Jim Ross’ latest blog entry featured comments by JR on Daniel Bryan’s injury that has put the most popular man in WWE on the shelf indefinitely:
“Not sure what to believe or not to believe regarding the physical status of Daniel Bryan but most of what I’m reading isn’t positive. Often times a surgery will reveal other issues and it seems that may have been the case here. The bottom line to this entire matter is to get Bryan healthy and, above all else, not to rush him back into the ring. I feel confident that WWE would never allow this to occur but certainly in the territory days of years gone by promoters would want the talents to get back in the ring ASAP. Plus, the talents themselves would push the envelope because most of them did not have guaranteed contracts and if they did not work they did not get paid notwithstanding they paid their own medical bills. Times have changed much for the better in those areas.”
JR goes on to talk about Roman Reigns’ huge singles push in Bryan’s absence and warns WWE against overexposure of the Reigns character.