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#1. Hope isn't true: Daniel Bryan done with WWE for good?

Daniel Bryan is not a WWE superstar as of this writing

All signs seem to indicate that Daniel Bryan is done with WWE for good. When he lost to Roman Reigns on SmackDown, he was kicked out of the brand in the storyline, marking the end of an incredible tenure on the blue brand.

End of a #SmackDown era. #ThankYouBryan @WWEDanielBryan pic.twitter.com/gbwqGUxb3b

— WWE (@WWE) May 1, 2021

However, what many didn't realize until later was that Daniel Bryan's WWE contract legitimately expired soon after that. Despite this, there were rumors that WWE was confident about re-signing Daniel Bryan. Given his openness about wanting to transition into part-time status, the assumption was that he would re-sign with WWE in a part-time role.

However, new signs have emerged and rumors now indicate that Daniel Bryan is not re-signing with WWE. According to Bryan Alvarez on the Wrestling Observer Radio, one of the projects involving WWE superstars was informed that Daniel Bryan was no longer working for WWE:

"I’m not sure if it’s the video game or what it is but one of these projects that involves obviously the wrestlers in WWE, they were alerted today that this person, this person, this person, this person, this person no longer with WWE and one of the people they mentioned was Daniel Bryan," said Alvarez. "Realistically, he’s not with the company, that’s true, but that is an indication that at this point, [they will] take him out of whatever project this is because he’s not with this company," said Bryan Alvarez about the Daniel Bryan situation. (H/T WrestlingNews)

WrestleVotes admitted that they don't have many direct AEW contacts, but revealed that within WWE creative, it's been months since Daniel Bryan's name was mentioned in all kinds of plans:

Regarding the Daniel Bryan rumor since I’ve got a TON of questions on it: I don’t have many direct AEW contacts, however, I did ask my WWE contacts when’s the last time Bryan’s name has been brought up within creative or even talked about? “Months” was the answer. So that’s that.

— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) July 22, 2021

We hope this isn't true because we would like to see Daniel Bryan transition into a part-time status in WWE, but if he wants to try his luck with AEW to wrestle some newer names that he hasn't competed against before, it's completely understandable.