Daniel Bryan Released *GIVE OPINIONS*

[Remix]

Daniel Bryan never had an FCW profile picture. On account of him being on exactly one FCW TV show before his callup.

As for the angle, I'm still erring towards work. Unlike most releases, his profile is still up and is indeed linked to in his release statement. And the whole quoting Barrett and changing his twitter.

 

[MisterRob]

Daniel Bryans profile has been removed from the FCW website,legit.

He's not in the FCW anymore, so that's not proof of anything.

I find it astounding how much attention this is getting from internet forums like this one, this thread alone going insane about it. I don't think this story's legit at all, I wouldn't be surprised if WWE was playing with the IWC for their own amusement with this because Bryan Danielson is an internet darling, and clearly it's working.

The only possible thing I could see Danielson getting fired over is him choking Justin Roberts like he did on RAW, for either of two reasons. One, it wasn't planned ahead of time at all and Danielson was somehow improvising it and went too far in the eyes of the WWE. But I find it incredibly unrealistic that that spot wasn't planned ahead of time since they put so much focus on the shot of him doing just that to Justin Roberts.

Two, the spot was planned but Danielson went too far and actually choked and hurt Roberts, to which the WWE would see Danielson's stiffness as a risk and unprofessional, which would be grounds for dismissal. There's making something look real and doing it safely, which is a sign of a great wrestler and what the WWE trains their stars to do and what they clearly want out of their wrestlers, but then there's making it real because it's real and then that's a safety issue to the other people involved (as in Justin Roberts). But still, if Danielson stepped over boundaries and there was a backlash from it then they would've dealt with it right away and not a week later, after the fact.

Until this angle progresses on Monday and beyond and Danielson isn't anywhere to be seen or found then I'm not buying this as legit at all. And when you've built up someone as they have Danielson and made him an integral part of this big angle, etc, the guy would have to do something pretty serious for them to fire him and screw up all the planning and potential this angle has going for it. Danielson got a win over the Miz! They've put time and effort into Danielson, I really think he'd have more then one chance unless it was something extremely severe they can't get around.

 

[GRocca7x]

Daniel Bryan never had an FCW profile picture. On account of him being on exactly one FCW TV show before his callup.

As for the angle, I'm still erring towards work. Unlike most releases, his profile is still up and is indeed linked to in his release statement. And the whole quoting Barrett and changing his twitter.

Also this whole thing about someone taking his twitter account thing is pretty weird. I know he changed the name on the real one and what not, but if you click the link on his wwe profile page (still there) it's someone else posting as a "huge fan". How could WWE let some random person take over the link like that??
http://www.wwe.com/superstars/wwenxt/seasonone/danielbryan/

 

[dansaint]

just read somewhere that Meltzer is reporting that Bryan is taking independent bookings. That he felt that WWE and he would work together again sometime down the road.

Again...don't know if this is Bryan still playing up the firing angle or if, in fact, it's legit...and if it is..I'm through with pro wrestling (I mean all of pro wrestling). I'll still read show results...and get the DVD's but I refuse to watch RAW, Smackdown, NXT, PPV's or attend live shows.

 

[sTyLnK]

It's 50/50 obviously. It could be a work or it could be that he ticked someone off and he was fired. The WWE will release practically anyone it seems so it wouldn't be surprising if he was and it wouldn't be surprising if it was a storyline. Time will tell.

 

[JJ15776]

Obviously it's a work, but don't look for him on Monday. I'm sure they have a bigger plan for his return...like, during an NXT vs. WWE match on the next PPV or something.

 

[Loso]

im pretty sure hes really released for the choking. if you notice at the end heath slater went to choke Cena with the rope and u could tell Cena told him not to do it. I bet he caught heat for choking Justin.

 

[therockiswwf]

im pretty sure hes really released for the choking. if you notice at the end heath slater went to choke Cena with the rope and u could tell Cena told him not to do it. I bet he caught heat for choking Justin.

No way he got released just for that. It has been reported that vince and steph loved what they did and congratulated them afterwards for how good of a job they did. So if he did get fired for that then why didnt vince say anything about it then? He had to of done something really bad to get fired (if this is real) and as of now nobody but vince and bryan know the story.

 

[Suffy]

I have to say if this is a work i'd be extremely impressed.

"Daniel Bryan" on google is the
45th most popular search in the past hour.

As well as 85 news articles being posted about it. All in under 24 hours.

I can't think of any release, not even Kennedy's or Batista's that got this much reaction.

