There's 100 things to love about Daniel Bryan getting knockout punched by The Big Show or hit with Luke Harper's discus lariat and deposited over the top rope within seconds of entering the Royal Rumble match. Daniel Bryan's return does not just open up a space for Bryan to re-ascend to the top of the card as the company's number one babyface, it also allows for the creation of a gigantic heel on the roster, too. Want to make a guy forever as a big-time player in WWE? Here's a place where that can happen. Gosh, just imagine if that happened, a gasp of shock followed by an immediate chorus of boos. While, yes, many suspect that Daniel Bryan is 2015's Royal Rumble winner, he's quite possibly much better positioned as the Rumble loser. Best when positioned as an underdog babyface, Bryan being in the Rumble allowing a fresh monster heel to get over is a terrific idea worth considering.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
