Daniel Bryan Joins The Wyatts

The WWE pulled the trigger on having Daniel Bryan join The Wyatts. He did so at the end of Raw last night. They had been developing this for weeks now. It started with the heel stable randomly attacking Daniel Bryan, as well as CM Punk on the same night. It led to a tag match. CM Punk was just taken out of that feud and started a feud against The Shield. Daniel Bryan continued solo against all three members of The Wyatts. No one came out to help him last night, but that is another issue. Based on his promo after the beating he took, he is just giving up and agreeing with Bray Wyatt. They broke him down physically and mentally and got him to join.

Is this a waste of Daniel Bryan? Especially at this time of year? I have brought this up before. It was the main reason why I felt they shouldn't bother following through with this angle in this way. Just have Daniel Bryan eventually overcome Bray Wyatt and move on to better things for Wrestlemania season. A lot of fans are unhappy. They say the WWE is burying Daniel Bryan. I wouldn't go that far. He is still getting a big storyline. But you would expect that this guy should be going after the WWE Championship, winning the Royal Rumble, feuding against Triple H, having an angle with Shawn Michaels, or something more major like that. It would have worked out better if the WWE had done this Wyatt angle with Daniel Bryan sooner and developed it quicker. This is an angle that is going to have to last a while. You can't just have Daniel Bryan revert back to his normal self next week and set up the big match between him and Bray Wyatt at the Royal Rumble. You have to develop him as a member of the stable. A lot of fans are going to want to see how that works out. To just drop it quickly would be stupid. I don't think it was the right decision to have him join the group, but I don't think having him quickly leave would make much sense now.

I did like the idea of him joining the title feud with Randy Orton and John Cena. He deserved that a lot more with all the momentum he had. However, a certain someone has returned and is hovering around the title picture. I will get into that tomorrow. All I will say is, with that decision, I am not going to complain too much about the WWE not having Daniel Bryan chase after the title now. That does not mean they could not develop him to win the Royal Rumble or keep him feuding against The Authority. Nevertheless, having him join The Wyatts still gives him something interesting to do. It is not like he gets the inconsistent treatment and lack of storylines that midcarders like Kofi Kingston and Fandango get. He is not buried.

Is this some kind of trick on the part of Daniel Bryan? Is that how the storyline will go? Did he realize he could not handle all three Wyatts by himself and decide to play along with them until the right time? That would be the easy way to handle this storyline. And it would make The Wyatts look somewhat bad. Bray Wyatt is supposed to be this cult leader. After almost 6 months, he has not succeeded in showing off his ability to brainwash new members? That is how it will look if Daniel Bryan is not really loyal to him. Another way to handle the storyline is to have someone "free" Daniel Bryan from Bray Wyatt. Brie Bella? Some wrestling fans may not like that sappy, romantic stuff, but it depends on how the WWE handles it. It could work. No matter what happens, the WWE did some things last night to create some buzz.