 

[ian_d]

hmm, i can see why he has been fired.

remember against jericho when he damaged his ribs quite clearly. that may have given the wwe the idea that he is a liabilty, choking someone with a tie is very unallowable even if it wasnt pg tv. and spitting on cena is something that may have pushed the wwe against him. spitting is unallowable in any way.

also if you look at his time in wwe from a non-iwc perspective what has he really achieved. sure he is talented but so many other talented people fail.

 

[CaptainZaltan]

This Bryan Danielson NXT stuff is getting old. It had potential the first week or two but now Vince has gone and screwed it up just like everything before because this is too much like NWO or something TNA would do. You know every single thing that WWE tries to do to compete with TNA is sad. Having John Cena beat down like that is a lame attempt to win over TNA viewers with swerve TV and no one's buying into it. WWE really is nothing more than a few old guys that should like Shawn Michaels and Batista hang em up already like Cripple H, Underwanker, Y2Boring, etc, etc. At least TNA has a better crop of newer superstars to combat the likes of Sheamus and Ted Dibiase Jr. Who really wants to see 64 year old Vinnie Mac do his pathetic old routine, Bret Hart has wore out his welcome. The only thing WWE has going for it is the hot women. They don't have The Pope, A.J., or Black Machismo. They don't have the coolest wrestlers of all time, The Band, who as far as I'm concerned can loiter my tv screen as long as that World Championship belt control freak Cripple H is till their 100 years of age.

Anyway, my point is WWE just makes really lame attempts at trying to shock fans for ratings and their half year test run at building fan base has failed, obviously, and they should really just quit and go away and leave TNA alone and let them do their thing.
And I say this because I'm an objective fan who watches both with no allegiance and I am in no way a TNA hack. lol.

I don't know where to begin. I'm guessing that was sarcasm/irony? Because if you replace WWE references with TNA references in your post and vice versa (replace WWE with TNA, Vince with Hogan, Cena with RVD, etc) than this would be a typical anti-TNA rant. The exact same arguments have been made against TNA, in other words. If that was the intention, bravo. If not, I should point out that Vince isn't competing with TNA; considering TNA's relatively small audience, TNA is barely on his radar.

Look, let's face it, either this is an example of a work, playing the IWC against itself, or it's a case of Bryan Danielson choosing to leave. I don't believe for one second, regardless of Benoit, that he was fired because of choking with a tie, that's just stupid, especially when compared against other more brutal things that happen all the time, even in the PG world.

I'm not convinced it's legit either. However, what is and is not acceptable in the WWE seems to vary based on who is involved and the current social/political climate. All it would take is for one of Linda's campaign big-wigs to catch the NXT segment and deem it a hazard to her candidacy. Whether the WWE has done worse in the past is irrelevant in this case, so long as that person(s) is either unaware of such content themselves, or assumes that the voters are. I'm also guessing that so long as the WWE's questionable content remains in it's past rather than it's present, Linda can take the position of having cleaned up the WWE and turned it into a family friendly product. This choking incident, as benign as it appears to those of us who lived through the Attitude era, could certainly be spun out of context by her political rivals. I can see it now: "Linda Mcmahon encourages children to choke authority figures with their ties".

 

[Suffy]

hmm, i can see why he has been fired.

remember against jericho when he damaged his ribs quite clearly. that may have given the wwe the idea that he is a liabilty, choking someone with a tie is very unallowable even if it wasnt pg tv. and spitting on cena is something that may have pushed the wwe against him. spitting is unallowable in any way.

also if you look at his time in wwe from a non-iwc perspective what has he really achieved. sure he is talented but so many other talented people fail.

As Brett Hart said when you get hurt it is almost always the other persons fault. It was Jericho's fault and DBD (as i'll refer to him now) wasn't even injured or forced to take time off. As it's been reported many were happy with the NXT angle and how they took it.

You are also forgetting Vince spat on Bret Hart's face when he was attacked by Batista. What he has achieved is the extreme about of popularity and attention he's received outside of the "non-iwc perspective". His matches were the best on NXT and even his match with Batista was pretty high quality. The only downside is they've yet to allow any nxt'er a match that lasted more than 5 minutes.

Edit: I just remembered Slammiversary is this weekend. Could this be an attempt to take attention away from TNA? If you think about it.. it was only yesterday this was reported and now everyone is all winded up about WWE

 

[Duder55]

didn't john cena choke out Batista or Big Show (or someone) with the ring ropes a few months ago to win a match at a PPV? If he was fired for choking Justin Roberts then it's hypocritical. I see this as a work to establish that no matter what WWE does, they won't be able to stop these guys. Atleast that's what I'm hoping. and if not, then all anyone has to do is start a petition to get Danielson back. I'm sure that the WWE knows alot of people want to see this guy.

