Part of Bryan's WWE problem is his own attitude. At the end of the day, management should always be accountable to their employees. All the top performers in the past have held Vince to account. Bret, Rock, Austin, Cena... can you imagine any of them just accepting what WWE handed out to Bryan this past year? By his own admission, Bryan just accepts his spot and gets on with the job. He has talked about how it is more important to him to help get others over. That's admirable. But at the same time, do you really think there'd have been a Steve Austin if he hadn't been banging on Vince McMahon's door demanding opportunities. Even Shawn Michaels admitted in his autobiography, a lot of his own success was down to simply going direct to Vince from day one. Bryan simply hasn't made enough of a fuss or demanded the top spot.