[Heyman]

Originally Posted by road doggy dogg The basis of this is that the fans are pissed that "their guy" did not win. Not even so much that Reigns won, and people feel he isn't ready/worthy (though that certainly plays a part in it), but mostly that "someone who isn't Daniel Bryan won".

It's not even the fact that Daniel Bryan didn't win. Him being eliminated so early on in the rumble was monumentally stupid. Even with that being said however, the fans would have firmly gotten behind someone like Ambrose, Ziggler, a returning Orton, or even a properly built up Cesaro had any of those men won the rumble, and so it's not like the fans had EVERYTHING pinned on Bryan. Reigns is simply too green right now, and the fans in the modern era are smart enough to realize this.

However, what kind of precedent does this send? Where do we go from here? Does the WWE "cave in" to the demands of the vocal minority and shoehorn Bryan into Wrestlemania like what the smark community wants? Do they address it head-on and tell them to shove off?

This might be a situation where the need to. Have a tournament of 6-8 men leading up to the February PPV where the winner gets a title match against Lesnar. Bryan wins the tournament and then defeats Lesnar at the Feburary PPV.

I think that if they give in to what the people are saying it sets a bad bad bad precedent. What happens next time? What if Bryan loses at WM? Do the WWE ram Bryan down our throats until he becomes the next Batista or Reigns, because "that's what the people want" ?

If the guy is over and deserving, then why not. Keep things simple. If a guy is way over with the fans, and has paid his dues, push him. The WWE did the same thing with Austin and Rocky during the attitude era, and with Cena in the mid 00's.

I guess the point I'm eventually trying to make is that, do the fans really know what's best for them? Are they going to revolt any time they don't get their way, like some petulant children? Are they going to threaten to financially cripple the WWE any time a decision they don't like goes down?

Yes, but I think the fans will be reasonable as well. For instance, had someone like Dolph Ziggler or Dean Ambrose won last night, I think the fans would have gotten on board for that, despite being upset over the Daniel Bryan situation.

Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe Vince really is out of touch. Maybe this is a wake-up call that he needs.

This is how I feel.


Vince should thank his lucky stars that there isn't any viable competition or alternatives to the WWE right now.