Daniel Bryan Released *GIVE OPINIONS*

[AttitudeEra2.0]

If this is a work then WWE well done i havent been fooled by you in almost 10 years when i still thought wrestling was real when i was 10 years old..If this is legit i am so disappointed and it ruins the nXT angle. I'll watch raw to see if its legit or not and if it is then it will probably be the last raw i watch for a very long time...sidenote: Why is Bryan's wwe profile still on wwe.com???

 

[oldschool123]

I really don't think it is a work. In the angle the NXT rookies and WWE parted ways as soon as the rookies were eliminated from NXT so putting out a fake press release to release Daniel Bryan would be redundant. Maybe I'm wrong and if so bravo WWE!

I think we will pretty much find out on Monday by how they handle it. If they don't mention him being released it is probably legit(like how they haven't mentioned Carlito) but if they mention him being released it's more than likely a work.

 

[airvar]

So after cutting a giant promo Trashing WWE for there backstage politics and lack of putting over already established talent , WWE basically confirms everything in said promo by letting Bryan Dainelson get canned because a corprate "higher up" wanted him gone?

This whole mess just does not make any sense from any point of view other than it being a work.

 

[Krobra]

This has to be a work. As legitimate as the release looks (I just looked up the official release on WWE.com), it just has to be fake.

After what happened on Raw, it'd make sense for the WWE to release some or all of those involved excluding Barrett, who probably has some form of immunity thanks to his NXT win. Remember, NXT is reality-based so it wouldn't surprise me if the WWE posted an official release to make it look legitimate and to fuck with the IWC. We could see the other rookies get released in the coming days, unless Bryan is made to be the scapegoat or something. Bryan could be gone for a few weeks, come back under his real name, and go from there.

However, if it IS real, then FUCK. The only reason for this is that Danielson pissed someone off backstage or something as I highly doubt he'd fail a drug test.

What scares me is that a big reason that this could be real is that, kayfabe, Danielson was never actually employed. He was eliminated from NXT and thus didn't have a contract from the company. From a storyline perspective, it'd make no sense to release a guy who technically never had a contract to begin with. I know the WWE doesn't always apply logic to their storylines, but you never know.

I don't know what to think. Right now, we're at the mercy of the WWE. If this is fake, they're doing a damn good job of making it seem real. They've got us by the balls and we're just going to have to wait in fear and anticipation to see if it is or not. I just hope it isn't.

You have to remember, Daniel is with FCW, which is the WWE training ground for future stars. WWE hires them and then sends them to FCW for training, etc. I don't think this is a work, it doesn't make sense. It was reported that choking the guy with the tie, I forget the name, was in bad taste and decided to release him.

 

[American Steamboat]

I'm not entirely sure what to make of this situation, but as far as the choking Justin Roberts thing why wouldn't they edit it out of the replay they showed of the NXT invasion if it was such a big deal?

 

[Deexter Jorgan]

credit wrestlezone.com

There are some who still feel Daniel Bryan's release is not a legitimate release, or is at least a move made to further the NXT angle and give it more credibility as a real life situation. Depending on which reports you believe, that is not the case and Bryan has seen his final days with WWE.

well there you have it folks, it seems like Danielson has seen the last of the WWE for now, and I think i may have seen my last days with the WWE also due to the fact that if the NXT angle bombs on Raw next week I will be glad to stop watching Raw altogether.

He was a model employee, a great guy and didnt deserve this, the fact that the WWE mistreated him like this is horrendous, they need to get a reality check and stop misusing people who could be the WWE's next breakout star.

 

[sTyLnK]

Help me out on this because I don't know, but when was the last time the WWE posted that a wrestler had been let go and wasn't? I'm not talking about where they fired someone on "tv" and put up that they were released. I'm talking about exactly what we are all seeing now. Just out of the blue where a guy was released, but wasn't.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

I think I've read a few posts saying that, aside from being an elaborate work, this could potentially be an attempt on Vince McMahon's part to get fans to not pay as much attention to the surprise Dixie Carter has been teasing at Slammiversary tomorrow night. Well, if that's true, I've honestly got to say that it's worked. I don't give a shit about Slammiversary right now or anything that's supposed to take place at it.

