Daniel Bryan HOW IN THE HELL

[prowrestling4ever]

I haven't been watching the weeklies thoroughly enough for the past 4 months. I just managed to get little snippets of them, just the main events and main segments.

I realized Bryan was in Team Hell No and that his Yes chants got over... But something doesn't add up. How it the blue hell did Bryan get so over that he PINNED JOHN CENA CLEAN in the main event of Summerslam?

TO me it's like all the casual fans woke up and found out about workrate. It can't be just because of the yes chants. There's been many over chants but the wrestler associated with them usually didn't reach Bryan's level. The Raw after MITB I was in amazement, and thinking this will be a throwaway match.

Did anyone watch the development of Bryan's overness for the past few months? It's all a shock to me.

Anyway, I am so HAPPY that THE AMERICAN DRAGON has cemented his legacy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spearmint*]

Don't forget he was World Heavyweight Champion for 105 days in 2012, I know the 18 seconds thing kind of paints a dark picture on his reign but he was an effectively over heel champion.

That said I think you can pin'point this sudden rise in "casual fans" (for lack of a better term) noticing Bryan's workrate back to TLC against the Shield and then later on his matches with Rollins on Raw, plus with Kane in the tag team Bryan got to demonstrate that incredible comeback/hot tag sequence - you know with the whole "run in - clear house - yes yes - drop kick in the corner - yes yes - another drop kick in the corner" - which really got the crowd into him.

Plus obvioulsy YES YES YES has just been a fantastic help for Bryan.

[prowrestling4ever]

Aug 19, 2013 11:46:01 GMT -5 Spearmint* said:

Don't forget he was World Heavyweight Champion for 105 days in 2012, I know the 18 seconds thing kind of paints a dark picture on his reign but he was an effectively over heel champion.

That said I think you can pin'point this sudden rise in "casual fans" (for lack of a better term) noticing Bryan's workrate back to TLC against the Shield and then later on his matches with Rollins on Raw, plus with Kane in the tag team Bryan got to demonstrate that incredible comeback/hot tag sequence - you know with the whole "run in - clear house - yes yes - drop kick in the corner - yes yes - another drop kick in the corner" - which really got the crowd into him.

Plus obvioulsy YES YES YES has just been a fantastic help for Bryan.

I guess in the back of my mind I was pessimistic about his whole career but now there's no question where he's at.

[muzzle]

I actually honestly think it was his such consistency in having great matches that got him over. Every match he has everyone up on their feet and naturally it translated to normal promos and whatever.

[Dave the Dave]

Those tag matches against the red hot Shield made people take notice quick. He was on a different planet in those matches.

[prowrestling4ever]

I mean along with guys like Ambrose and Rollins(loved him in ROH) and Punk also being a main star this is so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Aug 19, 2013 11:55:48 GMT -5 Dave the Dave said:

Those tag matches against the red hot Shield made people take notice quick. He was on a different planet in those matches.

I feel like that moment he went full tilt and took out The Shield in that one crazy sequence, was the moment that send him on this path to Summerslam. The other huge moment was beating Orton clean on Raw.

[Old Jack Burton]

When he wrestled Ryback there was a moment when he stood on the ramp and sort of gathered his energy, then he switched from the NO! NO! NO! to YES! as he came to the ring. I feel that was the final bit of him turning 100% face.

[rybackrulez]

He was beig built since last year

Guy has been way over for a long time

[zeez]

People came for the NO! and YES! and they stayed for the fun, entertaining character and great in-ring performances. Plus, he's not John Cena.

[Sicho100]

Aside from the general "he's awesome" answer, Bryan's also incredibly different from everyone else on the roster. Appearance-wise, while we all groan every time the announcers refer to him in some way as a goat, he isn't the generic clean-shaven guy. In terms of moves, so many people on the roster are interchangeable. Bryan, although he has his spots that he hits in every match (the suicide dive, the knee off the apron, his whole comeback sequence from the backflip off the turnbuckle on), pretty much no one else uses those moves (with the small exception of the suicide dive). Essentially, the guys in a normal WWE match don't matter, it would be the same if it's Christian against Alberto Del Rio or Wade Barrett against The Miz (allowing small differences for the individual wrestlers' styles). Bryan's matches are completely unique in the WWE, so people - both hardcore and casual fans - notice him.

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With how the audience is splintered, and there's just not that many characters that appeal to all demos, one common denominator for wrestling fans is an exciting wrestling match. And this year, Bryan's had a lot of those, to a greater to degree than his extremely talented co-workers.

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Aug 19, 2013 12:51:34 GMT -5 @ricrocket said:

Aug 19, 2013 11:55:48 GMT -5 Dave the Dave said:

Those tag matches against the red hot Shield made people take notice quick. He was on a different planet in those matches.

I feel like that moment he went full tilt and took out The Shield in that one crazy sequence, was the moment that send him on this path to Summerslam. The other huge moment was beating Orton clean on Raw.

I agree. He had a series of matches with Kane/Orton against the Shield that all culminated with Bryan wreaking havoc all over the place. Its not really about work rate, but Bryan KNOWS how to get the crowd going - I think being in the tag division (which WWE doesn't really seem to care about or micromanage) have him so freedom to show that off.