8. Establish Daniel Bryan As The Star Of The Show
The reason that WWE have a problem with two full timers like Punk and Cena missing ring time is because the company has a lack of firmly established full time stars. Do Orton and Batista count? That's debatable. Orton is loathed for all the wrong reasons and recently drew the worst Survivor Series PPV buys in 20 years. As for Batista, the jury is still out, he has only been back five minutes and reactions have been terrible despite an initial TV rating spike. Which leaves us with Daniel Bryan. He is the most over star in the company and has been for six months now. Despite this, the WWE is yet to fully ascend Bryan to the Punk/Cena level. Right now he is just bubbling under. WWE should make up for the loss of Cena and Punk by firmly pushing Bryan over the line of superstar to megastar. I would do this at Elimination Chamber, taking action on what WWE should have done months ago - putting the Championship belt on Daniel Bryan. From this point, I get really creative. Having won the title in the Elimination Chamber match, Bryan is now Champion. The problem is that the best creative is always the hero chasing the villain. People don't really want to see Bryan reigning on top, they want to see Bryan FIGHTING to be on top. So the next night on Raw (the bumper Network launch Raw) I have Orton take his rematch for the Championship - and shockingly win back the WWE title. It would put all the heat in the world on Randy, and the next week on Raw, Bryan could claim his rematch at Wrestlemania. The whole thing would have facilitated Bryan's inclusion in the Mania main event and set up the title chaser role he should be in. On the night of the New Orleans show it would now be Orton vs Batista vs Bryan - with the leader of the YES movement finally coming out on top. No one will care about Punk or Cena, this will firmly be Daniel Bryan's world once the WWE get fully behind him.