What Happens To Daniel Bryan If/When He Loses The World Heavyweight Championship?

[Crypt Keeper]

This has been a recurring question popping up in my head. What I would like to know is what do you think is going to happen to Bryan after he loses the title? Do you think he'll be a main stay in the main event and continue to fight for the world titles, or will he revert back to the mid card? I honestly hope he stays in the main event because his work as a heel has been outstanding. Maybe he'll take Miz on his offer and they will form a power duo similar to the Two Man Power Trip and take over the WWE. Who knows? What do you think?

 

[Mark Gallows]

He'll go right back to the mid-card, just like Swagger did, just like Sheamus did. They hot-shotted him to the belt, he still hasn't been properly established on TV, what's he done? What's he about? To most fans he was a no-body before he went on NXT (I'm not one of those people btw) and his run has done nothing to draw those fans in, most still remember him as "that vegan guy Cole buried for a year". IMO losing the belt could be good for him, I'd have no problem with him dropping back a little and getting rebuilt for 6 months, he needs a couple big angles to really get him going.

There's no reason on god's green earth he should carry The Miz, that would've been like teaming The Rock with Billy Gunn during Billy's "Billy and Chuck" run, infact, it'd be worse, atleast Gunn could go in the ring.

Why can't they just book guys right

 

[DeathClutch]

Main event, circulate him around maybe feud with someone over on RAW and build up a feud with Punk, perferably not over the belt just yet, let some of their past history start the feud and if it takes off in a huge way then add the belt to the feud, if it doesn't then don't add the belt.

 

[R.K.O]

I sometimes wonder about this too, especially when Daniel Bryan's character now is all about being the World Champion. From his yes! yes! yes! to his ego were all because of the Championship. I think his character could go in two directions.

Firstly, they can have him continue to be the current ego character building on his Role Model character similar to what Punk did with Straightedge Society. Second, he can go The Miz path and start blaming everyone near him for his loss and turn into a more aggressive character.

In overall, I think Daniel Bryan at least belongs to the upper mid card level after he loses the title. Especially when they trust him to be the Champion going to one of the main events at Wrestlemania.

 

[SFC]

For me, the issue, as awful as it is, is that new true talent can be established on Smackdown. In order for one to get over with the audience, they have to be established on RAW.

RAW draws double the rating Smackdown does. If Bryan had been given this push on RAW it'd be a big difference due to more exposure. Now given, he still appears on RAW from time to time, but what prominence does it have on the show? Very little.

 

[MizMark11]

Regardless of what happens at Mania, Bryan will face Sheamus again at the following PPV(whether he walks into that PPV as champ or for a rematch). Bryan can still feud with maybe Randy Orton(that would be a good feud with good match). Hell, Bryan could even feud with Christian if Christian ever turns face(I don't really want him to).

The draft is at the end of April and that could change things. Maybe even have a CM Punk/Daniel Bryan feud. That would be amazing. I remember reports of WWE wanting to do a Cena vs Bryan feud and that would even be great. There's many places that WWE can go with Daniel Bryan and there's many opponents for him to face, so I'm not worried. They have invested in him and it has proven to be a good investment. Many people's favourite part of SD is Bryan's matches/segments so that shows something.

 

[rage72]

This has been a recurring question popping up in my head. What I would like to know is what do you think is going to happen to Bryan after he loses the title? Do you think he'll be a main stay in the main event and continue to fight for the world titles, or will he revert back to the mid card? I honestly hope he stays in the main event because his work as a heel has been outstanding. Maybe he'll take Miz on his offer and they will form a power duo similar to the Two Man Power Trip and take over the WWE. Who knows? What do you think?

He will most likely go back to mid-card/not chasing the title to start with. Maybe something with AJ and him blaming her for his loss. What the WWE seems to be doing is testing Super Stars in the main event spot to see how they do and how fans react. They did it with Sheamus and now people see him as a main eventer. They did it with Barrett when fueding with Cena and now he is on the verge of being huge. They did it with Orton year's ago when he won the title then lost and now he is a top guy. The new WWE formula is make them the champ and see how they do and see if they can stay there.

Think about all of the younger guys that won the title over the past few years and see how some have proved they can main event while others did not. You got The Miz, Jack Swagger, CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler, Daniel Bryan.

