Daniel Bryan the Gawd
- Thread starter Henzo
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I love D Bry but lets relax here. Is he selling the most merch? Is he getting the highest segment ratings? Is he selling ppvs off of his name?
Is everything D Bry doing awesome at the moment? Yes. Can he have a great match with anyone? Yes.
But most over in the E?
Most over as far as getting the loudest reaction from the crowd.
Except Bryan didn't need to take Punk's gimmick to make it and Punk's road has been MUCH easier since day one. He came in on fire when he debuted in front of Hammerstein by what was left of the ECW purists and got a true superstar welcome. Same thing would of happened if Danielson debuted there considering he was called the best in the world even back then over Joe/Punk/Nigel/etc.
It's just very impressive to see Bryan as the Superstar of the Year considering he debuted as under the Miz and jobbing left and right. Punk had an undefeated streak, won the ECW title the following year, and was given the World title by 2008. Hell, Bryan even GOT FIRED when Nexus got RED HOT
Nygga came back and STILL became the ABSOLUTE BEST in the business
All of that without stealing any of Punk's shyt either
And Bryan is getting the loudest reactions of the night every week. The LIVE reports don't lie.
Except Bryan didn't need to take Punk's gimmick to make it and Punk's road has been MUCH easier since day one. He came in on fire when he debuted in front of Hammerstein by what was left of the ECW purists and got a true superstar welcome. Same thing would of happened if Danielson debuted there considering he was called the best in the world even back then over Joe/Punk/Nigel/etc.
It's just very impressive to see Bryan as the Superstar of the Year considering he debuted as under the Miz and jobbing left and right. Punk had an undefeated streak, won the ECW title the following year, and was given the World title by 2008. Hell, Bryan even GOT FIRED when Nexus got RED HOT
And Bryan is getting the loudest reactions of the night every week. The LIVE reports don't lie.
Phrase does not equal gimmick. If you're really serious about this Bryan stole his phrase from Jericho who stole it from Bret, etc. Last I checked Bryan didn't have a trademark on calling himself the best.
Bryan won NXT, the US title, got reinstated from being fired, MITB and the World/Tag titles within two years of his WWE career. WWE recognized both Punk and Bryan's reputations from the indies and protected them somewhat.
Bragging Rights 2010: Daniel Bryan chants from crowd beat IC champion Ziggler
Summerslam 2010: got a crazy pop and almost defeated Team Wade by himself.
Punk on commentary put Bryan and Regal over in 2010.
If anything, their paths are similar in how they racked up titles and had hardcore fanbases before they had their breakout moments. Mind you Punk is a 7 year WWE vet while Bryan is only 2. Bryan just broke out much earlier than Punk did. Other than a phrase, I really don't see how Punk stole from Bryan.
CM Punk didn't have a pipe bomb in him or was going outside of the lines of his normal stuff until he had something to cry about. Remember? In examination, everything he is right now is because he complained about not having a tour bus, not being pushed hard enough, and whining. Do you know of Daniel Bryan being like that or needing to go that route? Of course not. When the "Pipe bomb" happened, everyone at this board was going buck wild like it was the start of some new era or some shyt and trying to find me. I told them I was on the freeway and they COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT
"You missed Punk saying that shyt about the Rock and blah, blah, blah and just so happened to be on the freeway". They were in shock. But it was nothing new. CM Punk was doing that stuff during his heel run in ROH. No one here knew about it except for me it seemed. "Summer of Punk" stuff just put on Raw and made a big deal about.Jericho wasn't calling himself no damn "Best in the world" back in 2006, dude
Before he came back in 2008, he was about all of that "Living Legend" stuff and doing midcard tag teams with Christian and stuff with Trish. Then he got fired in a Cena match kicking and screaming on the way out. Bryan was getting Best in The World chants, doing that 5 count stuff, etc..all of that shyt back in 2005 and 2006. That's how he developed his reputation by proving it every week against Joe/Nigel/KENTA/Marifuji/Aries. Al of them.LOL@putting him over on commentary. Well..DUH. He always has. Punk, as you see from what he's done over the last year, is a big fan of Danielson and KENTA.
Jmare007
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Let's not forget that D-Bry made the impossible. Had a good, lengthy feud against the Big Show and had consistently fun matches against that fat piece of useless shyt.
Rejuvenated Kane's career. Who's always over but when was the last time he had a legitimately fun program that didn't involve unintentional comedy/fukkery?
He's the King Midas of WWE
Rejuvenated Kane's career. Who's always over but when was the last time he had a legitimately fun program that didn't involve unintentional comedy/fukkery?
He's the King Midas of WWE
soulytrack
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I'll tell you this much. DB's 'No No No' shirts were sold out at Raw in Montreal, he's fukking over huge. Being Over means in the sense that people are coming to see you, buy your merch and scream for you. The only definition in my book. He got all that.
Tide Run This
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swag johnson
All Star
Hopefully the Shield will take the tag titles so D-Bry can get back to chasing the wwe title. The streets are craving a GOAT title run
NYChase718
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B-DAZZLER THE GOAT