The Rock vs. Daniel Bryan

[edge4ever]

Hey All,

After the events of the Royal Rumble, I was thinking about what the WWE should do with Daniel Bryan at Mania. What would be the perfect way to redeem Daniel Bryan's early elimination and make him look big in 2015? Have him fight The Great One, The Rock.

I mean imagine the promos being cut for this. The Rocks mic work and saying how he respects Daniel Bryan arguably more than any one in the locker room, but then he can state, "but kid, you're no John Cena, no Triple H, and no Shawn Micheals." He then says, "you're really good and proved yourself last year, but I'm going to whoop your candy, bearded face ass at Wrestlemania jack!"

I feel that this feud could easily steal the show and sell tickets as well as out Bryan in a great situation. Much like it helped Cena, it can help Bryan. Except, obviously, this feud would be better in my opinion. The crowd would torn, too. Which is good! Imagine it... All you hear from the crowd 50/50 is "let's go Daniel, go rocky!" Fans would be in disarray and it would be awesome.

Book it WWE, please. What do you guys think?

 

[Leo C]

Rock tapping would be entertaining

 

[CM Punk]

Why would The Rock randomly come back and become a heel? Makes no sense.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Why would The Rock randomly come back and become a heel? Makes no sense.

Because they booed the hell outta his cousin and wanted Daniel to win.

But this isn't happening, imo.

 

[CM Punk]

Because they booed the hell outta his cousin and wanted Daniel to win.

But this isn't happening, imo.

So they booed the hell out of his cousin, not him. Why would he fight for Reigns? lol
Booking wise it makes no sense. I also doubt it'd be something people would pay to watch.
Something people would pay to watch is Brock Lesnar Vs. The Rock.

 

[Bort]

Why would The Rock randomly come back and become a heel? Makes no sense.

Because he did that before, because he's damn good at it, because Hollywood Rock > everything else.

But this is Bryan we're talking about here, of course they're gonna put him against that fat hillbilly.

 

[Prince Bálor]

So they booed the hell out of his cousin, not him. Why would he fight for Reigns? lol
Booking wise it makes no sense. I also doubt it'd be something people would pay to watch.
Something people would pay to watch is Brock Lesnar Vs. The Rock.

Of course it doesn't make sense if it isn't booked right. They wouldn't just announce it out of the blue with no build up to it and all. lol

But I think it would sell and it'd be interesting to see.

But yeah, Rocky vs Brock has been speculated for a while now, but I don't see it happening either.

 

[KITT]

Rock working heel is a misstep IMO but I like the match. There doesn't need to be any heel vs face thing to sell it. Rock vs Daniel Bryan sells itself. Let them cut white meat babyface promos (thx Steve Austin) and the crowd will eat it up. Some opposing YES/ROCKY chants.

Maybe the crowd at Mania would do a Hogan thing though where they go 100% Bryan and turn Rock inside the match. Other than that I say just book it as if they'll cheer both.

 

[CFCrusader]

Face Bryan vs Face Rock would be great, in fact, let them both act like jackasses towards each other but still maintain the level of respect they have for each other. I don't even mind if The Rock pulls off a win tbh, because this is the 2nd best thing that could happen to Bryan after a match with Lesnar at WM31. I'd love to see YES! chants vs Rock chants, and it would be another massive singles match on a stacked card. Reigns-Lesnar, Bryan-Rock, Sting-Triple H, add in midcard and what a PPV it would be.

 

[C.M. Shaddix]

That would be an amazing match to watch, wouldn't even care who won just watch and see how crazy it would be.

 

[KITT]

Yeah the winner is unimportant to me, it's just a fun match.

 

[CM Punk]

I only see it working if they made Roman a heel tbh, but people would still cheer Rock over Bryan.

 

[The GOAT]

The match doesn't interest me much because the storyline doesn't interest me. I hate to be over-analytical and suck the fun out of it, but I generally don't like just watching people wrestle, I usually like for there to be a strong angle behind it, and short of Rock turning heel (which would probably feel arbitrary if it happened before WM31), I don't see a whole lot of sense for it to happen this year.

And to be honest, I doubt I'd care much for this at all unless The Rock were a heel, and I don't know if he can ever be one again. Even when he tried being one again in 2003 with his awesome Hollywood Rock persona, it took the audience all of about three months before they started cheering him again.

If The Rock were a heel though, this feud would be gold. Daniel Bryan's looks, personality, silly YES chant, and neckbeard fan-base would just be too easy for The Rock to make fun of and make derogatory and disparaging remarks about. Not to mention offering The People's Strudel to his wife, Brie. In return, Bryan could proclaim that he is the real People's Champion (which he kinda is present day since he has almost undying and unwavering support from the people) and end up challenging The Rock to a big match at Wrestlemania to prove he deserves to be in the same echelon as The Great One, etc. But I don't see any remote chance of this happening at WM31.

 

[edge4ever]

Why would The Rock randomly come back and become a heel? Makes no sense.

Dude,

No one said anything about him being a heel. He doesn't have to be. Just like when he feuded with Cena. It was 2 faces battling. I was just giving examples of some of the trash he would talk to DB

 

[edge4ever]

Face Bryan vs Face Rock would be great, in fact, let them both act like jackasses towards each other but still maintain the level of respect they have for each other. I don't even mind if The Rock pulls off a win tbh, because this is the 2nd best thing that could happen to Bryan after a match with Lesnar at WM31. I'd love to see YES! chants vs Rock chants, and it would be another massive singles match on a stacked card. Reigns-Lesnar, Bryan-Rock, Sting-Triple H, add in midcard and what a PPV it would be.

Exactly, they pulled this off and it went over big with the fans for Rock and Cena, why wouldn't DB and Rock be the same....except be a way better match!