The only way that a booker could've credibly booked Sheamus to defeat Daniel Bryan at Wrestlemania 28 in 18 seconds is if Bryan had enough heat to warrant being vanquished in such resounding fashion. Bryan's been the darling of the crowd who turned his back on their approval before. In fact, Bryan doing so again might actually get twice the level of crowd response that it did four years ago. Would you be mad if Brock Lesnar F-5ed Daniel Bryan in nine seconds at Wrestlemania 32? It's absolutely possible (and it's plausible it could be done in such a way that the crowd would explode for it, too).
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.
