There appears to be some concern internally within the WWE over the health of Daniel Bryan, who missed most of 2014 due to a neck injury.
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According to Wrestlingheadlines.com, Bryan, the reigning Intercontinental Champion, is not doing well health wise and there is a lot of concern for him backstage.
Bryan's issues reportedly have to do with the injury he sustained last year and he is said to be in rough shape, which is why the WWE has been protecting him.
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The company has thrown the creator of the "YES! Movement" into multi-man tag team matches on television recently to limit him in the ring and has also kept him out of in-ring action on Monday Night RAW all together the last two weeks.
It's uncertain as of now if Bryan being banged up will change the long-term plans for him like it did last year, but it appears things aren't going well for "The Beard" right now.
Bryan won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXX last year in New Orleans, but afterward it was revealed in mid-May that he had a neck injury and would require surgery.
After no timetable immediately emerged for his return, the WWE took the title off of him and canceled a planned feud with him and Brock Lesnar for SummerSlam that August, giving John Cena the nod instead.
Bryan subsequently lost feeling in his right arm after the surgery and had no strength in it, causing him to mull a second procedure and casting doubt on his in-ring future.
Eventually, "The Beard" missed the rest of 2014, but finally returned to action in January and announced his participation in the Royal Rumble Match.
Bryan was disposed of early on in the bout, drawing the ire of many WWE fans, but he was once again thrust into the main event scene when he battled Rumble Match winner Roman Reigns at Fastlane in February to determine the No. 1 contender for Lesnar's WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania.
Bryan lost the bout and was eventually put in a seven-man Ladder Match for the Intercontinental Championship at the WWE's marquee event, walking out of the opening contest with the gold after climbing up and retrieving it.
The WWE Superstar is now booked to battle Bad News Barrett, who dropped the title in the multi-man Ladder Match, one-on-one at Extreme Rules on April 26 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill.
There's no telling if the WWE will have to change up its plans, but for now that is still confirmed for the show.
If it is revealed that Bryan will be forced to miss time, it will mark the second time in as many years Bryan won a title at WrestleMania then suffered a setback.
The WWE has big plans for the midcard titles, which is why they put the Intercontinental Championship on Bryan and the United States Championship on John Cena.
The hope is that the "Yes Movement" doesn't take yet another post-WrestleMania hit.
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