I do very much hope its a work, otherwise the WWE is going to be hounded and criticized within an inch of its life from all directions and deservedly so. In recent months, the WWE has been making more use of the internet and simply paying more attention to what internet fans are saying. They kept incorporating that into Michael Cole's comments about Danielson during the first season of NXT as internet fans and indy fans are the ones that really know how good he is. So, I think that it is possible that this is a work and I know it's what pretty much everyone here is hoping. You also have to consider that this is potentially the WWE working the net fans since something like this is definitely going to have us glued to Raw Monday night. If it is a work, I have to take my hat off, if I wore one, to the WWE. This thread in and of itself has become a forum section. If it's legit, then let the criticism begin because they've got it coming.

 

[The People's Peep]

For a while, I have been back and forth on this. At first I thought it was a work, then I started thinking it was legit. But with the recent report with HHH and now Michael Cole's twitter, I am 95% positive that this is a work.

With the HHH report, it just seems so fake. There is absolutely no way that someone would be fired just because HHH doesnt want to deal with crying children. And then Danielson goes on a rage and spits on the lovely Eve Torres? Danielson is known as one of the most professional guys in the company. He's the Derek Jeter of wrestling. There is no way that he would do something like that.

Now Cole has a twitter for all his Cole-miners. He has spent the last few hours trashing Danielson. If he wasnt with the company, Cole wouldnt be giving him any mention. His twitter account is just a way to further this NXT angle and make it more connected to the internet. It has to be a work.

 

[sycro]

Ok this is convincing me that this is all a work. Michael Cole does not have real life issues with Bryan Danielson, only storyline problems with Daniel Bryan, and if im wrong please let me know.

Why would WWE let Cole create a twitter page when all he has done on that page so far is trash Bryan. It seems as if there are multiple comments each hour. HOW OFTEN is there any mention of a fired superstar after the fact, especially to this extent.

When Mickie James was fired, did Michelle McCool have a twitter where she mentioned anything about "Piggy James this and she sucks"?..No. This has to be a work. I was completely convinced this was legit until i saw Cole's twitter.

You do realize that anybody can create a Twitter account with just about any name they want? There's no way, real or storyline, that they would allow Michael Cole to setup an account to simply bash on a wrestler.

 

[VLR]

A) Why is Bryan's WWE profile still on wwe.com.
B) 'Cole's' Twitter isn't the WWE Universe twitter template.
C) Isn't Hunter on a film set?
D) His kids are a bit young, no?
E) Wouldn't SMH warn or inform him of the angle?

 

[Legacy Reborn]

Michael Cole just finished his last tweet by stating this...

Gotta go head off now. The winds of change are calling me! See you all later.

Hmmmmmmm... Just to be plain on this, this tweet got me interested...I believed at first that the firing was legit, but now i'm leaning toward it being more on the storyline perspective.

Seems the rumors that Michael Cole is behind the NXT invasion might be true according to the storylines...comments?

 

[XXbrandonXX]

From reading the 32 pages of this, and thinking more and more about it, I am becoming more and more sad as this progresses on. If this is a work, this is by far one of the most stupidest descions ever made by the WWE, and this will bite them in the ass for it in the future. I still think this is a work, but just reality comes to mind and I realize that this proably isnt. I don't think the choking Justin Roberts with the tie got him fired. I think that when he yelled at John Cena and told him he was not better thatn him, and spit in his face, I think that pissed someone off in the back, or pissed John Cena off and they went to Vinnie and cried about it and got him fired. But I can only hope that he wasn't fired, because he was one of the few wrestlers that actually can wrestle.

 

[Ferbian]

A) Why is Bryan's WWE profile still on wwe.com.

I believe it's been removed by now, not sure although, heard someone mention it although.

B) 'Cole's' Twitter isn't the WWE Universe twitter template.

We know that.

C) Isn't Hunter on a film set?

I don't think so, I believe the movie may have been made, either way Triple H has an access to a phone, wouldn't he just be able to call Vince then?

D) His kids are a bit young, no?

Young kids could still be watching WWE, there's really no age limit I would guess, and I guess it's a way of socializing with his family even more because it is after all a wrestling family.

E) Wouldn't SMH warn or inform him of the angle?

Don't think so, Shawn might very well have connections to WWE still, but he could very well not, the fact is that supposedly nobody except the people involved really knew about the invasion part.

And secondly I don't believe that words are spread to people around the whole damn locker room for releasing a wrestler, and even if it were, I don't think that Shawn would've known anything about it due to him actually being retired.

 

[MB1025]

Michael Cole just finished his last tweet by stating this...

