What if Daniel Bryan becomes a Paul Heyman guy?
Daniel Bryan has played a heel in WWE. It was, in fact, his 2011-2012 run as a selfish, self-deluded villain, willing to do anything to hold onto the World Heavyweight Championship that paved the road for Team Hell No and the peak of his popularity as a WWE Championship contender.
Bryan is best known, though, for his infectious “Yes!” chant, fast-paced ring work, and playing the lovable underdog whom fans organically get behind over the superhero types the company is perceived to favour.
WWE shocked its fans on the SmackDown before Survivor Series, though, when Bryan apparently turned heel to capture the WWE Championship and steal AJ Styles' spot against Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series.
What if there’s even more at stake than a heel turn, though? What if Bryan is revealed to be a Paul Heyman guy? This article analyzes the intriguing possibility and five potential implications.
#5 Brock Lesnar turns face
In a battle between Brock Lesnar and Daniel Bryan, it’s hard to imagine Lesnar playing the face and Bryan the heel. Such a scenario could emerge, though, given that Lesnar hasn’t done much that’s overtly heel of late (including, if anything, behaving like a face when he took out Jinder Mahal and the Singh Brothers on Raw), and given Bryan nailing AJ Styles with a low blow to take his WWE Championship.
Heyman was actually the inciting factor for getting Bryan his title match on Tuesday, and it could all be revealed to be part of a broader plan. In that scenario, he may be setting up Lesnar, not unlike when he sided with The Big Show against the Next Big Thing back in their original partnership. While Lesnar is enough of a physical spectacle that it’s tough for WWE to sell him as an underdog, especially against someone like Bryan, it could be a step in that direction if Heyman betrays him for Bryan.