Bryan is in the same level as Punk. Top/#2 guy. He's NOT the new face of the WWE, and he most likely never will but he's pretty much set for life.
Nah, he's the new Stone Cold.
He could be right really, I mean this is like a shadowing of Stone Cold against the corporation, DBry has been pissing off the authorities of the WWE lately, now he won't do everything Austin did, but he's techincally that guy
Eddie is the perfect comparison, it's odd people compare Bryan with Benoit even though they have so little in common. Bryan is a character with comedic undertones where as Chris was always the most intense man in the building. Eddie and Bryan are much more complete than Benoit was also imo.
Anyway as other have said he's not the face of the company he's passed Punk for the time being however.