 

[PlayTheGameHHH]

I think the reason they put the belt on his ass in the first place was to test him, and he's passed. He will stay in the main event, if the idea was to drop him in the shit after his title reign, well, he wouldn't have had the belt this long.

Ending up in the mid-card is literally the worst thing that could happen to him at this point and I very much doubt that will happen. He's a main eventer now!

 

[Truly Phenomenonal]

Well obviously when he does lose his championship he will get a rematch or two. Now I'm going under the assumption that Bryan does lose at 'Mania, Bryan will get his rematch at Extreme Rules, and perhaps again at Over the Limit. But what does he do after Over the Limit? What feud is he involved in that will carry him into the summer? I can see him feuding with a top face, perhaps a Randy Orton... or maybe with the WWE Draft, Bryan could feud with someone that comes over from the draft.

There is a lot that Bryan can do, and like some people have mentioned, they could drop him down into the mid-card, now I would encourage the WWE not to do that, but if they do I wouldn't worry too much about it. Bryan will stand out in the mid-card and won't get lost in the shuffle.

Anyway, the way I see it is that Bryan has a bright future ahead of him, he carries himself well as a heel and the WWE is going to take full advantage of that.

 

[King Michéal]

Bryan gets drafted to Raw, and aligns himself with CM Punk, They are friends after all. Bryan gets himself established on the A show with a fued against Cena and goes over. Also Punk and Bryan claim the WWE Tag Team Championships. Tensions build, Bryan gets jealous of Punk, and costs Punk matches. At Summerslam Punk and Bryan defend the Tag Team belts and Bryan no shows, turns his back on Punk, and the 2 fued til Survivor Series.

 

[Jerichoholic8894]

I'm one of those people that doesn't see what everyone else does in Daniel Bryan. IMO It's a shame Miz is borderline jobber right now and this guy is WHC.

But, i'll put my biasness aside, and say he may stay in the Main Event, but I could see him being dropped to upper mid card like Sheamus was for a little while

 

[dman1373]

i don't see him losing for a while. He is doing a great job with the world title, and i just cant see him losing this fast. He is not an sheamus or a jack swagger, as he is well over, they weren't when they had the titles. He may have been in a slump before he won the title, but it seems that just added to how obnoxious his ego has gotten, which is good.


But to answer your question, i see him in a jericho type of spot. Where he floats between main event and upper midcard.

 

[slice_of_life]

Bryan has done such a tremendous job with his character. He is a heel unlike any other in the WWE right now. His calm, manipulative manner is unique to the WWE right now. Unfortunately I think he will drop off the face of the earth. Best case scenario: he has feuds with main-eventers like Orton and Cena, but he wont win any of those matches. He will job to them.

The WWE is booking heels horribly. There aren't any heels that win cleanly. They all have to cheat to win. It just diminishes the credibility of the wrestler as you know the face will always come out on top.

 

[Fansince1992]

The last Smackdown show he had major crowd reaction when he opened the show. Probably one of the biggest (heated) reactions on Smackdown for months. Hopefully WWE will have seen this and he can remain one of the top heels on the whole roster.

He Definatly has the ring skills. He reminds me a lot of Chris Benoit but without the aggression. I think he should retain the title at WM to keep his momentum going, as Sheamus is already established.

 

[Skinsley]

What I think will happen....or what I think should happen.

O.K. so DB will probably Win the Match at Mania. And if he does, he will most likely loose to the next challenger, Orton is usually the go to guy.
But anyway, DB will loose the title eventually. And when he does he will be in a Feud with whoever he looses it too....and will then feud with the next champion after that in a sort of tripple threat kinda routine.

After this he or Cm punk will have been Drafted to the opposing brand and will eventually Feud for the WWE or HW title. WWE know that this Match gets the Crowd and the TWATTERS going crazy and they have teased us enough with the false finishes and silly DQ's. So we and WWE know that there is a Payoff here.
If this match does indeed pay off like we hope....Daniel Bryan will continue drifting from Mid Card to Main event throughout the rest of this WWE career.

 

[Thompson]

The Miz asked on smackdown from Bryan that would he be his tag team partner in future..
Imagine this: The Miz & Daniel Bryan w/ Michael Cole as their manager. Can you imagine the heat they would get? their tag team name would be: AWESOME YES!

