Yeah, because being like Benoit is sure to be a good thing...
Benoit's tragic end aside, I think you make a valid comparison, and here's what you're apparently not realizing- Benoit had to bust his ass for 20 years before he finally became a World champion, and only achieved that once, being quickly relegated back down the card as soon as his reign was over.
Now, look at Daniel Bryan... Daniel Bryan is perhaps close to as good in the ring as Benoit was. Daniel Bryan is also significantly shorter than Benoit. And significantly lighter than Benoit. And has a vastly inferior body and look to Benoit. And, astoundingly enough, is even less charismatic and with inferior mic skills to Benoit. So, to recap, Daniel Bryan is like the guy who strove 20 years to get a brief moment in the main event spotlight and then quickly step back, but worse in almost all areas... That about sums it up.
Oh, and in the entertainment business, "boring" absolutely means "bad"
Yes, being like Benoit is a great thing.
Saying Benoit only had, "one brief moment," to me is like admitting you either weren't watching during the WCW days or even the early WWE days. He had
one WWE title reign, not
one brief moment. Also,
he held the WCW Title because WCW really didn't want him to get away; they just waited way too late to show him that. Also,
Benoit busted his ass for 20 years just to get the WWE to recognize him. He was already a
cult icon from ECW by the time he got to WCW. Do you even know where he got the nickname, "The Crippler,"? WWE didn't like him for the same, "vanilla midget," logic that WCW had. Eddie, Jericho, Rey and plenty of others had to bust their asses for a long time to get recognized, too. Does that mean they weren't legitimate? Eddie only got one World Title reign, Jericho blew up despite the WWF letting him linger until the crowd made them notice (the night he beat HHH for the title,), not to mention he was wrestling Chyna for the Intercontinental Title, and, (I'm probably going to get so much heat for saying this,) Rey didn't get his title run until it was the sympathy story for Eddie. I'm sorry to say that, but I'm not saying whether or not Rey deserved it; I'm saying it's why the WWE pulled the trigger and did it.
Benoit has only been dead for four years, and it amazes me how people already seem to be forgetting how great he was.
TL;DR
1) Benoit had more than one world championship in his career;
2) Success in WWF isn't everything;
3) You can tell a story with in-ring action; mic skills don't break you.
Now, as for Daniel Bryan, you say DBD is significantly shorter than Benoit...
and Rey is significantly shorter than DBD. Since when does height have anything to do with anything? I get that he doesn't look 'roided up and sure, that'll sadly hurt his image, but Punk doesn't have that image either. I know Punk is much better than DBD as an overall performer, but image isn't everything. Despite not ever getting mic time and the knocks you give him for being small, DBD is still, obviously to a lot of people,
entertaining.
I honestly don't even think DBD is the savior of
pure wrestling like some people claim him to be, I just think he's a really good wrestler. But,
when people start acting like poor mic skills make you boring, I wanna ask, "why do you even watch the matches, then?" Seriously,
Daniel Bryan puts on entertaining matches, and is therefore entertaining. If you don't appreciate wrestling, then don't watch wrestling.