Daniel Bryan Going Heel

The WWE originally planted the seeds of how heartbreaking it must have been for Big Show to lose the World's Heavyweight Championship like he did to Daniel Bryan last month. Would Big Show win back the title? Snap at his inability to do so? Follow in the path of Christian? None of the above.

Daniel Bryan is the one turning. He has been having sneaky, cheap finishes to matches lately. Showing signs of turning heel. Is that a better choice than Big Show? It is similar to the argument as to why Brodus Clay did not need to debut as a monster heel. Raw already has Kane as a monster heel. Smackdown has Mark Henry as a monster heel. After all the issues Big Show and Mark Henry have had, including injuring each other, they are just going to team up like it was nothing? Maybe in a few months, but no need to rush it now. And I'm actually glad the WWE didn't follow the same path as they did with Christian just last year.

Daniel Bryan will get his first real heel run in the WWE. Should you count his brief membership in Nexus? That was a heel stable. He choked a guy with a tie the night the group first popped up, got released, and returned as a face soon after. I don't really count that one night as a real heel run. Besides, he would have been under Wade Barrett back then. Now, he is his own heel. That is to say, he will be given a fair opportunity to shine on his own. Can he do it? Obviously, the Internet made this guy into a huge star before he really did anything too entertaining to connect him with other circles of fans. The current type of heel character does not seem too interesting to me. In a few years, he may get the kind of push and freedom CM Punk has gotten. Until then, I can picture him dropping the title to Randy Orton in the coming months. Years after that, you can witness him feuding with Cena. He won't be at the level of Cena or Orton, but it will make that circle of fans happy to see him get the big pushes.