Gotta go head off now. The winds of change are calling me! See you all later.

Hmmmmmmm... Just to be plain on this, this tweet got me interested...I believed at first that the firing was legit, but now i'm leaning toward it being more on the storyline perspective.

Seems the rumors that Michael Cole is behind the NXT invasion might be true according to the storylines...comments?

Why does everyone believe it is a wrk just because of Michael Cole. They have taken shots at other fired wrestlers in the past and could this just not be a case of Michael Cole continuing his story line of being a heel. You would think since Bryan Danielson went against management and made some people made he wouldn't be on good terms with WWE. Bret Hart and Jeff hardy have both been attacked by the WWE on live TV.

 

[theHeadliner]

If they mention anything about it on Monday or in near future TV broadcasts, then its a work. The tie-choke thing came even before he spit on Cena's face and kicked him, so that would be even more over the line for Bryan if there was legit heat on him, first for choking and then for spitting on the NUMBER ONE guy and champ of the company. Usually there are reports of heat backstage in situations like this before the firing, since its not wellness/drug test related since he spit on Cena after the choking/shirt ripping.

 

[dansaint]

SMH is Stephanie McMahon Helmsley...his wife...

I don't think he was referring to Shawn Michaels there.

But according to Ring of Honor's Tweet...Claudio has a blog about the Bryan Danielson firing and feels it to be legit. http://twitter.com/ROHonHDNet

 

[VLR]

I don't think so, I believe the movie may have been made, either way Triple H has an access to a phone, wouldn't he just be able to call Vince then?

The report mentioned a shoot altercation between Danielson and The Game at the Smackdown taping, followed by Danielson spiiting on Eve Torres.

Don't think so, Shawn might very well have connections to WWE still, but he could very well not, the fact is that supposedly nobody except the people involved really knew about the invasion part.

And secondly I don't believe that words are spread to people around the whole damn locker room for releasing a wrestler, and even if it were, I don't think that Shawn would've known anything about it due to him actually being retired.

I meant Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.

 

[XXJJ]

From reading the 32 pages of this, and thinking more and more about it, I am becoming more and more sad as this progresses on. If this is a work, this is by far one of the most stupidest descions ever made by the WWE, and this will bite them in the ass for it in the future. I still think this is a work, but just reality comes to mind and I realize that this proably isnt. I don't think the choking Justin Roberts with the tie got him fired. I think that when he yelled at John Cena and told him he was not better thatn him, and spit in his face, I think that pissed someone off in the back, or pissed John Cena off and they went to Vinnie and cried about it and got him fired. But I can only hope that he wasn't fired, because he was one of the few wrestlers that actually can wrestle.

I cant imagine him choking Roberts got him fired. They did cut that part off though when they replayed it on Tuesday on NXT. Triple H runs around with a sledge hammer. That would be a little silly to fire him for that.

Your right I did see him spit in Cena's face that could of been the real reason if he did get fired.

 

[Remix]

I believe it's been removed by now, not sure although, heard someone mention it although.

It's still up and linked to in the article/

We know that.

making the chances of its legitimacy go down.

I don't think so, I believe the movie may have been made, either way Triple H has an access to a phone, wouldn't he just be able to call Vince then?

He was allegedly confronting the fucker. Which rules out the phone. And as far as I know, it's still being filmed and that's part of the reason he's taking time off.

Young kids could still be watching WWE, there's really no age limit I would guess, and I guess it's a way of socializing with his family even more because it is after all a wrestling family.

The oldest one is 4. How many 4 yearolds do you know that stay up 'till 11?

Don't think so, Shawn might very well have connections to WWE still, but he could very well not, the fact is that supposedly nobody except the people involved really knew about the invasion part.

And secondly I don't believe that words are spread to people around the whole damn locker room for releasing a wrestler, and even if it were, I don't think that Shawn would've known anything about it due to him actually being retired.

He's reffering to his wife. Stephanie McMahon Helmsley, the head of creative. Who would know what was going to happen, on account of having creative input.

 

[Ferbian]

The report mentioned a shoot altercation between Danielson and The Game at the Smackdown taping, followed by Danielson spiiting on Eve Torres.

My bad, I overlooked that, but as I said, the movie could very well already have been taped, besides I don't believe that there's anybody being on a movie set 24 / 7 after all, so he could very well have been backstage during that altercation.

I meant Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.

