Triple H’s New Corporation Must Result In Bryan Recapturing Gold Hello Wrestling fans, thanks for bearing with us as we are working on expanding our website and pretty large plans for our Wrestling future. I couldn’t let you go any longer without a little insight, and I couldn’t go any longer without talking to all of you again. Big things are happening in WWE right now. There has been a new energy, excitement, and overall vibe since John Cena’s loss at SummerSlam. A new face of the franchise has exploded onto the scene, and oh ya, The Corporation is back. The players have changed, but the characters are all the same. Triple H is Vince; the evil boss who wants to keep the fans favorite wrestler down and will stop at nothing to make sure he never achieves his dream. Vince is Shane McMahon. The evil boss needs family by his side who may not always see eye to eye with him, but is there for loyalty, unity, and the love of power. Stephanie is Patterson & Brisco. At one time relevant, likeable, and added to the show. Now sort of an annoying, stoogey kiss ass. The Shield are Test, Shamrock, & The Big Boss Man. The Muscle. 3 Wrestlers talented enough for solo careers, but work well as an intimidating unit. Randy Orton is The Rock. The look, the promo skills, the smooth in-ring talent that can work with a variety of other wrestlers. The Heel Champion. The Anti-Hero. And YES – I am implying that in 2013 WWE, Daniel Bryan is Stone Cold Steve Austin. At least for the purpose of this developing new era. Oh, and right now Big Show is Chyna. She wound up joining, as I expect Show to, & lately I can’t tell if he’s a man or a woman either. Ok, back to business. Business is Triple H’s new mantra. What’s best for business, or at least what he deems best, is his biggest priority. To Hunter, Daniel Bryan is a problem for business that he is nipping in the bud before it gets any further out of control. In his eyes, Randy Orton is the future and present of WWE, and the man who was born to be the face of this company. He is everything Daniel Bryan is not, and Triple H will do anything in his growing power to give the fans what he thinks is best, not what they have been screaming for since Wrestlemania. Is this semi-recycled from 1998? Yes, it undeniably is. Does it have the potential to usher in a new era in WWE, and completely shake up a Wrestling product that quite frankly was growing stale? Yes. It undeniably does. Randy Orton has always been a better heel than face in the eyes of most Wrestling fans. His look, his intensity, and especially his in-ring storytelling all get taken up several noticeable notches when he’s the villain. Randy Orton as a face feels lost, and appears to be stretching beyond his comfort to appear as ‘the good guy.’ Remember the rivalry he had with Hunter just a few years ago? He seemed cold, devious, and twisted. Bringing Stephanie in added a lot, and when he kissed her unconscious body in front of Triple H, that was a very chilling heel moment. On the flip side, remember when he was teaming with Hell No, seemingly only because he was a face without a rival at the time? It was a boring, uneventful stretch for Orton fans, and quite frankly – even Randy looked bored. Daniel Bryan has excelled as the new face of WWE beyond what even the hardest core beard fans hoped for. There was a great deal of fear that his momentum would slow after being beaten by Randy only minutes after living his dream. The fans had spent almost a year exploding with YES chants to support their hero. They gave so much energy, love, and passion rallying behind the former indy star. Would they feel deflated after all that energy only resulted in a 5 minute title reign? Would they give up believing that their presence on social media mattered? That what the man they wanted to represent them never would, and it’s simply too exhausting to keep fighting the Corporate WWE machine? No. No. No. If anything, the Feared Beard has only gained more momentum since his epic screwing at the hands of Orton & Hunter. Hardcore Bryan fans proved they were never going anywhere, and the WWE fans still explode when they hear his music hit. He has earned greater respect as an in-ring artist who is willing to follow the company line, even when the story calls for him to be screwed. For a large portion of fans, he is the man who defeated John Cena & took his belt, and that alone was always going to earn Daniel a place in their hearts. As a performer, he hasn’t missed a step. His in-ring Wrestling skills are as sharp as ever. His intensity is through the roof, and implementing the running knee strike that vanquished Cena at Slam has added even more to his large move set. His promo skills have always been a complaint of some of his detractors, but he has taken a gigantic leap forward on the microphone. He no longer appears like the goofy ‘little buddy’ character, and has embraced his rightful place as the face of WWE. He has gotten real with the McMahons on several occasion, shows real emotion when he explains his rage toward the way things are in the company, and in true Stone Cold fashion – when he says I don’t care if you fire me, you believe it. Daniel Bryan’s character right now is one