Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Daniel Bryan News (Bellas, Bateman)

*shaking my damn head*
Photo Credit: WWE.com
My super-secret source close to the man they call Daniel Bryan just floated me an early Christmas present. If you're interested to know why the Bella Twins have been fighting over Bryan on camera, well, it's all the fault of the USA Network executives. Apparently, they've taken a shine to Michael Cole's commentary about Bryan being a virginal nerdlinger and have pushed to have Bryan's character really be a virgin. With that being the case, the Bellas are literally fighting over the opportunity to be the first to make the beast with two backs with the American Dragon.

Yep. You can't make this shit up. And there are people out there who think having TV people involved in wrestling storylines is a good idea.

In better news, WWE officials have taken a shine to the chemistry between Bryan and his NXT Season 4 rookie, Derrick Bateman, so much so that they're thinking about making Bateman Alex Riley to Bryan's Miz, only in a face capacity. I haven't gotten a chance to check out NXT this year (ergo, I have no idea if Bateman's any good or not), but hey, if this means more of a shine on Bryan's standing in the company, I'm all for it.

ETA: This tidbit comes not from my little birdie, but from the 12/27 Wrestling Observer Newsletter:
Daniel Bryan beat Ted DiBiase in 5:13 with the LeBell lock. Much better than usual dark match and the crowd treated this like a main event with a huge response for Bryan.
Nice.

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