DANIEL BRYAN DUMPSTER FIRE THREAD

[Technico Support]

That's a great idea because one thing that makes wrestling so monotonous is that it never ends.  If there were short, alternating seasons like that, I'd be much more invested, knowing that they're building to something, as opposed to the endless cycle of just getting to the next week that we have now.  Oh look, Owens vs Ziggler again.

[JohnnyJ]

The question is, how do you limit dates and travel without having a large effect on the bottom line. First, I would create a number of home bases for Raws in Northeast wrestling hotbeds, such as NYC, Philly and DC.  You could still venture out but put more of an emphasis on these locales. You get the hot crowds and by staying local maybe you make the lives of the performers a little less taxing. My understanding is that tv is a money loser for WWE so why are they pushing to have Raws in random half-dead 3/4 filled arenas all over the country.

 

Second, start gradually cutting down on the number of house shows and and seeing what effect it has on demand. WWE does not sellout many  house shows. It still costs X amount to put on the show (pay for use of the arena, pay the performers, etc.). If you cut the number of house shows in half, can you increase attendance by 25%? If you can, can you make up the lost income? 

[MADCAP]

  My idea in my head was to make four separate tours: Rumble, Mania, SummerSlam and Survivor Series.  Each tour, wrestlers earn points to get the the PPV of that tour, and winning those PPV matches gets you a ticket to Mania.  This could give wrestlers time to heal, they could cut back on some live tv without losing too much revenue, and would probably increase PPV revenue, as now the PPV's would hold some kind of importance.

[Michael Sweetser]

Considering how many shows WWE can pull off whenever they  have most of the roster indisposed (usually for overseas events) it doesn't hold water.  They can either bring in more talent or figure out the logistics.  It's not that hard of a problem to solve, just takes resources, and WWE has them in spades.

[just drew]

I wrote this about Daniel Bryan. Haven't written anything in a long time. Thought he deserved it.

 

 

http://sb.gg/pQPo

[just drew]

Also, to contribute to the current conversation, I know WWE trainees use boxing headgear when training. I wonder if we could see headgear for talent on house shows. Or softer rings. Or anything to alleviate the constant punishment...

[The Nature Boy]

How much does WWE actually make from house shows?

[Rev Ray]

Are we sure they aren't wearing head gear because a baby face beat them in a hair match?

[Michael Sweetser]

IIRC, it's only the beginner's class in the bouncy ring that uses the headgear at the PC, not everyone.

[Ace]

In his interview on ESPN tonight he said he's hidden post-concussion seizures.  That's...not good.

 

As someone on Wreddit pointed out, he might have had one during his last singles match with Sheamus. It happens right after Wade Barrett elbows him outside the ring.

https://youtu.be/zDZAQvc2pAE?t=2m9s

[just drew]

Apparently my earlier link was bad; try this; http://sb.gg/pQPo

[TerjeRUN]

God bless that man, what an amazing, heartfelt speech. 

[Patrick B.]

Blair Socci ‏@blairsocci

Ur boyfriend will never look at u like he looks at Daniel Bryan

 

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1) If I had a girlfriend, her missile dropkick wouldn't be nearly as good.

2) Dumb joke because Daniel Bryan fans don't HAVE girlfriends anyway.

 

#amirite

#hi5

 

[Matt D]

I want a WWE network show where Regal and Bryan go around the world scouting talent.

[Jrag]

 

In his interview on ESPN tonight he said he's hidden post-concussion seizures.  That's...not good.

 

As someone on Wreddit pointed out, he might have had one during his last singles match with Sheamus. It happens right after Wade Barrett elbows him outside the ring.

https://youtu.be/zDZAQvc2pAE?t=2m9s

 

 

That is hard to watch. It also matches up time wise with him being protected in tag matches on the rest of that tour before eventually being sent home. That leg twitch looks SOOO bad.  I don't understand how no one noticed it at the time, because it's not exactly Bryan's go to sell and that was such an odd finish.

 

 

After seeing this, Monday night went from a really sad moment to a really happy one.  So thankful he is hanging it up.

[Craig H]

You said it. I just watched that video and my first thought was "I'm so happy he's done."

[Kuetsar]

Let me preface this by saying I don't watch WWE anymore, but follow the news, so I was curious, did Bryan do the flying headbutt in WWE? If so why wasn't it banned when the piledriver and other moves were? Did Bam bam suffer any long term effects of the move like the rest of them? Just curious. . . .

[EVA]

All the time.

They actually showed a highlight of him doing it at WM30 during his ESPN interview with Coach, without the context of what effect it had on him. An unfortunate oversight by some staffer.

[Raziel]

I've had that conversation with others as I've been watching old stuff, you see Harley, Bryan, Dynamite, Beniot, and those ilk destroying themselves with the Flying Headbutt, but you never heard or say Bam Bam or Barbarian having issues, but you have to watch how they land.  The smaller guys do the arms to the side falling type and land right on the head.  If you watch Bigelow or Barbie do it, and they always land arms first and the head impact is lessened.  That, and Bigelow and Barbarian were fucking huge and had thick necks.  So that might've helped too.  But yeah, I watched back to back shows of Dynamite and Barbarian doing Headbutts and there's a distinct difference in how they land.

[Craig H]

I always thought the risk from the diving headbutt was more to your neck and for Daniel Bryan, it was the sheer volume of times he was taking bumps on his noggin. Remember the Austin podcast where Austin cautioned him on all the crazy shit he was doing, like the dives, corner attacks, etc.?

[Kuetsar]

has there ever been any comment(or supposition) why they never banned it?

[MORELOCK]

I mean, Bam Bam also died nine years ago at the age of 45, so we don't actually know that he wouldn't have suffered some long-term effects.

[Patrick B.]

I've heard people say that Harley definitely regrets doing it.  He needs a walker or motorized wheelchair to get around these days.

[BrianS81177]

Didn't Santino use a divimg headbutt pretty regularly too?

[jojomellon]

I remember a story from, say, 1998?  Of Harley Race going backstage and telling Chris Benoit to stop doing the headbutt.  Maybe it was an Al Isaacs creation but thats a pretty odd story to invent.