A most unlikely occurrence it would be, but never have WWE been more in need of the leader of the YES! Movement. Daniel Bryan has been on the shelf since vacating the Intercontinental Championship not long after WrestleMania XXXII, and each passing month has come with varying degrees of depressing outlooks on his future. Over the last few months Bryan has continually maintained that he is healthy enough to wrestle, despite not receiving clearance from WWE doctors. He has been given the green light regarding concussions by many in the field of neurology, most recently by a specialist at UCLA, but still that same light is yet to come fro WWE top brass. WWE's treatment of Daniel Bryan over the last few years has been puzzling, to say the least. He was showcased expertly at WrestleMania XXX, but it felt that the creative team really had no option for fear of a fan revolt. They then erred greatly in bringing Bryan back and treating like any other superstar at the Rumble last year, causing the crowd to turn on the match for the second year in the row. He was then given a spot in the Intercontinental Championship ladder match car crash at WrestleMania as opposed to a showcase performance. His IC Title win felt like just another way to appease his rabid fanbase. Daniel Bryan is hugely popular, so WWE treating him like 'just another performer' is entirely baffling. The reception he would receive at the Rumble would most likely top anything else in recent memory. It would be important to treat him as important as he is too. He doesn't need to win the thing, but he does need to last longer than Jack Swagger. Bringing Bryan back at the Rumble would undoubtedly save a match that is shaping up to be another eye-rolling exercise in attempting to swallow a hand-picked babyface being shoved down our throats. It must happen. What else do you want to see at this year's Royal Rumble? Share your thoughts below in the comments thread.
Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.
