Summer 2010 - WWE releases Bryan Danielson (Zombie bump)

sky88 · 12-06-2010 3:11pm

i cant believe this i think its real this whole pg thing is annoying first the stopping of the blood is stupid it ruins matches now this

ScumdogV2 · 12-06-2010 3:13pm

Let's predict the chants he'll get from fans upon his return to ROH. Maybe they'll lob boxes and boxes full of ties at him, like they did toilet paper with Jimmy Rave.

Headshot · 12-06-2010 3:16pm

****ing disgrace tbh

im really sick and tired of wwe and im delighted iv no sky sports anymore, i may miss seeing my prophet but its not worth it anymore

jaykhunter · 12-06-2010 3:24pm

I still think it's a work. Well, we'll get to see if it was real on RAW this Monday. If it were real, why they couldn't wait to injure him (by Cena) on Monday's RAW is stupid; they could sell the injury angle for the month or two for the heat to die down.

I'm still going for the NXT guys being 'fired' before being 'hired'.

flahavaj · 12-06-2010 3:34pm

He is ideally placed for a "shocking" run in through the crowd now that hes been "fired" in order to further the NXT angle.

Hard to know what to believe.

Fozzy · 12-06-2010 3:35pm

Why would they do a work of firing him if he wasn't working for them in storyline anyway?

ScumdogV2 · 12-06-2010 3:40pm

So Mattel (the toy company who release the WWE figures) were the ones who were offended and complained.

Absolutely ridiculous. They make their money releasing figures with accessories, ie: folding chairs, Hell In a Cell cages, Signapore canes, tables, ladders, kitchen sinks etc., yet they have a problem with someone choking someone else with a tie?!

Edit: Good Lord, just seen this: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/405125-to-iwc-i-need-your-help-petition-to-bryan-danielson. A petition to boycott WWE for sacking him. From the website: "Its funny, I look at the oil spill and say that's a shame but with this I have an angry passion that needs a focus".

That's right. Comparing the recent oil spill to the sacking of a wrestler. Not. Enough. Facepalms.

flahavaj · 12-06-2010 3:48pm

Fozzy wrote: »

Why would they do a work of firing him if he wasn't working for them in storyline anyway?

You're right but you're also assuming WWE storylines are based on logic, which they seldom are.:pac:

Vince135792003 · 12-06-2010 4:00pm

While I think firing someone for something they actually zoomed in on is ridiculous, I did think at the time that the tie choking spot while brilliant was very much out of place on the show.

It shows the attitude of WWE in 2010. 10 years ago I couldn't imagine them being influenced this much by a sponsor.

MitchKoobski · 12-06-2010 4:57pm

As much as I fear that it isn't a work and is legitimate, one look at Justin Robert's face during the choking can tell anyone he knew it was going to happen. Supposedly very few people at ringside were told it was going to happen to add to the realistic feel of it, but he was goin bug eyed and sticking his tongue out. He looked like he was being choked in a cartoon.

Handsome Bob · 12-06-2010 5:13pm

Credit to www.PWInsider.com

ONE MAN'S TAKE ON THE DANIEL BRYAN SITUATION
by Dave Scherer @ 10:45 AM on 6/12/2010

Unless you were completely off of the grid in the last 12 hours, you know by now that Bryan "Daniel Bryan" Danielson was released by WWE last night. According to numerous WWE sources, the firing is legitimate and they are being told to move forward as if Bryan is gone (even to the point that he is now edited out of most of the footage from the NXT attack that happened on last Monday's Raw).

The reason we have been told for the company releasing of one of the most talented performers in the business is that he choked Justin Roberts on the show (and damn, don't I remember Heath Slater trying to do the same thing to John Cena with the ring ropes during the same angle).
Danielson's heinous offense was so egregious that he was fired, not given a warning or guidance to that fact that even though he has wrestled all over the world, things here in PGWWE, where the company matriarch is trying to become a US Senator, are just a tad did different thank everywhere else you have been. You may be used to pro wrestling, where things are supposed to look realistic, but this is PGWWE, where we don't know the difference between the actors who play characters in The A Team movie and the people themselves.

And Bryan, don't give us that "You didn't know it wasn't OK to get physical" line of BS either. WWE is not a wrestling promotion friend, they make movies. They entertain. Clearly, what you did to Roberts wasn't entertaining to kids, I guess. And don't even tell me that you saw a Raw recently where Edge snuck up on Randy Orton and bashed him with a door. That's OK because everyone knows that a tie is much more deadly than a door. Certain felonies are perfectly acceptable in WWE but others aren't, got it? Me either.

What makes matters worse is that Danielson was a major cog in the best angle that WWE has done in years, and I mean many years. He was a guy who came into WWE with all of his fans skeptical of how he would be used and instead he quickly became THE star of NXT. We all knew he could work, but damn he also showed the world that he could do promos and show great personality too. Now, if WWE.com is to be believed he is gone, and he will probably take a lot of the joy of that great angle with him.

Of course, where WWE is concerned I am always skeptical. At first, I had hoped that this was just part of an angle to further the NXT invasion. Perhaps it still is, but given that they posted the news on their website near midnight on a Friday, which is the black hole for companies to release news that they want read by the fewest amount of people, I don't think that will be the case.

Then I wondered it perhaps he kicked Superman Cena too hard in the head (you know because in wrestling it's OK for some people to get hurt but not others). If that turns out to be the case, and again I am just wondering because WWE doesn't feel that its "Universe" deserves explanations to important things related to the company, then there will be a lot of skewerings of WWE and/or Cena coming in the near future.

