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Post by bluemeii on May 14, 2014 12:26:41 GMT -5
If they find something not good in his surgery they need to strip him ASAP. If it looks like it's minor then nah let him keep it...
If they have to strip him then they immediately start a tourney on RAW/Smackdown...hell make it huge 32 man if you want. Have the semifinals and finals on the Payback ppv. To speed it up institute a 10 min time limit w/ a running clock on the titantron/screen. This could cut down on the 28 matches you'd have to have before the ppv with a few time limit draws eliminating 2 and giving someone a bye...might get a few feuds out of it. This would make RAW/SD must watch for the next 2 weeks and the whole show could be built around the tourney
Bryan can always jump back in when he gets back...this is how I'd go with it if he can't be back by money in the bank. This way there's a solid 2 months to build a champs feud for summerslam.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 14, 2014 12:44:55 GMT -5
I suggest a Schrodinger's Daniel Bryan situation. IS HE ALIVE OR IS HE DEAD?!
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 14, 2014 13:41:15 GMT -5
I suggest a Schrodinger's Daniel Bryan situation. IS HE ALIVE OR IS HE DEAD?! Man Kane really is in much better shape now.
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Post by king1836 on May 14, 2014 13:45:06 GMT -5
Would it be so terrible if Bryan defended the title at SummerSlam?
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2014 13:53:04 GMT -5
For both kayfabe and non-kayfabe reasons I think they have to strip him.
If he was a heel it wouldn't be so bad but his character as a babyface shouldn't accept being the champion and not being able to defend the title for the foreseeable future. It was really strange him saying that he doesn't know when he'll be back and that his career might be over but not actually addressing the title. Is he planning on sitting at home for months with the belts despite being unable to wrestle? I can't see Hulk Hogan, John Cena or Steve Austin ever doing that as babyfaces. Even Batista, one of the biggest douchebag faces ever, knew that it was the right thing to do to relinquish the title when he got injured and was out indefinitely. Bryan should vacate the belt (bonus points if he gets teary eyed while doing it) and vow to regain it as soon as he gets back.
And rightly or wrongly, if he's still champion, you know he's going to try and rush back as soon as humanly possibly. Every house show and pay-per-view that goes by without the WWE title being defended is just going to increase the pressure on him to get back quicker. Take that weight off his shoulders, put the title on a heel and let Bryan rest up until he's 100% then come back and have the big match to regain the title. No one cares about shows like Battleground. They might though if you give them a big tournament to crown a new WWE champion.
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Post by Urfarkendarf on May 14, 2014 14:35:06 GMT -5
He can make it to SummerSlam. Ric Flair was given a 2-month extension in 1989 by the NWA. Ronnie Garvin was also given one in 1987. Ultimate Warrior didn't defend the WWF Championship for most of September and October 1990. If these champions got a break, then Bryan deserves one too. everybody with reason for ric flair. says ric flair is so good with 16 times world champion but that does not count since half of them were wins against nobodies like ron garvin who i i never hear of until i look up who flair beat. who is ron garvin? name that sounds like mac loser. get lost.
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on May 14, 2014 14:36:03 GMT -5
If he can make it back by Money in the Bank, no need to strip him of the title. Any later than that, then yes, I'd strip him of the belt. At the very least, him having the belt taken away from him gives him a good chase storyline when he returns.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 14, 2014 15:03:55 GMT -5
I can't see Hulk Hogan, John Cena or Steve Austin ever doing that as babyfaces. Didn't Austin do exactly this in 1997?
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Post by Chuck Conry on May 14, 2014 15:49:49 GMT -5
This whole situation...
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Post by Savage Gambino on May 14, 2014 15:54:51 GMT -5
Would it be so terrible if Bryan defended the title at SummerSlam? I he isn't fully healed from a neck injury, yeah.
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Post by king1836 on May 14, 2014 15:57:37 GMT -5
Would it be so terrible if Bryan defended the title at SummerSlam? I he isn't fully healed from a neck injury, yeah. I believe he will be fully healed by SummerSlam.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on May 14, 2014 15:57:39 GMT -5
I can't see Hulk Hogan, John Cena or Steve Austin ever doing that as babyfaces. Didn't Austin do exactly this in 1997? In fairness, Austin was essentially forced to drop the title by management out of concern due to his neck injury, not because Stone Cold wanted to.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 14, 2014 15:59:26 GMT -5
Didn't Austin do exactly this in 1997? In fairness, Austin was essentially forced to drop the title by management out of concern due to his neck injury, not because Stone Cold wanted to. I was referring to him holding it while injured, not dropping it while injured. Didn't he keep it for a while until the severity of his injury became apparent?
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on May 14, 2014 16:05:56 GMT -5
I he isn't fully healed from a neck injury, yeah. I believe he will be fully healed by SummerSlam. Oh! Well. Since you're a doctor. I guess you're right.
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Post by 01010010 01101001 01100011 on May 14, 2014 16:20:49 GMT -5
In fairness, Austin was essentially forced to drop the title by management out of concern due to his neck injury, not because Stone Cold wanted to. I was referring to him holding it while injured, not dropping it while injured. Didn't he keep it for a while until the severity of his injury became apparent? According to Wiki, he won it Aug. 3 and was forced to vacate it Sept. 8. Owen won the finals of the tourney for it on Oct. 5. Austin returned to the ring and won the title off Owen for the second time on Nov. 9.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on May 14, 2014 17:19:34 GMT -5
Would it be so terrible if Bryan defended the title at SummerSlam? I he isn't fully healed from a neck injury, yeah. Can he just do all the offense and not take any bumps? Put him against a schmuck who can just eat Bryan's kicks for five minutes and tap to the YES! Lock to send the fans home happy?
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Post by RI Richmark on May 14, 2014 17:37:52 GMT -5
I he isn't fully healed from a neck injury, yeah. Can he just do all the offense and not take any bumps? Put him against a schmuck who can just eat Bryan's kicks for five minutes and tap to the YES! Lock to send the fans home happy? Yeah, because that's what the fans want to see for the main event title match on the second biggest PPV of the year, a 5 minute squash.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on May 14, 2014 17:59:28 GMT -5
I he isn't fully healed from a neck injury, yeah. Can he just do all the offense and not take any bumps? Put him against a schmuck who can just eat Bryan's kicks for five minutes and tap to the YES! Lock to send the fans home happy? How exciting. A squash match where the other guy gets no offense and Bryan just does kicks. Why even risk anything for something so lame? It's a NECK injury. f*** keeping the belt on him just so people feel that he's had a good long reign.
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Post by 01010010 01101001 01100011 on May 14, 2014 18:06:39 GMT -5
Hey, how about this, instead of talking about this like a group of 14 year old boys discussing the latest boy band, we act like mature adults instead? Discussing what could happen, what you want to happen and the past is fine but getting bent out of shape like some of you are is not.
The facts are simple, no one knows how long Bryan will be out until he is out of surgery and stitched up sometime tomorrow. WWE has been letting title holders with injuries get treatment and recover without vacating the titles for sometime now but we have not seen this happen since the title unification.
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Post by Jiren on May 14, 2014 18:21:43 GMT -5
IF it's a "worst case scenario" and he's back by Summerslam I'd strip him of the title and hold a Tournament and have the Final at Battleground.
Have Bray Wyatt win it and cause complete havoc (No one is safe from the Wyatts) till Bryan returns and stops him.
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