WWE SmackDown Grades: Daniel Bryan Is Back In The Saddle Again
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1. Daniel Bryan, Kevin Owens, And Sami Zayn Segment
It has been years since the WWE universe saw Daniel Bryan take bumps in the ring and compete in any capacity. But now that he is officially cleared to compete in a WWE ring again, expect to start seeing the blue brand’s GM in more physical interactions.
As it turned out, the WWE wouldn’t make the fans wait long and Bryan closed out the show by calling Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn to the ring after their vicious assault of commissioner Shane McMahon the previous week. Little did we know how chaotic this segment would turn out.
Bryan has gone to bat for Owens and Zayn in recent months in their feud with Shane O’Mac, but last night saw a different side to his relationship with the two. Bryan talked about his relationship with Owens and Zayn, but had to drop the hammer on them when after all was said, he fired them for their assault of Shane the week before.
As Owens and Zayn shook Bryan’s hand, they quickly turned on him and began beating down SmackDown’s GM. But Bryan was able to turn it back around and began hitting them both with some of his patented offense that fans have wanted to see for years, and it was awesome. But KO and Zayn still got the better of Bryan and laid him out to the point where he was being stretchered out.
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It was awesome seeing Bryan in a wrestler’s role in the WWE again, and it likely could lead to a WrestleMania 34 in-ring return potentially alongside Shane O’Mac against KO and Zayn.