Given that the company worked most of its employees as to what was
going to happen at the end of Raw on Monday, we can hold out hope that this is an elaborate ruse, one that will impugn what credibility WWE.com has left but that doesn't really matter. Perhaps it's the next step in the nWo shoot style angle that began on Monday. If that is the case, it's fine by me. WWE.com isn't exactly the site I go to when I am looking for the straight dope on WWE anyway.

But if that is not the case and Bryan has been let go for, in effect, being a pro wrestler, then this company has completely gone off of the rails and Vince McMahon can look forward to more conference calls where he has to try and explain dipping ratings and dropping PPV buyrates to concerned stockholders. If that is the case, here's a hint Vince. Before the call, go into the bathroom and stand in front of the mirror. The answer will be looking back at you

Rjd2 · 12-06-2010 5:50pm

If this is a work the E have gone to a serious amount of trouble to work the internet. Bear in mind if it is a work guys like Melz and PW Insider the most reliable sources around have been worked by their sources. The E are simply not going to so much trouble to trick the internet, a fanbase they think is miniscule and one they don’t really respect.

Straws been clutched I reckon.

Dean820 · 12-06-2010 5:55pm

Imagine Danielson showing up and attacking Cena out of nowhere, the place would go mental. Would be the greatest work in modern wrestling.

Gerard.C · 12-06-2010 6:19pm

Fozzy wrote: »

But a kid is more likely to seriously hurt his friend by wrapping a tie around his neck than putting an STF on him. That's probably the thinking behind it

But shur the kids are not supposed to try this at home. This is definatly a work, theres no logic to it

Headshot · 12-06-2010 6:27pm

wwe and logic :pac:

iWeeze · 12-06-2010 6:31pm

Heath Slater tried to choke Cena with the ring rope, where's his release?

ScumdogV2 · 12-06-2010 6:37pm

Funny, when I was watching Raw, I noticed he hesitated when he was about to strangle Cena with the rope.

JP Liz V1 · 12-06-2010 6:39pm

WTF

Dean820 · 12-06-2010 6:40pm

ScumdogV2 wrote: »

Funny, when I was watching Raw, I noticed he hesitated when he was about to strangle Cena with the rope.

I noticed that too. Did someone say something to him to make him stop?

Mr.Nice Guy · 12-06-2010 6:42pm

Sounds real to me. Maybe it's felt this will cause hassle to Linda's political campaign?

Anyway if true it strikes me as being very harsh. No warning or punishment just fired immediately? I don't get it. I can recall an angle involving Muhammad Hassan and HBK a few years back where he was hung up on the rope even more violently before Hogan came down and made the save. I know it wasn't PG in those days but even so, it's not like what Danielson did was an unprecedented level of violence.

Rjd2 · 12-06-2010 6:47pm

Dean820 wrote: »

I noticed that too. Did someone say something to him to make him stop?

One of the other rookies probably told him to stop.

MitchKoobski · 12-06-2010 6:48pm

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Anyway if true it strikes me as being very harsh. No warning or punishment just fired immediately? I don't get it. I can recall an angle involving Muhammad Hassan and HBK a few years back where he was hung up on the rope even more violently before Hogan came down and made the save. I know it wasn't PG in those days but even so, it's not like what Danielson did was an unprecedented level of violence.

Lest we forget a few years back when Big Bossman was hung from the cell by his neck.

Although in fairness you could argue that kids wouldn't really have their own cell and Ministry of Darkness to try it at home. :pac:

G-Money · 12-06-2010 6:50pm

Dean820 wrote: »

Source: www.wwe.com

The WWE website reports that Daniel Bryan has been released from his contract. "We wish Daniel Bryan the best in all future endeavors," reads the post, which you can read at WWE.com.

May be a work given the storyline.

Step 1 in WWE f*****g up the best storyline/angle they've had in years.

That's if it's real though

jaykhunter · 12-06-2010 6:51pm

Has there really not been any wrestler choking another since Benoit?

G-Money · 12-06-2010 6:57pm

Remember Muhammed Hassan a few years ago. It was around the time of those kidnapping and be-headings of foreigners in Iraq and places like that. He used to do this gesture of slitting someone's throat/cutting their head off just before he slapped on the camel clutch (I think that's what it's name was).

WWE has gone over the top on this I think. The Benoit thing never even entered my mind.

Rjd2 · 12-06-2010 7:09pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

Has there really not been any wrestler choking another since Benoit?

I think Jericho tried to strangle JBL with a rope a few years ago, it could have been at the Rumble 2008?

D2D · 12-06-2010 7:10pm

It's 50/50 in the poll atm.

I knew they'd end up wrecking the NXT invasion angle at some point but this is crazy (if it's true)

Penn · 12-06-2010 7:12pm

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Although in fairness you could argue that kids wouldn't really have their own cell and Ministry of Darkness to try it at home. :pac:

Damn recession....

Machismo Fan · 12-06-2010 7:14pm

Dare_2_defy wrote: »

It's 50/50 in the poll atm.

I knew they'd end up wrecking the NXT invasion angle at some point but this is crazy (if it's true)

Without Danielson the NXT angle won't survive, their in-ring limitations will be revealed too quickly.

D2D · 12-06-2010 7:25pm

Machismo Fan wrote: »

Without Danielson the NXT angle won't survive, their in-ring limitations will be revealed too quickly.

Abso-f**kin-lutly

Guys like Otunga, Skip etc... can't work in the ring (Otunga esp)

Summer 2010 - WWE releases Bryan Danielson (Zombie bump)

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