullshit on the chin is doing nothing for him and the company will never respect him.
 
#14 ·
The only way he gets rid of the Yes! chant is is WWE truly tries to bury him.

If for some reason Vince decides that he's sick of Bryan's fanbase, he might take away the chant and turn him heel in hopes of ending the so-called "Yes! Movement."

I don't see this actually happening though. Vince wants Bryan's fans to watch and spend $$$ on WWE, he just doesn't want Bryan to be the focus of the show.
 
#30 ·
The yes chant will be around long after Bryan is gone from WWE. It's going to be a permanent chant from fans like "WHAT?".

Even if he stopped doing it, the fans would continue doing it, especially when Bryan was on screen, he basically can't escape if now.
 
#33 · (Edited)
When he is pissed off, for storyline purposes, he should walk down the ramp and not do it. The crowd will still do it for the awesome visual and because they love Bryan, but it would show he means business. Such an idea would have been great for his match against Lesnar (that doesn't exist :sad:)

But in general... NO. You want him to stop doing his chant/catchprase? That's like saying Rock should stop calling people candyasses and whatnot. It ain't happening.
 
#44 · (Edited)
Agree, it's silly. Right now when he comes out I just think he looks like a cheerful lumberjack who would be on a commercial endorsing some podunk town's local house of pancakes. I think he could easily pull off being a tough guy, first by returning to a look similar to this:

And then, of course, they'd need to stop watering down and limiting his moveset to kicks and FLYYYYIN' GOATS MACKLE :jbl
Like I said before, the man can throw a mean forearm/elbow strike and his suplexes are pretty damn nice as well.
 
#52 ·
Stone cold needs to let his hair grow out.
 
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