5 Major Booking Steps For Daniel Bryan's AEW Debut

5. He Shows Up Looking Like Bryan Danielson

The smile emblazoned across his face in that picture may entice you towards Daniel Bryan circa-2014, the perennial babyface incapable of doing any harm. The man above is in fact Bryan Danielson during his legendary run as Ring Of Honor's World Champion. Complete with a shaved head and signature simplistic burgundy gear, Danielson is a legitimate wrestler's wrestler.

The WWE myth of every World Champion must be six+ feet tall, weigh over 225 pounds, and be phenomenally jacked is instantly thrown out the window when you look at ROH's World Championship history, which ranges from the near three hundred pounds of Takeshi Morishima to Danielson; the former Daniel Bryan stands at five foot ten, and weighs just 210 pounds.

This is the cult figure who must appear on 22 September.

By removing all signs of the Daniel Bryan character, you're immediately positioning the ROH icon as the wrestler who was once considered the next technical great. In WWE, you see, he had to play this company guy, obeying to every order he was given. Point your fingers in the air and shout 'YES!', dammit! It worked, of course; it launched Daniel Bryan to the top of the company.

Unfortunately, WWE milked this, making it Daniel Bryan's entire personality. That won't work in AEW. Bryan Danielson, the guy who just beats opponents up, will work, however.