Bray Wyatt as Daniel Bryan's 1st title opponent

[Sephiroth]

I've proposed this alternate booking theory in other threads before, and I'd really like to get some feedback on it. Obviously, the outcome would have been no different-Daniel Bryan would still have had to take time out due to injuries and vacate the title. But nonetheless, for how long it lasted I still think Bray vs Bryan for the title would have been a far better program than what we got with Kane. My reasoning is as follows:

1. Their previous program hadn't really had the most definitive ending, and could have been used to play into Bray renewing his focus on DB
2. Rowan and Harper were being teased as chasing the tag belts, and Bray going after Bryan for the title would have helped play along with that and kept up the Wyatt Family's momentum, which leads to
3. It would have spared that momentum killing second match with Cena
4. When Bryan won the belt at WM, his feud with The Authority really should have been done as Triple H turned his focus to The Shield
and
5. I will take a Bray Wyatt rambling promo any day over those segments of Brie Bella as the damsel in distress

Agree or disagree?

[Push R Truth]

For reasons beyond my comprehension, Bray and Bryan just don't go together. It looks like they should, it really feels like they should play off eachother... but combine them and it's about as appetizing as a Tuna and Skittles sandwich.

[________ has left the building]

Why would Bray be a world title contender to Bryan if he lost his Wrestlemania match to Cena? Kane got the storyline nod because Bryan's Wrestlemania opponents were starting a feud with the Shield. Let's say Bray beat Cena at Mania and faced Bryan for the title. It would been almost the same angle with Kane minus the Authority helping Kane put Bryan down. Regular heel beatdowns on Bryan. Long promos while cradling him. Follow the Buzzards. Derp. They feud. Bryan wins it.


Though I wonder what the reaction would had been here because during that time, the board was in love with Bray and wanted him to win every feud.   

[Andy Martin]

No. No. No no no.


NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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Are you trying to kill us?

[bmfjules]

At the end of the day, I defy anyone to argue how Bray Wyatt, even coming off a Cena loss, would have been a worse choice than freakin KANE, who had just been part of a jobber tag team with the NAO that got squashed by the Shield at Mania.


Alternative timeline question: If in storyline Daniel is feuding with Bray (which of course ends the same with the injury to Bryan's shoulder) what would Cena have been doing in the months between Mania and Summerslam?

[The Yes Man]

Jan 6, 2015 8:52:33 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

Why would Bray be a world title contender to Bryan if he lost his Wrestlemania match to Cena? Kane got the storyline nod because Bryan's Wrestlemania opponents were starting a feud with the Shield. Let's say Bray beat Cena at Mania and faced Bryan for the title. It would been almost the same angle with Kane minus the Authority helping Kane put Bryan down. Regular heel beatdowns on Bryan. Long promos while cradling him. Follow the Buzzards. Derp. They feud. Bryan wins it.


Though I wonder what the reaction would had been here because during that time, the board was in love with Bray and wanted him to win every feud.   

Bray lost a competitive match to John Cena.
Kane lost in 30 seconds to The Shield.

I don't think it matters that Bray lost considering Kane

[________ has left the building]

Jan 6, 2015 10:28:58 GMT -5 The Yes Man said:

Jan 6, 2015 8:52:33 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

Why would Bray be a world title contender to Bryan if he lost his Wrestlemania match to Cena? Kane got the storyline nod because Bryan's Wrestlemania opponents were starting a feud with the Shield. Let's say Bray beat Cena at Mania and faced Bryan for the title. It would been almost the same angle with Kane minus the Authority helping Kane put Bryan down. Regular heel beatdowns on Bryan. Long promos while cradling him. Follow the Buzzards. Derp. They feud. Bryan wins it.


Though I wonder what the reaction would had been here because during that time, the board was in love with Bray and wanted him to win every feud.   

Bray lost a competitive match to John Cena.
Kane lost in 30 seconds to The Shield.