I see, thought "Shawn Michael Hickenbottom" due to the fact that Stephanie McMahon is called Stephanie McMahon-Levesque as in Triple H being Paul Levesque.

Edit:

It's still up and linked to in the article/

Very good question then, I don't know really, could be moving to the Alumni pages sooner or later.

making the chances of its legitimacy go down.

Perhaps, but there's still the chance really, just saying we know that Michael Cole's twitter isn't the WWE Universe template.

He was allegedly confronting the fucker. Which rules out the phone. And as far as I know, it's still being filmed and that's part of the reason he's taking time off.

True, and also due to nagging injuries, but as I said just above, I missed out on that part, and the fact is that not everybody is at a movie shooting 7 days a week, he could very well have been present backstage, but we won't know.

The oldest one is 4. How many 4 yearolds do you know that stay up 'till 11?

Again, we don't know, Triple H might have his ways of raising his children, for all I know the kids could've gotten out of bed.

He's reffering to his wife. Stephanie McMahon Helmsley, the head of creative. Who would know what was going to happen, on account of having creative input.

Yep I realized that much, but even from that stand point WWE and Stephanie McMahon could've been perfectly fine with the invasion, as reports were said they were, Triple H not being too fine with it could be a whole other thing that could've swerved Vince easily, we've seen it happen before.

 

[Legacy Reborn]

Why does everyone believe it is a wrk just because of Michael Cole. They have taken shots at other fired wrestlers in the past and could this just not be a case of Michael Cole continuing his story line of being a heel. You would think since Bryan Danielson went against management and made some people made he wouldn't be on good terms with WWE. Bret Hart and Jeff hardy have both been attacked by the WWE on live TV.

I don't believe it to be a work because of Michael Cole. I still believe it to be legit, but the actions of the tweets seem to add more to the storyline, that's what I'm saying. I'm saying that there's a possibility that this is a work now that I've been reading this. WWE is playing their cards very well on this angle, so we'll just have to wait and see what happens in the near future on RAW.

 

[AshleyFTW]

Michael Cole just finished his last tweet by stating this...

Gotta go head off now. The winds of change are calling me! See you all later.

Hmmmmmmm... Just to be plain on this, this tweet got me interested...I believed at first that the firing was legit, but now i'm leaning toward it being more on the storyline perspective.

Seems the rumors that Michael Cole is behind the NXT invasion might be true according to the storylines...comments?

I doubt the Twitter account is real... as we know, anyone can make a Twitter account and WWE have no say in who uses "wwe" as part of their name on a site they have no control over. This tweet for example "No one from NXT season 1 will be signed in WWE! They all lost, they are just bitter losers" considering the tweet was about an hour ago.

Also, absolutely no one associated with WWE is following him.


Another thing... the people saying about its not being reported on WWE corporate, and Carlito's was. Carlito's was a wellness issue, which is why its on corporate too (with all the other wellness information) notice Kennedy's release isn't on there?

 

[DirtyJosé]

People, settle the fuck down already.

His profile is still up at WWE.com. If you aren't sure about it, look for yourself before claiming it isn't there anymore.

The Michael Cole Twitter account is fake, as are the reports that Bryan was fired because he would have ruined HHH's weekend. Michael Cole has never plugged his own twitter account before, and the main WWE site would have links to it if it were official. Also, the HHH/spitting on Eve rumor is false. If Bryan was fired at tapings on Tuesday, why was he in the main event at a FCW show the next day?

There is still doubt as to whether this is a work or not, but much of it is propagated by bullshit rumors and the people who misquote them. Don't believe everything you read right away; do some research of your own. It's not terribly hard to Google something.

 

[MB1025]

I don't believe it to be a work because of Michael Cole. I still believe it to be legit, but the actions of the tweets seem to add more to the storyline, that's what I'm saying. I'm saying that there's a possibility that this is a work now that I've been reading this. WWE is playing their cards very well on this angle, so we'll just have to wait and see what happens in the near future on RAW.

The angle is to hot to drop right now. They just make Barrett the lead guy. They already put to much into this to not keep Cole a heel and bash Danielson. What would people think if Cole never says a word about him being fired after after thing they went through. It would ruin Cole and his future in this storyline. IMO the longer this drags out the more damage they are going to do. If it is legit they just whipped away everything they did with the angle turned all the buzz to a guy not in the company anymore. Makes zero sense.