Buy Or Sell #1: Daniel Bryan will STILL be Champion at Summerslam

[Ziirox]

Alright, kids. If you've ever watched PTI (Pardon the Interruption), a sports talk show on ESPN, you already know how to play. If not, the rules are simple. If you agree with the statement, you "buy" it. If you disagree, you "sell" it. You need to explain why you bought or sold the statement

Daniel Bryan will STILL be Champion at Summerslam.

Buy

Last night's build to the main event of the Showcase of the Immortals was magical. The crowd favorite and the underdog beat the odds against the malicious corporate machine that was trying to keep him down. DB beat Triple H in a match that resulted in a brutal post-match beat down. Then, injured shoulder and all, Daniel Bryan fought back against the onslaught from Batista and Randy Orton to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

If Daniel Bryan doesn't hold onto this title for at the very least 6 months, this build since (arguably) last Summerslam would all be for nothing. DB needs to have this reign last for a while simply to justify the colossal build and epic match(es) that climaxed at last night superb Super Bowl of Sports Entertainment.

Now, as for challengers, we know Batista and Randy Orton are two obvious choices to challenge the "YES! Movement" leader over the next couple months. As for other challengers, I wouldn't mind seeing Triple H battle DB in a Wrestlemania rematch at Summerslam. Despite my wishes, I'm thinking Brock Lesnar will get the title spot at Summerslam. I don't think it's completely out of question that CM Punk would return and have another classic with Daniel Bryan either.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

Given that the streak ended last night with, according to reports, all but a very, very small handful of people knew that the streak was gonna end and WWE managing to keep it secret, there's nothing set in stone going forward.

While it's only the first day of Daniel Bryan's reign as WWE World Heavyweight Champion, I'm going with Buy on this one because last night was the ultimate test to see just how truly over Daniel Bryan is. The crowd was absolutely stunned when Taker lost, there are reports of people breaking down & crying, and the ending of that match could have cast a highly negative pall over the rest of the show. The WWE World Heavyweight Championship triple threat match, with the Diva match serving as a buffer of course, had to follow the most unexpected match ending since Hogan's heel turn back in 1996. The streak ended and fans were understandably down about that, I know I certainly was. The title match featured all three wrestlers giving a very strong performance, but the star was Bryan as they were rallying behind him. Instead of sitting on their hands in stunned silence, the main event delivered not only a strong match, but the ending that was ABSOLUTELY VITAL in order to act as a balance to the streak ending and to save the show. Daniel Bryan is the only wrestler on the WWE roster who could deliver that show saving high to balance what would have been an otherwise show stopping low.

As a result, I simply don't see WWE being in any sort of rush to take the title off him. He's too over to be a transitional champion, he has a natural & organic connection to the audience. He might not have the prototypical "look", that oh so important image, but the connection he has with fans can't be forced or manufactured no matter how much management might want it to be for someone else. That connection means interest and that interest equals money, which is what it's all about when all the fans go home, when the TVs go off and the computers power down.

 

[Robert Roode Fan]

Sell. I am afraid he will lose it tonight, however I doubt it. I think he will lose it before summerslam, but keep it until payback, good enough for me.

 

[chicagokmc]

Buy. Now that he is the champion there is still mileage they can get out of the Bryan/Authority/Orton/Batista storyline. I'm not all that thrilled to see more of that but I also don't think they'll hurry and remove the title. We've already seen Orton recently be champion and we've also seen the championship held up in recent times. I don't think Batista will be champion at least not at this time and HHH was just a storyline plot point not an actual option. And they won't take the shock off of ending the streak by throwing the title to Lesnar. It's the WWE tradition to allow the champion a rematch. I think that will be Summerslam and I think Bryan will retain.

 

[Straightfromthehart]

With undertaker losing to Brock, who's to say he'll get past tonight with it.

 

[chicagokmc]

Believe it or not, because of the importance of the Undertaker's future and the reaction to the end of the streak, along with the possible appearance of Mr. Borden, and the follow up with Bray Wyatt, I think Daniel Bryan being champion might get a little lost in the shuffle. I think they'll want to really give it focus so I think tonight they'll sell the injury, the Authority will bitch and gripe, Orton and Batista will bitch and gripe and at the end of the day they'll focus more on that storyline next week.

 

[Kizzani]

BUY BUY BUY

I hope Daniel holds that title for the next 3 years.....I hope the his stupid ass YES movement BS gets Daniel Shoved down their throats for the next 3 years maybe then we can get back to wrestling.