I don't think it matters that Bray lost considering Kane

Kane wasn't the one taking the pinfall in that match. And Kane was just a holdover feud until Evolution finished their feud with the Shield. Bryan got injured before he could move on and they added an extra match in the Shield vs Evolution feud due to Batista leaving sooner than expected.

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Jan 6, 2015 10:20:32 GMT -5 bmfjules said:

At the end of the day, I defy anyone to argue how Bray Wyatt, even coming off a Cena loss, would have been a worse choice than freakin KANE, who had just been part of a jobber tag team with the NAO that got squashed by the Shield at Mania.


Alternative timeline question: If in storyline Daniel is feuding with Bray (which of course ends the same with the injury to Bryan's shoulder) what would Cena have been doing in the months between Mania and Summerslam?

Well, Kane has had years of experience, he can be a solid worker when the time warrants, and he doesn't spend about 10 hours talking about absolutely nothing to an audience that doesn't give a shit.

[xCompackx]

Jan 6, 2015 10:20:32 GMT -5 bmfjules said:

At the end of the day, I defy anyone to argue how Bray Wyatt, even coming off a Cena loss, would have been a worse choice than freakin KANE, who had just been part of a jobber tag team with the NAO that got squashed by the Shield at Mania.


Alternative timeline question: If in storyline Daniel is feuding with Bray (which of course ends the same with the injury to Bryan's shoulder) what would Cena have been doing in the months between Mania and Summerslam?

The thing about Kane is that he never really loses credibility, even with the shitty storylines they sometimes put him in. All they'd have to do is have Kane chokeslam a random tag team and he's right back to being a credible monster. Bray Wyatt doesn't have that luxury, which is why he's fallen so hard since WrestleMania.

[bmfjules]

Jan 6, 2015 10:37:12 GMT -5 ManInGauze said:

Jan 6, 2015 10:20:32 GMT -5 bmfjules said:

At the end of the day, I defy anyone to argue how Bray Wyatt, even coming off a Cena loss, would have been a worse choice than freakin KANE, who had just been part of a jobber tag team with the NAO that got squashed by the Shield at Mania.


Alternative timeline question: If in storyline Daniel is feuding with Bray (which of course ends the same with the injury to Bryan's shoulder) what would Cena have been doing in the months between Mania and Summerslam?

Well, Kane has had years of experience, he can be a solid worker when the time warrants, and he doesn't spend about 10 hours talking about absolutely nothing to an audience that doesn't give a shit.

I like Kane as a wrestler/person etc as well.... but from a booking standpoint his character has been murdered many times over (the most important of which being the PPV right before his TITLE SHOT) to the point where he should be nowhere near any world title program.

I agree with your critiques of Bray right now, but IMO, his circular babbling really did not start getting glaringly obvious until midway the pointless Jericho feud.... and now with the equally pointless Ambrose feud.

When you are booked in a holding pattern, the promos are almost bound to follow suit I guess.

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Bryan vs. Bray was a great match at the Rumble. Better than any match with Kane will ever be again.

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Jan 6, 2015 10:44:53 GMT -5 bmfjules said:

Jan 6, 2015 10:37:12 GMT -5 ManInGauze said:

Well, Kane has had years of experience, he can be a solid worker when the time warrants, and he doesn't spend about 10 hours talking about absolutely nothing to an audience that doesn't give a shit.

I like Kane as a wrestler/person etc as well.... but from a booking standpoint his character has been murdered many times over (the most important of which being the PPV right before his TITLE SHOT) to the point where he should be nowhere near any world title program.

I agree with your critiques of Bray right now, but IMO, his circular babbling really did not start getting glaringly obvious until midway the pointless Jericho feud.... and now with the equally pointless Ambrose feud.

When you are booked in a holding pattern, the promos are almost bound to follow suit I guess.

The thing is is that EVERYONE was praising Bray's promos way back when because he apparently writes his own shit. If this is the case now, he'd be better off letting the lamebrain writers do that for him because GOD it's awful.