Regarding why Daniel Bryan is in the WWE Intercontinental Title Ladder Match at WrestleMania 31 instead of the WWE World Heavyweight Title picture, it's not that WWE don't see him as a big part of the company or a top competitor, but one of the reasons is that there is still major concern over his health.
Bryan chose to undergo a unique form of rehabilitation for his injury last year and there is a strong fear within WWE that his injuries could become reoccurring issues due to the rehab he did. There's concern that the rehab Bryan chose is not a long-term permanent fix and just a short-term fix that could cause the problems to relapse.
It's likely that Bryan would be in a more prominent position at WrestleMania this year if WWE officials weren't worried that the elbow issues will come back.
Bryan's situation was compared by one source to Kurt Angle having several non-invasive surgeries on his neck years ago but over time Angle ended up having a lot of other issues stemming from the neck injury.
Bryan isn't Austin
This is saying more about not being able to trust Bryan as the guy more than omg he shouldn't be in a ladder match then.
Pedantic much?
Any reason the WWE gives for not putting Bryan is the title match at this year's WM is spin and the reason is that they WANT Reigns to be the top face and NOT Bryan, simple as, the "fears" of the neck injury is just a convenient excuse to try and cool off some the heat from fans.
To be fair they aren't talking about the injury specifically but the unproven rehabilitation method used to make him better. With little scientific proof to back the method at the moment it does make logical sense for them to not want to jump the boat throwing him in a program if he relapses in a couple weeks or months. If he goes 6 months with no relapse then they can start to devote more time and resources to pushing him back to the top. I don't like it and think a ladder match seems counter-intuitive but definitely understand their thought process on the matter.
So,WWE thinks Bryan should be in a more prominent position, if only they trusted his health. They think so much of him, that he is eating clean pins right and left. But if they thought his elbow was fine, he would be winning? This story is either BS or just WWE's attempt to spin why the chose to put Bryan in a match not commensurate to his place in the fan's eyes. You suck, WWE.
So clearly the best thing for him is to job to everyone in sight for 4 months, then get put in a midcard title gimmick match at Mania. Because he might get hurt otherwise. But they still view him as a prominent guy. Clearly.
What this really says is: We already know we can get Bryan over for the main event any time we want, so we're choosing to ignore him this year and use him to put others over in hopes that he remains over enough to still be useful for years to come.
Bryan chose to undergo a unique form of rehabilitation for his injury last year and there is a strong fear within WWE that his injuries could become reoccurring issues due to the rehab he did. There's concern that the rehab Bryan chose is not a long-term permanent fix and just a short-term fix that could cause the problems to relapse.
It's likely that Bryan would be in a more prominent position at WrestleMania this year if WWE officials weren't worried that the elbow issues will come back.
keep feeding dumb nonsense to the dirtsheets vince.
DB isn't in the title picture because you and trips don't think he's the right guy to be there because he's short and doesn't trim his beard, not because 'oh he didn't do the rehab we wanted we're concerned he's gonna get injured again.'
Yet, let's place him in a ladder match instead. Because you obviously no risk of getting injured in one of those, right?
I think it'd be more accurate to say it gave WWE a convenient excuse not to put Bryan in the main event again. The fact is, they already knew from day one of The Shield's debut that Roman Reigns was the guy they wanted as the next top superstar, and it was decided on a year ago that his rise to prominence would arrive by beating Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 31 for the championship. Literally nothing short of Reigns being injured and unable to compete come Mania time was gonna change that for them.
All this is is a fucking leak to try and keep smarts from hijacking shows. Bryan himself said on jericho's podcast that they're gonna job him out.
The only value he has to Vince is making his pets look good in reigns and sheamus
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