First, Stephanie McMahon is obviously siding with her husband and father. The final segment of the night solidified that. She is a heel now. Question is, was that necessary? A while ago, you had Vince McMahon,Triple H, and Stephanie McMahon all mixing it up. Stephanie was caught in the middle of her father and husband at some points, but also seemed like she was on her own in some segments. And now, they are all on the same side? I don't want to make it sound like the odds are against Daniel Bryan, but all the authority figures are against him. Would it have made things a little more interesting if there was someone with power on his side and standing against Vince and Triple H? That would create a power struggle, which would compliment the title feud between Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton. Right now, all the spotlight is really on Daniel Bryan to overcome. Good for him, but some people complain when they do this with Cena. And I still think it would have been a more interesting storyline if there was someone with power standing in Daniel Bryan's corner. And why not Stephanie?
Second, just think about what the overall point of that promo was. What was best for business? Not everyone can be the face of the company? Daniel Bryan doesn't have the look to deserve the spot that Triple H screwed him out of, in terms of the storyline? They are pretty much saying that Daniel Bryan cannot be the centerpiece of the company. And even though he is getting a great push right now and it will continue for a while, he won't be the centerpiece. Cena will return. But just switch what Stephanie McMahon said to the diva division. That justification that Stephanie gave as to why Daniel Bryan was screwed out of the title can pretty much be given by the WWE as to why the diva division is run like it is. Just like people like Daniel Bryan cannot be the face or centerpiece of the company, female wrestlers can't be the centerpiece of the diva division. Why does the WWE mistreat female wrestlers like that? They are just doing what is best for business. Not every woman can be face of the division. These women just don't have the look to deserve the spot. Didn't Stephanie McMahon even mention something about supermodels in that promo? They were almost begging for the comparison to be made.
It might as well have been Mickie James standing in the ring in Daniel Bryan's place. Of course, what happened with her wasn't a storyline. It was reality. Mickie James was a woman they did not want as the centerpiece of the division. Why did they push her so much? They were using her to put over the centerpiece and used her as filler when the centerpiece was not around. And this woman became the most over diva on the roster off this kind of treatment. She got in the way of what the WWE really wanted out of the diva division. And who in their right mind would have believed they would have kept on pushing her and handing her titles? How many years now have I been saying that the WWE didn't want Mickie James over? Even before this storyline with Daniel Bryan. Even before CM Punk's big storyline. I knew it even before she was released. But I made that mistake of not realizing that they were going to release her. Point is, Stephanie McMahon might as well have been talking to Mickie James last night. Just as some people might say the heels' explanation for screwing Daniel Bryan was BS, you can say the same for how the WWE would legitimately try to justify their diva division and what they did to Mickie James.
Of course, Daniel Bryan isn't trapped in a diva division. As I said before, Cena will return to be the top guy. What happens then? Daniel Bryan will eventually get rotated out. He might get a better reign with the WWE title coming up, but that is not the same as being the centerpiece. Moreover, Daniel Bryan can and will get a good career without being centerpiece. For female wrestlers, not being allowed to be the centerpiece means you better hope to be a periphery diva, if you want to be pushed as a success. And in the entire history of the diva division, not one woman has ever become very over off being pushed as a credible jobber and moved on to a career in the periphery. Even if screwing Daniel Bryan out of the WWE title was real, I would still feel worse for all these female wrestlers than just one Daniel Bryan.
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