Thread: Daniel Bryan should defeat "the streak"
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Old 11-03-2013, 11:42 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by Asmo View Post
No one should end the streak.
You never know how long you have with the one they decide to be the "chosen one" if they do.
Exactly this.

I was once of the mind that if they chose to end the streak, it should be someone who could stand to get an astronomical rub and that they plan to build the company around in some capacity in the future (not saying they'd be "the" guy, but a main event fixture in time to come). This is why someone like Cena should NEVER do it if they decide to pull that trigger: he doesn't need it.* Someone who, at that moment, would gain the most out of being handed such a HUGE mantle.

However, there are too many things that would likely go wrong. They can pick a guy who they think is money, but is a backstage cancer, or a mark for himself, or is just unlucky enough to have a massive derailing injury. They might pick someone who they set up but is doomed to fail, like Chris Masters, or someone way too green like Big E. They could have a guy who is over, gets the rub, and all those stars line up... and then they decide to go in another direction by the next PPV and they wasted a perfectly good moment one somone they suddenly decided to give up on. They could do something to completely mar the streak ending (like WCW did with Goldberg's undefeated streak end) and waste it with some stupid screw job. They could even have the idea to Hornswoggle the damn angle.

No, the streak should remain intact. It was one of those things that organically happened and a damn decent legacy for one of your oldest and most steadfast workhorses/leaders. Also, there's only a narrow window of "doing it right" and so many ways to screw this up.

Besides, Bryan really doesn't need it. As much as people like to deny blatant facts because he isn't 3-5 inches taller, he is insanely over. People love him. Even if he decided to be asshole heel again, at this point, the streak wouldn't really do anything for him.



*It is also why it was a good idea to have Cena be the first guy to ever fail to cash in. This doesn't hurt him in the least. If Sandow were first, that's something that could have potentially hampered his career by perception of it becoming his claim to infamy.
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