 

[Frozen Fire]

I think it is legit. i don't think the WWE would put an article in the news section if it wasn't legit. they would have done it on live TV if it was just a work. i think the reason may not be him choking Justin Roberts but rather him spitting on Cena.. maybe that was not scripted.....
or maybe he just asked for his release. either way its WWE's loss.....

 

[Dgnr82]

I'm not saying that this isn't true,..but on the flip side....

What if they are going claim they fired him, and then on Monday we find out that it was Cole that asked for his release. They could play it off that he was too dangerous to have around, and Cole felt uneasy after seeing what he did with the tie.

or...

perhaps this could be one of those difficult decisions that Brett would have to face.

Just saying,..if its a work, those are ways they could go with it.

 

[mlp420]

I was refferring to Slammiversary, but I'm equally certain he wont be heading to TNA anyway. Mostly because if this is legit (and I'm not 100% on that), WWE apparently want him back once the situation has blown over. Which won't take 90 days in all probability. But also because he may want to go back to ROH first (even if it's temporary) before considering his future, might not like TNA's creative direction and/or think he could make more money in the indies (which is why he said no back when he had the chance a few years ago after his first match with Cena) than in TNA.

I understand what you're saying but I have a few issues. You're right about the whole wwe part and if I were him I'd wait even after the 90 days to see if WWE gave me another shot before going to tna. But him turning down TNA like he did WWE in 03 because he could make more money in the indies doesn't make sense. Unlike WWE, TNA still allows people to work in the indies anyway (besides ROH) so it would either be ROH + indy bookings or TNA + indy bookings.


And as far as TNA's direction is concerned, Desmond Wolfe has a pretty good role in TNA in my opinion. Like I said he's basically in a upper-midcard/semi-main event role. You said Wolfe and Bryan are equals, but you are forgetting that Wolfe came as a noboby and got a decent spot, while Bryan would be coming in with several months of WWE exposure. You have to think that if they are equals, that WWE exposure would give Bryan an even better spot.

 

[MissCG]

Well whether this is real or not, WWE have to be loving that people are talking. One of the things I don`t understand, if he really is gone, and some of you have brought this up, is this happening despite hearing about how they apparently all got praised and how well WWE thought the ending of Raw came off. If they hadn`t been happy with some of the things he specifically did (choking out Justin Roberts, spitting and yelling at Cena) and were getting complaints, you would think that would have gotten out and we would have heard about it. Of course if it is true maybe they will hire him back after giving this some time to blow over. Then again, there are also things like his twitter and echoing what Wade Barrett has said about the "winds of change", which I find very interesting. If this is part of the storyline then kudos to WWE for getting people this worked up. I think we`re gonna have to wait and see how this plays out.

 

[Deexter Jorgan]

credit to Wrestling Insider.org
BREAKING: Triple H involved with Bryan Danielson release?

Saturday, June 12th, 2010
We have just received information that Paul Levesque (Triple H) may have been the one responsible for Bryan Danielson (Daniel Bryan) being released from WWE. We do not know exactly the reasons behind this course of action but will update you later today once we find out more.

Take this as speculation, dont see this as gospal but aparently Triple H may be the man behind the whole kids angle and the reason for Bryans release.


again i cant fathom why he would want the guy out, but i have seen far worse things on WWE TV such as Stephanie getting RKO'd or Ortan punting people in the head, I cant see why anyone would want the guy gone, this is complete BS if its true.

Its not like Potential advertisers threatened to remove themselves if Bryan wasnt fired, damn silliness, I cant believe this is even happening.

 

[Legacy Reborn]

Well, seeing as this post topic has hit this many pages, it's safe to say that the people who doubted bryan danielson's popularity are just completely out of the loop.

As for the firing of danielson, I believe it to be legit. Let's face it. What was shown on TV was not PG standards, and he's being punished for it. Do I agree with the punishment? Not at all...but I'm not saying he's done with WWE. Everyone knows that WWE is looking at the internet, and the backlash that they receive from this firing will have him rehired in no time. He'll be back.

As for people who questioned the fact he didn't have a contract, he signed a developmental deal a year ago with WWE to go to FCW, so he was under contract with WWE, as well as everyone else in FCW. So WWE can release him.


Danielson will be a main eventer for WWE in the future, I almost guarantee it. For those who didn't remember, FYI, Danielson has faced Cena in a match before, on Velocity back in 2003, when Cena was doing his rapper gimmick. You can see it on youtube. Not a bad match for a four minute jobber match for Danielson.