who has completely embraced who he is. In a way Bryan will always feel like an indy star who made it big. But I remember a certain Punk that feels the very same way, and look where that’s gotten him. Daniel Bryan says that if you let him go today he’ll be Wrestling for $50 in a gym tomorrow. If 99% of the locker room said that, you’d know it’s bull. With Daniel Bryan, I buy it. Any doubts as to whether or not he can be ‘The Guy’ have to be over by now. Simply put, Daniel Bryan is the WWE’s best overall package performer. Period. However, this story must have 1 ending and 1 ending only; Daniel Bryan must win the WWE Championship back from Randy Orton at Survivor Series. Think back to 2012. CM Punk is WWE Champion. John Cena is hurt. The WWE has no big time face main eventers to fill his spot. They were screwed. The solution was to push Ryback far too early, and use him as a band aid until Cena could return to face the Rock. Ryback wasn’t ready, the rivalry went nowhere, and it ultimately sent Ryback down the road to obscurity. WWE was so unprepared because they had done a terrible job building up anyone who wasn’t named John Cena or CM Punk. Proven talent with a current story like Sheamus would have felt forced and obvious. Not to mention that if Punk had beaten Sheamus in several PPV Main Events, it would do a lot of damage to a proven stars big time credibility. And quite frankly, beyond the Celtic Warrior, they didn’t even have any names to kick around. Why do I bring this up? Well, as hard as it may be for some fans to hear, John Cena will return in a matter of months. If you don’t think he will find himself in the main event scene very, very quickly, than you may want to rewatch WWE for the past 8 years. The WWE has a rare, truly golden opportunity to build up the other guys on the roster in Cena’s absence. Randy Orton is believable as Champion because people don’t think he’s just holding it for Cena, which is exactly what The Rock was doing. Bryan is believable as an underdog because he isn’t an 11-time Champion who ALWAYS finds a way to ‘overcome’ and win. Guys like Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Dolph Ziggler, Big Show, & Dean Ambrose all have much more TV time to be exposed because Cena isn’t cutting several promos a night. Not to mention that their characters have a real chance to grow and develop, knowing the goal is no longer to just face, and lose to, John Cena. The feeling that RAW is just for building up John Cena and if there’s time we’ll talk about other Wrestlers is gone. The show feels open, exciting and unpredictable again. When was the last time all of that was true? For those reasons, it would be a sin to have this whole story, this change of pace, this emotional ride we’ve all taken with these performers, all end with John Cena returning to be the hero. That just can’t happen. Daniel Bryan has been a trooper for this company for years, especially in recent months. It must have been very difficult to hear that you’ll be the guy to defeat Cena, in the main event of SummerSlam, but you’ll lose within minutes to a man whose held the belt 5 times. It couldn’t have been very fun to be the victim of a beat down every night for the past few weeks, with no end to the brutality in sight. Being the face of WWE is supposed to come with big crowd reactions, some pull backstage, and ultimately, gold to show for it. If Daniel Bryan has been the victim of triple powerbombs, RKO’s, and screw job endings to title matches, all so John Cena can be the one to defeat the evil boss for his ‘little buddy’, than WWE will have taken 10 steps backwards, when it appears they were finally taking several steps in the right direction. It can’t happen. It can’t. At night of Champions, Randy Orton will win. Whether it’s a DQ victory, a Shield run-in, or Triple H stacking the deck, this story doesn’t end this soon. Next up is Battleground, and no one is quite sure where we will be in this Corporate development by then. On the horizon however, is one of WWE’s ‘Big 4’. In November, a huge Pay-Per-View will be held, as it has been for 25 years. Its name is Survivor Series. And on November 24th, 2013 – Daniel Bryan must emerge from it as WWE Champion. By the time late November rolls around, this rivalry will be almost 4 months old. That is an eternity for WWE to write and book this properly. After months of being screwed, beaten, and mocked, Daniel Bryan must be the ultimate Survivor. Lucky enough, they have a show perfect for one man to emerge victorious, to survive. This is a story that deserves a happy ending. Watching an evil group of Corporate tyrants dominate is only a fun show if they lose at the end. Dictators must fall, evil must be conquered by good. Luke Skywalker must defeat the Empire. Whenever this story comes to a close, the final chapter must be Daniel Bryan attaining redemption. He will be the ultimate underdog story in WWE history. The change we have been screaming for. The Champion we all deserve. The Survivor. And that, as a past anti-corporate rebel once said, is the bottom line. -I’m Jason Moltov
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:38:31 +0000
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