"To me, it's groan-worthy. I don't think it added anything to the story. It was just like, "Ugh!" But, they do what they do, and you just gotta roll with the punches." - Daniel Bryan, 2014 The above quote perfect sums up what was wrong with the decision to bring Bryan back during his wife Brie Bella's feud with Stephanie McMahon, only for The Authority member to reveal that he had been having an affair with his physical therapist Megan Miller. Dragging Bryan's name through the mud didn't help him or this storyline in any meaningful way, and the reaction to the angle was so negative that it was quickly swept under the rug and never mentioned again. That doesn't stop it from being any less humiliating of course, and this felt like yet another attempt by the WWE to come between Bryan and his fans. It failed, but you have to believe that it damaged his standing in the eyes of some viewers.
