Yeah. Because WWE made millions not using popular wrestlers who are over.
Maybe just maybe, Daniel Bryan is over-rated. Maybe he isn't as good as you think he is.
Hell, if the fools on this site had their way, you would have a DB v Dolph Ziggler v Zack Ryder v Cesaro main event at Wrestlemania every damn year. Good luck trying to get a million buys with that.
You people are delusional, and unfit to discuss how you could make more money for WWE than Vince can.
After all this time, you still don't know the difference between being overrated and just not being a fan of the guy. It's well known you're not a Bryan fan, I'm not going to bust anyone's chops over that, more power to you. However, just because you aren't a fan doesn't mean he's overrated. Overrated is someone or something that's been heavily exaggerated to be far, far better than it/he/she actually is. Daniel Bryan's popularity isn't debatable, nor is the fact that he's consistently viewed as among the top in-ring performers of the last 10 to 12 years. Bryan's popularity was so overwhelmingly underestimated that it actually forced God Almight himself, Vincent Kennedy McMahon, to alter plans for WrestleMania; it wasn't a few handfuls of internet fans or indie marks from a few smarky hot spots. An example of something overrated would be Goldberg's undefeated streak; it was a great marketing gimmick, don't get me wrong on that, and it went along perfectly with Goldberg's intimidating look. However, while some want to use his streak as an example to tout his greatness, the truth of the matter is that the
VAST majority of those streak matches were 2 to 3 minute squash matches against generally nameless jobbers we forgot all about as soon as they were pinned; it's not like he was going out there to beat Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, DDP, Ric Flair, Paul Wight, Sting, Randy Savage or Lex Luger every single Monday night or WCW ppv.
As for the retirement, I see both sides of it. On one hand, Daniel Bryan is a grown man and if he wants to take the risk elsewhere, I don't necessarily see why WWE should stop him. If WWE decided to clear him by having him sign some sort of waver or release in contrast to the findings of WWE's medical staff and Bryan wound up being injured again, there'd almost certainly be some sort of backlash. I mean, it is WWE so somebody's going to be pissed off no matter what the decision is. If Bryan was allowed to return after signing a waver, WWE would be raked over the coals for even agreeing to it; you know various dirt sheet writers, especially Dave Meltzer, would want Vince strung up if Bryan suffered serious injury. As for the possibility of WWE doing this as a means of protecting Bryan from himself, who can say? I mean, if that's part of the reason, it does sound arrogant on WWE's part but what if it's also true? I'm not saying that it is, I have no way of knowing one way or the other, but isn't part of WWE's extensive medical testing part of how they protect talent? Sometimes in life, especially when it comes to something that extracts a high physical toll on you, especially if it's something you're passionate about, some people can't see themselves that enough is enough.
