10 Biggest WWE Changes Since Daniel Bryan Last Wrestled
1. Changing McMahon
Many of the (in some cases, seismic) changes referred to in this list reflect alterations that were in progress when Bryan both ascended to the company's summit and disappeared off the edge completely in 2014 and 2015 respectively.
Alongside CM Punk, Bryan forced a talent-centric agenda through over-top of all the usual WWE markers. His title win came at the expense of Triple H, Randy Orton and Batista. Outside of John Cena (and latterly Roman Reigns) there are few wrestlers that signify those markers more.
His exit felt like the end of a dream. For everybody else though, it was a definitive end of a nightmare. The winds of change caused by Bryan's ascent were now sprawling hurricanes, blowing through every aspect of the output to create a brand new veneer for the product. WWE doesn't always manage to pull it off, but never more than now have they been all things to all fans. In the dark days of 2009-2012, they often offered nothing to anybody. Vince McMahon was forced to change, and did so.
Or, the Chairman hasn't really changed at all. The near-sighted lens on his bifocal may see a 'goat-faced troll', but the billionaire promoter's tunnel vision extends far enough to spot that burgundy still equals green. And for all the huge adjustments made since Bryan last locked up, that central motivation has never strayed.