Daniel Bryan should get his friend Sami Zayn to take his place, similar to what Booker T got Orton to do in that best of 7 series with Benoit back in 2006. It would be an interesting way to bring Zayn up to the main roster and when Bryan returns we get a face vs face feud for the IC title between Zayn and Bryan. That's my ideal scenario if Bryan is unable to compete at the next 2 PPV's.
I could get behind your idea, plus it's a great way to debut Sami as Bryan's chosen defender. It would make for an interesting summer and great matches when Bryan returns.
Wasn't Michaels a really, really great/long-time IC champ when that happened? BC Bryan as IC title has barely even happened. What hold would Bryan even have to say "hey - i'm the real IC champ" like HBK did.
Maybe if this was 1 year later and he was still undefeated IC champ.
Wasn't Michaels a really, really great/long-time IC champ when that happened? BC Bryan as IC title has barely even happened. What hold would Bryan even have to say "hey - i'm the real IC champ" like HBK did.
Maybe if this was 1 year later and he was still undefeated IC champ.
I could get behind your idea, plus it's a great way to debut Sami as Bryan's chosen defender. It would make for an interesting summer and great matches when Bryan returns.
Do you think WWE would dare strip Bryan of a title 2 years in a row? That would really suck for Bryan.
If there is going to be a new IC champ, I'm on team Stardust. He's been impressive in ring ever since the US open challenge vs Cena so WWE hasn't given up on the character. I don't think he's lost since then. Plus it's a reward to him for doing everything he can to make that character work.
Yes I think they would and they will if he can't compete. It's not fair to other guys who can wrestle and not be injured every other month to have someone just sitting on the belt! His fans need to get over themselves!
They would notice, it's not like there are a bunch of titles. It just needs to be made back into something prestigious and give the other talented mid-carders a chance at it. No one should be able to just sit on it!
Agreed! He shouldn't be able to just sit on the belt, it's not fair to the other guys! It's not like he has held it for any length of time and made it "his" title!
I have an idea ,strip him of the ic title and let him return at #30 as a surprise entrant but he doesn't have to win the Royal rumble. I mean it's not like if they would boo the royal rumble 3 times in a row because of bryan.
Bullshit! There are talented guys in the mid-card, they aren't all jobbers! He shouldn't be allowed to just sit on it, it's not fair to the other guys!
Nope, they could have a main event smackdown (mid card Raw) schedule for weeks in a tournament. The two winners of the tournament will face one another at payback. If bryan shows up to ER tonight it is to vacate the title voluntarily.
Yes let the other mid-card guys have a chance at it. He needs to do the right thing and vacate it for the other guys to have a chance while he heals. He may not ever be able to come back! He's injured to much to hold a belt and his fans need to get a grip!
Do you think WWE would dare strip Bryan of a title 2 years in a row? That would really suck for Bryan.
If there is going to be a new IC champ, I'm on team Stardust. He's been impressive in ring ever since the US open challenge vs Cena so WWE hasn't given up on the character. I don't think he's lost since then. Plus it's a reward to him for doing everything he can to make that character work.
I have an idea ,strip him of the ic title and let him return at #30 as a surprise entrant but he doesn't have to win the Royal rumble. I mean it's not like if they would boo the royal rumble 3 times in a row because of bryan.
Could be a cool story where Triple H comes out and asks Bryan to give up the belt. Bryan refuses and walks out with the belt. Have a cool sequence where loads of security and heel wrestlers try to get the belt off Bryan, but he pushes through them all and leaves the arena and jumps into a car with the belt.
There's a tournament for the new Intercontinental championship, Sheamus wins.
A few months later Bryan returns with the belt saying he's still the champion. It goes on for a few months, with the company saying Sheamus is the champion but Bryan and the fans claiming it Bryan.
They both defend their belts against wrestlers for a few months, but Bryan's title matches are unsanctioned. Eventually The Authority give in and hold a re-unification match at Mania which Bryan wins.
Nope, they could have a main event smackdown (mid card Raw) schedule for weeks in a tournament. The two winners of the tournament will face one another at payback. If bryan shows up to ER tonight it is to vacate the title voluntarily.
For something like that to work Bryan Danielson would need to be off TV until the first Raw after the PPV before Summerslam and then have a strongly promoted build leading into the PPV, with Michaels/Hall it was the second biggest storyline going into WrestleMania 10 and only less built than Bret/Owen but more than the actual WWE title storyline.
I don't for a second see Danielson/A.N Other being built as the second biggest thing on a PPV like Summerslam which would have John Cena, Brock Lesnar, Randy Orton and maybe even Sting and Triple H all involved whilst there's also the fact that the intercontinental title doesn't hold anywhere near the value now that it did in 1993-1994 when Michaels/Hall was being built. Unless it's Danielson/Ziggler in a 30 minute Iron Man match or Ladder match it won't even be of interest to smarks let alone anyone else.
I really wanted to see a HBK/Razor scenario with Ziggler when Barrett came back earlier this year. We could've had Ziggler v Barrett in a Ladder Match at WM 31 instead of throwing random people in.
To be honest, Bryan has been on TV what, like two or three times since Mania??? People will barely notice that he's not there. Plus WWE successfully buried him after his return, his fan support is at its lowest in years. It's sad to see how unimportant they've made him. And it seems like he's once again, going to have to drop a title belt while not actively competing.
That is the scheduled match for tonight but not for the belt, it isn't vacant yet. Neville shouldn't have a title shot already, he hasn't earned it. Sandow, Ziggler, Ambrose, Harper, Rowan, Wyatt, Goldust, Stardust, Swagger, Miz & Sheamus deserve that shot before Neville.
I'd take another reign for Barrett, 6x IC Champion sounds good to me. Hopefully Bryan has to vacate the championship, let the other guys have a tournament for it. No point in letting Bryan keep it when we don't even know how long he'll be out, if he even comes back that is....
It would probably wind up more like a Ricky Steamboat/Jim Duggan scenario.
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