Daniel Bryan can't have his huge win until either Mania or maybe the Chamber. Maybe he'll win the chamber and at Mania... but giving him a huge win before then is going to deflate the inevitable pop. There's nothing wrong with him losing clean to Bray for several reasons.
First, it's a work. This is all a show. So scorekeeping and nitpicking individual wins and losses is kind of pointless.
Second off, it leaves the door open for Bray and Bryan down the road.
Third, wrestling tells large stories. The big pay-offs for the main stories don't happen until the big show. That's when Bryan will get a big win of some kind. Either a title win/defense, or a win over Hunter or even Shawn. That's his vindication.
Fourth, the whole story is that the Authority kept him out of the Rumble because they know he'd win it.
It amuses the hell out of me to read through threads like this on the internet, and see the vitriol for Triple H or Stephanie. Uhhh you're being worked guys.
On Dolph. Dolph Ziggler is a talented guy, but he's far from being buried. Too many people use that term casually the second their favorite guy isn't at the top of the card with zero understanding of what "buried" actually is. Not everyone can be the top guy at once. They gave Ziggler a shot, and evidently he didn't draw the money they'd like. Now that there's only one title to compete for, he'll have to wait a bit to get another shot at the title.