 

[Vash21]

hmm, i can see why he has been fired.

remember against jericho when he damaged his ribs quite clearly. that may have given the wwe the idea that he is a liabilty, choking someone with a tie is very unallowable even if it wasnt pg tv. and spitting on cena is something that may have pushed the wwe against him. spitting is unallowable in any way.

also if you look at his time in wwe from a non-iwc perspective what has he really achieved. sure he is talented but so many other talented people fail.

You can't honestly tell me that Cena wasn't expecting to be spit on. You honestly think that wasn't worked out before hand? If that wasn't planned you would have heard about a fight between the two after the show, or at least an argument, every move aimed at Cena was well thought out before hand. You think the WWE would have been so stupid to put their most marketable star in harms way with a bunch of rookies? Wake up.

Also Justin Roberts had to have known he was going to get choked. An that tie had to of been made special otherwise he would have been seriously injured by that. If Daniels gets canned for this so should Roberts.

This is a work.

 

[El Rev sXe]

fuck the WWE! this is really weird guys... it is in fact bs if Danielson was fired beacause he choked the ring announcer. however, due to the politics that the E has and all the PG era it makes "sense" to sanction Danielson.

on the flip side WTF!!!!???? this guys was getting really over with the audience! oh well
I think I'm going to start watching UFC if this release is true....

 

[WWEIsLife2]

Ok Ive looked on WWE.com and nowhere do I see that Daniel Bryan was Released? Where is everyone seeing this Story? Latin your going to start watching UFC because of this?

 

[therockiswwf]

With the guy who said hhh. HHH has not even been with the wwe recently as he is currently involed in a movie. So HHH has nothing to do with it.

 

[jnation3]

Its gotta be a work...look at the facts most of which have been stated by previous posters.
1. If there was a "no choking policy" then why did they cut to a camera shot of him doing it? It could have been easily avoidable, I mean they practically have 10 cameras on the ring at all times.
2. Has someone said earlier the cena revenge factor. They would let there top star/face go out like that without revenge.
3. The "fued" with Michael cole/the miz would had been totally wasted.
4. Why sign arguable the greatest in ring wrestler who happens to have a huge following and release him within less than a 6 months.
5. Lastly say what you will but something I've noticed but they gave him new ring attire. Let me explain, lately (at least 2 years) every new superstar thats received new attire has received a push in some way. For example mark henry new threads got pushed into the tag team scene with mvp, the miz new thread held multiple titles at once, big show new threads pushed to the sky in every which way. I could keep going, but its just something I've noticed over time.

If it is true regardless on whos decision it was danielson or the E it will probably go down has the dumbest move in the last decade imo, what do you guys/girl think?

Btw 31 pages in 14 hours wow just wow

 

[Mr. Truth]

UPDATE: Further info on Triple H involvement with Danielson release
Saturday, June 12th, 2010

We can now confirm that our earlier info on Triple H being responsible for the firing of Bryan Danielson is indeed correct. Our source tells us that while watching Justin Roberts being choked by his own tie Triple H’s children became frightened and burst into tears.

Despite the incident being planned as part of the NXT rookie invasion, the sight of his children’s tears drove Triple H to action. The next day, Triple H confronted Danielson during the Smackdown! tapings and the two had to be torn away from each other. Triple H put a stop to another invasion that was planned for SD for fear of further scaring his kids and them having sleepless nights which would “ruin his weekend” in the words of our source. Triple H then told our source that he wanted Danielson out of the company as soon as possible and convinced Vince to finally terminate his contract.

Upon being told of his release Danielson stormed out of the building in a rage and spat on Eve Torres who had the misfortune of being near Danielson when he began to rage. The general locker room feeling is that Bryan’s firing was brought about solely from Triple H. Vince was reportedly disappointed that he had to release Bryan due to his involvement with such a large angle and this release has scuppered a lot of Creative’s plans.

Much of this doesn't add up to me. We all know Trips loves power, but this just seems out of character to him. He knows he's going to be running the business sometime, and he usually tries to do what's best for the business. If he was watching it with his children and they did start to cry, I don't think he would go get Danielson fired. Especially if Vince didn't really want to do it. What makes even less sense is Danielson spitting in Eve's face. He's supposedly a class act and wouldn't stoop to spitting in someone's face (unless it's part of a work ala Cena). It just smells too fishy for it to be real, and that false information is being fed to the internet to get us IWC in a fit.