The YES! Movement reached an all-time high on Monday night as Daniel Bryan received his match against Triple H at WrestleMania XXX thanks to the Occupy RAW movement, with the stipulation that if Bryan defeats Triple H, he is inserted into the main event on April 6 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. Now, it's time for the WWE to give the fans what they want and put Bryan over Randy Orton and Batista for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
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The WWE has called an audible and while many speculate that the company had these plans for Bryan the whole time, it's more likely that the company couldn't continue to block out the constant chants from fans for Bryan despite trying to bury him several times. Now the fans will get what they want at WrestleMania XXX, Bryan in the main event.
While the debate could be that the WWE knew what they were doing with Bryan the entire time, the company was determined to have Batista return as a babyface and defeat the heel Orton at WrestleMania XXX, which is why they dumped a boat-load of money on "The Animal's" return. The WWE had originally planned on having Bryan take on Sheamus at the event while CM Punk would do battle with Triple H at the biggest show of the year.
The main event was always planned as Batista vs. Orton, and after Punk left, the WWE was content to have Bryan step up in his place and face Triple H at the biggest show of the year. But the crowds got louder and the unrest grew more vocal, leading to the WWE having no choice but to listen to what their fans wanted and put Bryan in a position to main event WrestleMania XXX.
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WWE discussed Punk vs. Bryan vs. Batista vs. Orton for WrestleMania XXX?
Now, the crowd of thousands will chant "YES!" during a triple threat match with Bryan, Batista and Orton rather than chant "CM Punk" during a one-on-one match with Batista and Orton with Punk nowhere to be found. The WWE had to realize that a main event pitting Batista vs. Orton wouldn't work and that they had to make a change or the New Orleans crowd would let them hear their displeasure.
But the problem is, the WWE could still screw this up.
The WWE has tried its best to bury Bryan, having him win the WWE Championship from an injured John Cena only to lose to Orton in the same night when Orton cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. After a series of main events with Orton in the fall, the WWE opted to keep the title off of Bryan before sticking him with the Daniel Wyatt storyline just to further bury him down the card.
The crowd wouldn't have any of it, and it was quickly scrapped. Now, after trying to keep Bryan on the midcard and even keeping him out of the 30-man over-the-top rope Royal Rumble match in January despite the protests of the crowd, Bryan has a chance to make this one of the most fondly remembered WrestleMania main events of all time.
Batista ended up winning the Royal Rumble match in a move that only added to Punk's unrest and list of reasons to walk out on the WWE while Bryan was held out of it in what became a highly criticized move by the WWE.
Now, the WWE has a chance to do right by their fans who pour money into pay-per-views, tickets, merchandise and even the new WWE Network by having Bryan defeat Triple H and go on to end WrestleMania XXX as the WWE Champion.
Batista may end up getting the title eventually as the WWE brought him in to be a big part of their future storylines, but there is no reason anyone not named Daniel Bryan should leave WrestleMania XXX with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Batista has a movie coming out in August, so he could be champion by SummerSlam, but the WWE needs to capitalize on Bryan's popularity on its grandest stage.
Almost everyone is hopeful that WrestleMania XXX will end with over 70,000 people in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome chanting "YES!" with their hands in the air as Bryan hoists the title.
Now, it's up to the WWE to do the right thing and finally give the fans what they want by giving Bryan the crowning moment of his WWE career.
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