I mean shit who can beat this kid. He Daniel can beat Triple, Batista, Orton all in the same night. WHO the hell can stand against him 1 on 1?????

Lesnar: Nope, Triple H beat Lesnar and Lesnar had 2 good arms.
CM Punk : Nope, He is a quitter he would walk out mid match.

Only person I can think is Cena.....Cena beat Lesnar. Cena never lost to the Undertaker.

 

[Softcore Holly]

Hard to tell since anything can happen in the WWE, but I hope that after all this trouble they give him at least a decent sized title reign, especially since SS isn't that long from now. So Buy

Also I have a gut feeling that SS's main event will be a rematch from last years.

 

[TheICChampion]

SELL

I never expected Daniel Bryan to win, and to be honest, he shouldn't have. Now, it's all going downhill from here, regardless of how long he holds the title for. Give it a year, at most, and I'm being generous here, and fans will cease to care anymore about that little B+ troll. Great job, WWE. You all just screwed yourselves by letting the Streak end and giving your most prestigious title to a Goat. A guy, who, by all accounts, shouldn't have even beaten the Game in the opener. Daniel Bryan is at the highest point now. Where does he go from here? Oh, right. There's only one way he can go. Down.

 

[Pedigree1]

Oh I am totally buying him being champion until summerslam at the earliest. But make no mistake about it,with the streak ending last night it did take a little shine off the ME. But the authority is going to want payback after last night.. THey wanna prove or are set to prove that Daniel,is just a lucky person is all..

He is far too over just to be a transitional champion,so yes Im buying into the fact that him holding the title till summerslam is possible. But with the streak ending last night,who knows

 

[CM-Punkha]

Sell. Batista did not come back without assurances and they had to change their WM plans. This much we know.

Batista will be holding the title by July latest cause they will want him to walk around with the title with the premeire of another big Marvel movie (that could tie into future Avengers films).

 

[JJ15776]

Sell. Batista did not come back without assurances and they had to change their WM plans. This much we know.

Batista will be holding the title by July latest cause they will want him to walk around with the title with the premeire of another big Marvel movie (that could tie into future Avengers films).

Huh??? What did they change? What was the original plan? Now, before you answer that, keep in mind that they've been building up Daniel Bryan as an underdog being held back by The Authority since SummerSlam. You're probably not aware, but Daniel Bryan gave an interview before the Royal Rumble where he talked about how Triple H didn't want him anywhere near the Rumble. Also, there's the tweets from Bryan immediately after the Rumble where he called his fans the Yes Movement and told them to keep voicing their opinions because the WWE can't ignore them forever.

So, with that in mind, what was the original plan? A match with Sheamus? You think they were building up Bryan as an underdog being held back, you think Bryan started the Yes Movement, to get a match with Sheamus? Tell me that's not the stupidest thing you've ever heard in your life.

THIS WAS THE PLAN ALL ALONG, MORON! Enough with this "they changed the plan" idiocy, IT MAKES NO SENSE. It does not fit with what the WWE did for six months, AT ALL. My GOD. How many times does this have to be explained??? They wanted you to think that, because that was their storyline, stop being a mark! This stuff is scripted! What you see on screen isn't what's really happening. You sound like an idiot when you say things like that. That's like saying McMahon didn't want Austin to be champion in the 90's, or they didn't want AJ to keep the title at WrestleMania. Why do so many people act like this storyline was real, no matter how stupid it sounds? IT WAS JUST A STORYLINE.



Back on topic, I would definitely buy this with confidence. If you said the Raw after SummerSlam, that would be much tougher. But I feel fairly confident that he'll hold the title until at least SummerSlam.

 

[Straightfromthehart]

Huh??? What did they change? What was the original plan? Now, before you answer that, keep in mind that they've been building up Daniel Bryan as an underdog being held back by The Authority since SummerSlam. You're probably not aware, but Daniel Bryan gave an interview before the Royal Rumble where he talked about how Triple H didn't want him anywhere near the Rumble. Also, there's the tweets from Bryan immediately after the Rumble where he called his fans the Yes Movement and told them to keep voicing their opinions because the WWE can't ignore them forever.

So, with that in mind, what was the original plan? A match with Sheamus? You think they were building up Bryan as an underdog being held back, you think Bryan started the Yes Movement, to get a match with Sheamus? Tell me that's not the stupidest thing you've ever heard in your life.

