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Post by ben:friendship frog on Jan 24, 2014 20:57:43 GMT -5
From an interview with StraitsTimes.com
"As of now, I'm not in the 30-man Royal Rumble match, I'm trying to get involved in it. (WWE) COO Triple H doesn't want me anywhere in the Royal Rumble match."
Still a possibility he's in then and it's the next chapter in the Bryan/Punk vs Authority angle. Perhaps with Kane seemingly holding the key to the numbers he can get his old buddy in to stick it to Stephanie for making him apologise to CM Punk.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Jan 24, 2014 21:03:10 GMT -5
Nope he's just not in it. The sooner that people accept that Bryan isn't winning the Rumble on Sunday, the sooner they can either move on or keep complaining about it instead of coming up with reasons for why he wasn't announced yet
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Post by Sparkybob on Jan 24, 2014 21:05:04 GMT -5
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Post by BigJerichool222 on Jan 24, 2014 21:09:06 GMT -5
Triple H doesn't want me anywhere in the Royal Rumble match. There it is. That's his out; his kayfabe excuse as to why he's not in it. Now can everyone just drop it finally? All this desperate optimism is going to lead to nothing but a VERY salty and bitter forum community once the Rumble match is over. These WWE forums are supposed to be fun.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 24, 2014 21:10:56 GMT -5
Triple H doesn't want me anywhere in the Royal Rumble match. There it is. That's his out; his kayfabe excuse as to why he's not in it. Now can everyone just drop it finally? All this desperate optimism is going to lead to nothing but a VERY salty and bitter forum community once the Rumble match is over. These WWE forums are supposed to be fun. It's hard to have fun when the people we like aren't being used properly.
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Post by khali on Jan 24, 2014 21:12:40 GMT -5
If Bryan had said this on TV and they made a big deal out of it, then I'd believe he was going to be in. But they're not going to wait until some random interview a couple days before to start an angle like that.
Still not getting my hopes up.
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Post by "Cane Dewey" Johnson on Jan 24, 2014 21:12:47 GMT -5
Triple H doesn't want me anywhere in the Royal Rumble match. There it is. That's his out; his kayfabe excuse as to why he's not in it. Now can everyone just drop it finally? All this desperate optimism is going to lead to nothing but a VERY salty and bitter forum community once the Rumble match is over. These WWE forums are supposed to be fun. Wrestling is supposed to be fun too. And a lot of people are having fun watching Bryan tear it up in the ring and in his storylines in the hope that the angle that started during the summer, that Bryan is perceived by WWE brass as not being worthy to be WWE champion, finally pays off (for more than 24 hours). Not having Bryan in the Rumble to possibly win in it isn't as fun for those people.
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Jan 24, 2014 21:14:29 GMT -5
There it is. That's his out; his kayfabe excuse as to why he's not in it. Now can everyone just drop it finally? All this desperate optimism is going to lead to nothing but a VERY salty and bitter forum community once the Rumble match is over. These WWE forums are supposed to be fun. It's hard to have fun when the people we like aren't being used properly. It'll be plenty of fun when people chant DANIEL BRYAN and YES YES YES during the snoozefest Batista/Orton WM main event.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 21:16:07 GMT -5
...or maybe he just has a concussion, heh.
Don't you all think if he could be in it, he would be, and they'd say so?
Which PPV sells more, the rumble with Bryan in it or the one without Bryan?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 21:17:24 GMT -5
This all but confirms to me he is in it and will be #30.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 21:18:22 GMT -5
This all but confirms to me he is in it and will be #30. I'm pretty sure it still means WWE hasn't decided yet on his condition and will wait until gameday.
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Jan 24, 2014 21:19:29 GMT -5
Triple H doesn't want me anywhere in the Royal Rumble match. There it is. That's his out; his kayfabe excuse as to why he's not in it. Now can everyone just drop it finally? All this desperate optimism is going to lead to nothing but a VERY salty and bitter forum community once the Rumble match is over. These WWE forums are supposed to be fun. Then WWE should do what the vast majority of the fans want. It'll be 'fun' again when we find out that emotional investment in a character actually leads to productive result rather than whatever manufactured nonsense WWE wants to personally push and highlight in lieu.
