http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQgImlN8Lko In front of a frenzied crowd in Chicago demanding our other counter-culture hero, C.M. Punk, Daniel Bryan issued an ultimatum to The Authority against a backdrop of loud Yes! Chants: Either Hunter fights him at WrestleMania, or Stephanie can put on his trunks while he watches in her skirt. Wrestling logic would have it that, if Bryan struggles through this final feud with former tag partner and current Director of Operations "Corporate" Kane, and the "faces of WWE" Dave Bautista & Randy Orton he will have his shot at Triple H, a match supposedly bigger in prize than the WWE Championship itself. Should Bryan defeat Triple H, he will more than likely go on to fight for the coveted title in a Triple Threat, thus culminating to the end point of our delayed gratification in a sea of pop culture adamant about providing us with instant gratification. In all of the armories and school gymnasiums and shoddy gyms it's said Bryan wrestled at to get to this point, there were probably cheesy motivational posters that read, "It's not about the destination. It's about the journey." And that journey must end at WrestleMania XXX with him holding the WWE Championship.
Thom Fain is a journalist with more than a thousand bylines across the web. He's written for 155+ publications from local to international, covering topics like politics and sports. Thom enjoys the athletic spectacle of NJPW, and the excellence of its Japanese tradition.