That'd work yeah, trim the beard and the hair down, make him get a serious face on and we're good to go. I'd like their alignment to happen post ER and the oh so exciting Kane and Bryan matchup to split hell no (-_-) Bryan says he wants to be taken seriously so he ignores the yes and no chants, he holds "The Daniel Bryan Challenge" where if a person lasts five minutes in a match with him they'll earn something no idea what yet, probably money.
Anyway he squashes random jobbers for a few weeks, really stiff kicks and cranking on multiple submissions, he doesn't only win with the Labelle lock. This leads onto the WWE jobber such as Khali and Yoshi people, where his winning streak continues.
Daniel then says since no-one from Raw or Smackdown can beat him he'll open the challenge to the NXT roster have him mention he knows there are stars waiting to break out there like he did, he calls out a tall bearded fellow called Kassius Ohno, Bryan teases their ROH allignment and really builds him up, saying he's been impressed with the dominance he's shown in NXT. Ohno isn't booked in the typical noob style, he's booked as Chris Fucking Hero. Hero nearly beats Bryan, having the Hero's welcome locked in as the time limit expires.
This is where Johnny Ace rides into town on the people powermobile, Bryan is backstage raging about how this rookie nearly caught him out and beat him at his own game. He's the submission expert not Kassius Ohno. Johnny mentions Bryan needs someone to look after his interests, the partnership is teased and made official the next week where Johnny cheapshots Kassius during the rematch between Daniel and Ohno, this leads onto a feud I cba writing.