THIS WAS THE PLAN ALL ALONG, MORON! Enough with this "they changed the plan" idiocy, IT MAKES NO SENSE. It does not fit with what the WWE did for six months, AT ALL. My GOD. How many times does this have to be explained??? They wanted you to think that, because that was their storyline, stop being a mark! This stuff is scripted! What you see on screen isn't what's really happening. You sound like an idiot when you say things like that. That's like saying McMahon didn't want Austin to be champion in the 90's, or they didn't want AJ to keep the title at WrestleMania. Why do so many people act like this storyline was real, no matter how stupid it sounds? IT WAS JUST A STORYLINE.



Back on topic, I would definitely buy this with confidence. If you said the Raw after SummerSlam, that would be much tougher. But I feel fairly confident that he'll hold the title until at least SummerSlam.

Really????

So the cm punk vs hhh angle wasn't in play until rumble?

You are naive to think that didn't change the overall plan, and the fact Batista got nothing instead of a pop.

Yes!!! Lol. The plan was for Bryan to win the title. But in no means the way it went down.

Wwe don't do long term booking, scripting or planning when it comes to the actual story lines .

 

[boozinjedi]

Keeping it til SummerSlam....YES!!!
Leaving with it......NO!!!!

Simple enough for ya??!

 

[JoeyJoeJoe]

Sell - As great as the win was, Daniel Bryan's a natural underdog, and that's how he wins people over. My guess is that he holds the title through the next 2 or 3 PPVs but will drop it at Money in the Bank to either Lesnar, Batista or Wyatt. In today's world of compressed angles and rapid builds, that's quite awhile (and is why I think CM Punk's achievement last year was even more special). However, Bryan will not be gone from the limelight. I think Bryan more than established himself as a guy who can be given the Title, as either a face or a heel and give the crowd a great match.

 

[i_am_the_champ94]

With undertaker losing to Brock, who's to say he'll get past tonight with it.

Honestly it wouldn't surprise me if they made Bryan defend his title against Lesnar TONIGHT. In kayfabe Lesnar just did what 21 other men (most of which were legends) could not do. By doing that Brock Lesnar should be in front of the line for a shot at Bryan before anyone else. Before the Royal Rumble winner Batista, before the COO HHH, before the former WWE WHC Randy Orton, E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E should be behind Lesnar. And I fully believe it will either be Lesnar or Batista who takes the title off of Bryan but odds are it will be Lesnar in order to keep his momentum and heat going after the biggest shocker in WWE history. THAT is what you should figure out if you buy or sell.

 

[kadroan]

Alright, kids. If you've ever watched PTI (Pardon the Interruption), a sports talk show on ESPN, you already know how to play. If not, the rules are simple. If you agree with the statement, you "buy" it. If you disagree, you "sell" it. You need to explain why you bought or sold the statement

Daniel Bryan will STILL be Champion at Summerslam.

Buy

Last night's build to the main event of the Showcase of the Immortals was magical. The crowd favorite and the underdog beat the odds against the malicious corporate machine that was trying to keep him down. DB beat Triple H in a match that resulted in a brutal post-match beat down. Then, injured shoulder and all, Daniel Bryan fought back against the onslaught from Batista and Randy Orton to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

If Daniel Bryan doesn't hold onto this title for at the very least 6 months, this build since (arguably) last Summerslam would all be for nothing. DB needs to have this reign last for a while simply to justify the colossal build and epic match(es) that climaxed at last night superb Super Bowl of Sports Entertainment.

Now, as for challengers, we know Batista and Randy Orton are two obvious choices to challenge the "YES! Movement" leader over the next couple months. As for other challengers, I wouldn't mind seeing Triple H battle DB in a Wrestlemania rematch at Summerslam. Despite my wishes, I'm thinking Brock Lesnar will get the title spot at Summerslam. I don't think it's completely out of question that CM Punk would return and have another classic with Daniel Bryan either.

Buy. It's so much they hadn't done with him as champion that they couldn't do with him not being champion. When he wasn't champion after Summerslam, he put over The Wyatt Family and took the backseat to Big Show. There's really nothing else you could do with Bryan outside of the title picture that hadn't been done before. Have him help Cena feud with The Wyatt Family despite feuding with them for the latter 2013/early 2014?

With him as champ, he can take on all challengers - Batista, HHH, Orton, even Wyatt or Cena. The sky is the limit for Bryan's reign.