Vince McMahon May Have Lost Interest In Daniel Bryan Following His Match On Smackdown

Daniel Bryan was scheduled to face AJ Styles at WWE Crown Jewel for the WWE Championship. But he refused to go to Saudi Arabia due to moral reasons. So they had the match on Smackdown Live, where Bryan lost to AJ by tapping out to the calf crusher.

On Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer explained the booking decision and that he isn’t sure what will be the case in Bryan’s situation. This is what he said:

“Whatever Tuesday was or wasn’t the only person who knows is Vince because that was Vince’s call to make him submit. All I know is Vince’s mentality to babyfaces submitting on television and again, I can’t even remember when is the last one of a top babyface submitting? I know some people will go, ‘Oh, he’s not a top babyface, he’s a midcard guy which in fact, if you watch the booking he kind of is — but he ain’t paid like a midcard guy.”

“That’s the one thing that may be the savior in that is will Vince turn him into what Bill Watts did with Brian Pillman on a much higher level. In the sense of spite him — even though I’m paying you to be a top guy, you ain’t a top guy — I’m just gonna spite him. I guess time will tell what will happen next.”

We do hope Bryan still gets something to do and isn’t completely forgotten, as he is still one of the best wrestlers in the company.

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h/t to Ringside News for the transcription.