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Daniel Bryan is not over, and he absolutely is boring out of the ring. But that's how he's booked.
Gertner's right. He's not what WWE fans want. They need the character to connect to. Without a decent character, fans WILL NOT get behind him unless he oozes charisma, which he doesn't. I think he has enough to get by with the right booking, but right now he has no character past geek who can go in the ring. The WWE is failing in terms of giving him a gimmick fans can get behind.
In terms of his in-ring work, I have to disagree with Gertner, claiming he's all mat-based and that his style doesn't work in WWE. His matches with Dolph were awesome, as was the triple threat he was in a few months ago. I'm not saying that as an indy fan or even internet fan. They were exciting matches. WWE.com put his match with Dolph at #2. His style can mesh well with almost anyone in the company. The problem is that his matches do require longer durations than what he's getting to get over SOLELY on the ring work. If he actually got some time (like in the Dolph matches) the fans could and DO get into the matches. But the fact is that WWE thrives on shorter matches on the undercard, until (if) Danielson is main eventing, he can't get over on his ring work alone.
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