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WWE response to TNA ripping off Daniel Bryan WrestleMania 30 storyline: Eric Young becomes champion, WWE 'incredibly amused' at booking

In a case of art imitating art in the world of professional wrestling, the fine folks over at TNA Impact Wrestling decided to take WWE champion Daniel Bryan's months-long journey to WrestleMania 30 and rip off the storyline in just one night two weeks ago on Impact. TNA used their own bearded underdog Eric Young and had him run a 10-man gauntlet to get a shot at the title, and then Young became TNA champion for the first time after ten long years with the company when he beat Magnus that same night. WWE's backstage reaction to the Eric Young storyline was that they were "incredibly amused" by the whole thing and rumors circulated to The Wrestling Observer that while no one in WWE has a problem with Eric Young at all, TNA's booking was labeled "ridiculous" for ripping off the Daniel Bryan saga.