Talking Point of the Week: Underdogs in wrestling

**Wishbone** · 06-24-2015, 09:34 PM

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.

06-24-2015, 09:34 PM	#17
Wishbone I'm a loner, Dottie... Posts: 3,069	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.