 

[ccotreau1]

The way I look at DB is that he was boring on the mic before the world title, partly because he never really had a chance (kinda Benoit-esque, with the talent in the ring but not a huge speaker), but since putting the strap on him, obviously he had the chance on the mic, and I feel that they should keep him in the ME for a while, let him build his mic skills more IMO

 

[RicSpade]

The question is more how will he be portrayed once he is stripped of the belt, if they keep up the ego trip expect him to stay in the main event picture only because the depth of the WWE heel roster especially on the smackdown side is severly lacking in power with the only exceptions being Cody Rhodes and Mark Henry with Barrett out with injury there isn't any major heels on the roster hence why you see so many talents shifted from RAW to Smackdown in the "supershow" format. Honestly if they turned him some point down the road I expect him to go mid-card because his skill set can definitely help fine tune guys to the main event... Of course you have to think thus far Daniel Bryan is the only man from NXT to come out on top, and had even surpassed all the winners. I guess its really which route you take with him, he could stay like a heel edge, or lose steam and be without a match next year like the Miz I guess we'll have to see

 

[The Big Gunnzbowski]

This has been a recurring question popping up in my head. What I would like to know is what do you think is going to happen to Bryan after he loses the title? Do you think he'll be a main stay in the main event and continue to fight for the world titles, or will he revert back to the mid card? I honestly hope he stays in the main event because his work as a heel has been outstanding. Maybe he'll take Miz on his offer and they will form a power duo similar to the Two Man Power Trip and take over the WWE. Who knows? What do you think?

Daniel Bryan will end up dropping off for awhile. He hasn't done anything of note during his "reign". As a champion, he is a coward, regardless of "storyline" purposes, it's only making him look weak, not innovative. He's going to fall to the bottom of the tier. Watch.

 

[3:16]

He'll go right back to being a mid-carder. I mean people don't really believe him as a champion what-so-ever or as a heel. Against people like Cena, Kane, Henry, Jericho, etc he would get eaten alive. It would be hard to believe that Bryan can beat any of these guys clean. The only way he would be believable as champ is if he loses it and starts from the bottom beating people of higher caliber cleanly

 

[justinsayne]

What will happen to D-Bry is likely to be the same thing that has happened the most other MITB winners, he'll drop off a bit for a few months, probably get another mid-card title reign & if WWE really thinks he's worth a shit then slowly work his way back up the ranks to ME level like Sheamus did.

 

[Skairipa Matrix]

Daniel Bryan will end up right back into the mid card honestly hes boring me latley with his promos its too much of a ripoff on cm punk when he was doing the SES on smackdown and i just dont find him all that exicting right now i see him ending up back in the mid card after extreme rules when he loses the rematch to sheamus

 

[The Dragon Saga]

Danielson won't lose to Sheamus at Wrestlemania. Don't see it happening because there has been too little build-up and the change of the belt would go relatively unnoticed. I could see them having a rematch at Extreme Rules and then Danny dropping the Championship. From there, much like others have said, he'll take a step back down into the upper-midcard, probably work with a few babyfaces considering he'll be coming out of this with a new found heel heat, work the programs and then make his way back into the main event picture.

I've loved Danielson's reign as World Heavyweight Champion. Not the biggest guy, not the greatest personality, but still the fact that Bryan Danielson is currently the World Heavyweight Champion of the WWE astounds me. He's cutting some good promos and drawing some good heat, he has beaten most if not everybodys expectations.

 

[Larry]

I think this is way too early to tell honestly. We don't actually know that he is going to lose the title at Mania or any time soon, we don't know what is going to happen with the draft, and we don't know how the WWE brass really feels about how he's done with the title which will probably play the biggest role in determining what happens to Daniel Bryan.

Still, we don't know who else might come or go from the draft either which could really shake things up. There's just so many unknown variables I don't think anyone can really get a good bead on what's actually going to happen. We can leave up to speculation but it will be for naught until after both WrestleMania and the draft.

 

[kidmetal24]

I think Daniel Bryan will be a transitional competitor. He will be mostly in the mid card but will be in main events. Bell to bell, Daniel is one of the better performers but his mic skills are not up to where he needs to be as a big time heel. My biggest complaint with Daniel is I don't think he was ready to be in the spot he is in. That spot and title reign should have been Wade Barrett's spot. D Bry got the chance do to internet kayfabe. We all got what we wanted (myself included) too soon.