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I'm bored before work so I went to many of the internet wrestling sites, looking to see if there was any new news before i went off to work and this caught my eye. As you can see in the quote above Danielson is being promoted as Daniel Bryan. I found this interesting on a few levels.
I try to follow FCW on youtube quite a bit. There is a guy on there who uploads all the weekly shows and i try to catch them all, to watch the future of the WWE. Also with the NXt show coming up, it is a good way to familiarize myself with who I am going to be seeing on Tuesdays. A few weeks ago Danielson had a match against Kaval under his regular name. The match was by far the best on the show, Danielson showed some rust but he is still one of the best in the biz. His match with Kaval wasn't as great as some of their past battles but was still phenomenal. Saxton and barrett hyped up Danielson as they should and called him by his given name, of course because the name change had not yet been implemented.
I think the name change is a mistake. I'm not a huge danielson or ROH mark by any means, just to preface my argument. Not since CM Punk debuted in the WWE has there been a debuting star in their company with as much established work and fan base. He is a name amongst the hardcores and I am quite aware the casual fan base has no idea who he is. But if you remember the Punk debut there were Punk chants and signs like i came to see Punk in the crowd. I think this established some credibility amongst the casual fan base that this guy they had never seen was being so actively rooted for. It made him feel like wow I have never seen this guy before but all these guys really like him, i should probably keep my eye on him.
But for as much as I think this move is a mistake i also understand the WWE's reasoning for it. They like to have control over their talent, especially, When it comes to merchandising, and trademarking names. Something they would lose if Danielson went under his real name. They're smart business people, and doing this is in their best interest money making wise.
Not only to I personally disapprove the name change (like that really matters), I think the name they chose on is pretty weak. Daniel Bryan screams generic and I think people well get too confused with which one comes first due it being two first names and the fact that it is so similiar to his real one. They've done this before with debuting stars to avoid using their real names like Matt Sydal to Evan Bourne and TJ Wilson to Tyson Kidd. These are by far much better names then Daniel Bryan.
I believe the name change probably means we will be seeing him soon on NXT which is exciting. I was wondering what you guys thoughts are if you have any on this. I'm not trying to make a big deal of this, I just feel it makes for an interesting discussion.
At last night's Florida Championship Wrestling TV taping for WWE's developmental territory, Bryan Danielson was reportedly introduced as "Daniel Bryan," which appears to be his new ring name.
FCW has not listed the former Ring of Honor star on their Superstars roster yet, but he's already been booked in a publicized six-man tag match for tonight's FCW show in Melbourne, Fla. that Edge will be attending.
The six-man tag match tonight featured Kaval (Low-Ki) & "Daniel Bryan" & FCW Hvt. champion Justin Angel vs. Smackdown wrestler Curt Hawkins & ECW wrestlers Trent Barreta & Caylen Croft.
I'm bored before work so I went to many of the internet wrestling sites, looking to see if there was any new news before i went off to work and this caught my eye. As you can see in the quote above Danielson is being promoted as Daniel Bryan. I found this interesting on a few levels.
I try to follow FCW on youtube quite a bit. There is a guy on there who uploads all the weekly shows and i try to catch them all, to watch the future of the WWE. Also with the NXt show coming up, it is a good way to familiarize myself with who I am going to be seeing on Tuesdays. A few weeks ago Danielson had a match against Kaval under his regular name. The match was by far the best on the show, Danielson showed some rust but he is still one of the best in the biz. His match with Kaval wasn't as great as some of their past battles but was still phenomenal. Saxton and barrett hyped up Danielson as they should and called him by his given name, of course because the name change had not yet been implemented.
I think the name change is a mistake. I'm not a huge danielson or ROH mark by any means, just to preface my argument. Not since CM Punk debuted in the WWE has there been a debuting star in their company with as much established work and fan base. He is a name amongst the hardcores and I am quite aware the casual fan base has no idea who he is. But if you remember the Punk debut there were Punk chants and signs like i came to see Punk in the crowd. I think this established some credibility amongst the casual fan base that this guy they had never seen was being so actively rooted for. It made him feel like wow I have never seen this guy before but all these guys really like him, i should probably keep my eye on him.
But for as much as I think this move is a mistake i also understand the WWE's reasoning for it. They like to have control over their talent, especially, When it comes to merchandising, and trademarking names. Something they would lose if Danielson went under his real name. They're smart business people, and doing this is in their best interest money making wise.
Not only to I personally disapprove the name change (like that really matters), I think the name they chose on is pretty weak. Daniel Bryan screams generic and I think people well get too confused with which one comes first due it being two first names and the fact that it is so similiar to his real one. They've done this before with debuting stars to avoid using their real names like Matt Sydal to Evan Bourne and TJ Wilson to Tyson Kidd. These are by far much better names then Daniel Bryan.
I believe the name change probably means we will be seeing him soon on NXT which is exciting. I was wondering what you guys thoughts are if you have any on this. I'm not trying to make a big deal of this, I just feel it makes for an interesting discussion.