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Post by Catchphrase! on Jan 24, 2014 21:20:14 GMT -5
Meh, I've decided to simply hope that he can keep his momentum going. If he does that, I'm sure he'll have his big moment somewhere down the line.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Jan 24, 2014 21:30:24 GMT -5
There it is. That's his out; his kayfabe excuse as to why he's not in it. Now can everyone just drop it finally? All this desperate optimism is going to lead to nothing but a VERY salty and bitter forum community once the Rumble match is over. These WWE forums are supposed to be fun. Then WWE should do what the vast majority of the fans want. It'll be 'fun' again when we find out that emotional investment in a character actually leads to productive result rather than whatever manufactured nonsense WWE wants to personally push and highlight in lieu. Right, so they should have Batista, the guy who got Raw to average over 5 million viewers in the first hour on Monday, win the Royal Rumble then is what you're saying
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Post by khali on Jan 24, 2014 21:32:07 GMT -5
Again I ask: why would anyone still think he's not recovered from the concussion and therefore won't be in the rumble? He's in a singles match on the show. They wouldn't be putting anyone still not recovered from a concussion in any sort of physical contact. End of story.
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Post by Capt Lunatic on Jan 24, 2014 21:42:25 GMT -5
There has not been one hint on WWE TV that Bryan would be in the Rumble. It has been said he's facing Bray Wyatt. Either they're going for a big surprise(in which case he HAS to win) or it's a matter of "Why would you think he's in? We never said that." Prob the latter.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 21:44:14 GMT -5
Again I ask: why would anyone still think he's not recovered from the concussion and therefore won't be in the rumble? He's in a singles match on the show. They wouldn't be putting anyone still not recovered from a concussion in any sort of physical contact. End of story. Because it's a Bray Wyatt match. A Daniel Bryan/Bray Wyatt match can easily be the most shenanigan filled match of all time with little/no wrestling/bump taking and lots of laying on the mat while his friends fake stomp on Bryan harmlessly before Cena saves his buddy or something. Not that that is necessarily what will happen, hell maybe he's fine.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jan 24, 2014 21:44:47 GMT -5
It is a kayfabe thing that says it is wait-and-see if Bryan is ready for the Rumble.
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Jan 24, 2014 21:44:48 GMT -5
Then WWE should do what the vast majority of the fans want. It'll be 'fun' again when we find out that emotional investment in a character actually leads to productive result rather than whatever manufactured nonsense WWE wants to personally push and highlight in lieu. Right, so you're saying they should have Batista, the guy who got Raw to average over 5 million viewers in the first hour on Monday, win the Royal Rumble then is what you're saying No, they can have Batista, the guy who got 5 million viewers in the first hour monday, have a huge marquee match with someone significant who means something more to business. You know, a WrestleMania quality match that's epic and original and actually wanted. Not a rehash of a dead stable that means nothing in 2014, with a heatless champion, and a title win that has the potential to not be well received unlike the proper alternative. Batista is already a star. WWE's job is to try and create new stars (like they did in 2005 with Batista) to replace guys like him when he inevitably breaks down or leaves. Batista getting Bryan's shot at Mania would be like Goldberg coming back and getting Batista's in 2005. It would have been clear that Goldberg was the bigger star at the time, but hindsight has shown that going with the organic flow and giving fans the payoff to their emotional effort + solid, strong, protected booking makes STARS. And it did. And does. WWE can have its cake and eat it too. That's the bottom line. Everyone can be used efficiently, correctly and satisfyingly without fear of backlash. By simply rearranging the card, Batista can have a bigger match that won't bomb and get shit on and actually mean something. (vs Lesnar, maybe?). And fans who so emotionally invested themselves in Bryan can get the proper payoff their passion and dedication deserves.
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Post by sdoyle7798 on Jan 24, 2014 21:47:30 GMT -5
Again I ask: why would anyone still think he's not recovered from the concussion and therefore won't be in the rumble? He's in a singles match on the show. They wouldn't be putting anyone still not recovered from a concussion in any sort of physical contact. End of story. Well, he may be recovered, but if they still want to be cautious with him, they may not want him pulling double duty. I'm fairly confident if he had not gotten hurt, he'd be in the Rumble as well as in the Wyatt match.
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