10 Most Humiliating Things WWE Did To Daniel Bryan

8. Feuding With Michael Cole

It's no secret that the Raw and SmackDown announce teams are terrible. They frequently spend matches bickering among themselves, making terrible jokes, and burying those who are doing all they can to get over with fickle WWE crowds. However, Michael Cole's non-stop Daniel Bryan put downs were something else. After the two came to blows on NXT, Bryan's main roster debut saw him continuously be branded a nerd and loser by Cole, something which no doubt had an impact on how fans responded to him. It was great seeing the former Ring of Honor star rub his first World Heavyweight Championship victory in the announcer's face, but the fact that those backstage clearly sent Cole out to abuse Bryan shows how they really viewed him. Can you think of any other recent World Champions treated the way Bryan was before, during, and after that victory? Cole now praising him just comes over as insincere.