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Originally Posted by Wishbone
Bryan never really won the title though. He beat Cena only to lose it minutes later. He won it again only to have it stripped from him. Seeing him win the title at 'Mania was perfect because he was finally rightfully crowned as the champion he should have been all along. It wasn't supposed to be a story of "can he do it" because we already knew he could. It was a story of "can he get back what was rightfully his to begin with".
"Bryan's nerdy, grungey type look (well he's from Washington state right?) just didn't appeal to me" - Appealing and believable are two completely different things. Bryan's background and intensity made it believable that he was a technical mastermind. People also love to exaggerate when it comes to his size. Even during WM30 he was in great shape. The dude was not just some scrawny nerd. The beard and long hair may have given him a "hobo" vibe, but Bryan was far more believable physically than CM Punk and even guys like Jericho and Mysterio in recent years. The only reason Eddie looked more believable was the roids and look where that got him.
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We'll have to agree to disagree but with regards to his title wins, the fact is he legit won the match each of those times and then was either cashed in or stripped of it. If it had been a case of I don't know, being seconds fro victory and Triple H hit the pedigree then that would have been different or being DQ'd after apparently winning. It would have left the fans waiting and waiting and waiting.
I do get your point but you can see mine even it sees rather nonsensical.
There is something to be enjoyed about being left on edge and seeing the end result actually happen and if truth be told you could argue that the fans never had the chance to even truly savour the third win given his injury.
I refer you back to a point I made in another thread when Sting beat DDP on Nitro to win the WCW title. That was awesome and I remember marking out when he did, and then a few hours later he lost the belt back to DDP. It was a genuine victory even though a brief one.
If Bryan's career is over then I guess the records will say he was a 3 time WWE champion.