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The Miz and Daniel Bryan have a history. They have a long history. That is what will make their impending feud one of the best in years. It started when The Miz was appointed as Daniel Bryan's pro on the original game-show version of NXT.
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The two of them were polar opposites. Daniel Bryan was already an experienced wrestler but had no charisma, while The Miz was great on the mic but was not that great inside the ring. Those two opposites attracted and we got an enthralling story from it.
After Daniel Bryan returned at SummerSlam 2010 to be on Team WWE against the Nexus, he went into his much-awaited rivalry with the then-United States Champion.
Bryan would win the US Title after a great match at Night Of Champions and the two did not have many intense encounters until after the Flying Goat retired. Daniel Bryan became the General Manager of the rebranded Smackdown Live and the host of the Blue brand's weekly post-talk show, Talking Smack.
It was on the set of Talking Smack where tensions rose again. Bryan had just dismissed The Miz's safe wrestling style as cowardly and what happened next, changed The Miz's career for good. He cut an amazing promo, sparking many truth bombs about Bryan in the process. The Smackdown GM was legitimately upset and walked away from the set. The Miz had become an overnight star.
Since then, The Miz and Daniel Bryan have been at a brilliant war of words. We have been hoping for a payoff of some sort to this verbal feud and when Bryan was finally medically cleared to wrestle, this was the one match everybody had in their minds.
The WWE has done a great job at building up the excitement for this feud with little subtleties from both Miz and Bryan making it even better. Their "match" during the No.1 Contender's Gauntlet on Smackdown last month was the perfect way to build even more heat on The Miz, as he took advantage of an attack from the Bludgeon Brothers to quickly score a pin against the fallen hero. Now, it looks like Daniel Bryan and The Miz are FINALLY going to punch each other in the face at SummerSlam.
This has already been the best WWE main roster storyline in years before any proper physical contact between the two rivals. Now it is on to the physical part of this rivalry. This is how WWE should book the feud between The Miz and Daniel Bryan.
#5 The Miz beats Daniel Bryan at Summerslam
This may not be the ideal result for the WWE Universe, but keep in mind that this story is nowhere near complete. After weeks of lashing out at each other on Smackdown, Daniel Bryan and The Miz finally get their hands on each other in a pay-per-view setting.
A match which is two years in the making, a feud that technically began on the first episode of NXT back in February 2010. The two of them just take out everything that they have for each other in this match. It is brutal, hard-hitting and supreme in storytelling. We see everything, from dropkicks to DDTs, from German suplexes to the “Yes” kicks, from both sides.
Both Daniel Bryan and The Miz prove each other wrong. Bryan shows that he isn't one dimensional and does not rely on his greatest hits. He busts out different moves, while Miz proves that he is not a bad wrestler.
The A-Lister has improved immensely in the ring ever since his verbal war with Bryan began. This would just be the continuation of his fine work between the ropes. These two mortal enemies go at each other for about 18 to 20 minutes in a match which only very few wrestlers would be able to pull off.
The Miz cheats and hits the Skull Crushing Finale on Daniel Bryan to finally put an end to this barnburner of a match. He stands tall and soaks in all the boos and I tell you, the boos will be deafening. He has been talking trash about Bryan for two years and he is the one who is standing at the end of it all.
After the Miz is done gloating, he goes to the back and we see Daniel Bryan alone in the ring. He is distraught and has an unsure look on his face. He walks up the ramp to an immense applause from the Brooklyn crowd, maybe there was a reason why WWE booked Daniel Bryan to lose. Maybe he won't be there anymore.
#4 Daniel Bryan's contract expires (or does it)
Daniel Bryan's WWE contract is set to expire on September 1st and he hasn't yet signed a new deal with them. This has led to speculation that he is set to leave WWE and wrestle on the Indies and possibly companies like Ring Of Honour and NJPW.
He did state, before getting cleared, that if he did get cleared he would stay with WWE otherwise he would leave and continue his in-ring career elsewhere. He should sign it but it hasn't been done yet. WWE could take advantage of this and really take us by surprise. They announce that Daniel Bryan has left the company after his contract expired.
However, the reality would be Daniel Bryan signing a new deal with WWE and getting clearance to perform for Ring Of Honour and NJPW on loan for three to four months. This loan is kept a secret from everyone except for the WWE, ROH and NJPW officials who really need to know.
Bryan Danielson returns and wrestles all the dream matches with the best non-WWE wrestlers in the world. He is accompanied everywhere with specially WWE-appointed brain doctors for concussion-testing after every match. It seems like nothing is going on and Bryan has just returned to his roots.
He wrestles at the Tokyo Dome, on January 4th, against Naito, Ibushi or any other dream opponent for him. After doing all of his appearances good, Bryan makes his way back to the States after the expiration of his secret loan from WWE. If pulled off and kept a secret from everybody, this would be the biggest worked shoot in pro wrestling for a very long time.
However, this is something that is extremely unlikely to happen although there could be hope as seen by Chris Jericho's run in New Japan. The wrestling world could be shocked once more if WWE actually goes ahead with this radical move. There is a reason it is called Fantasy Booking.
#3 The Miz wins the WWE Championship from AJ Styles
As Bryan is tearing up the wrestling world outside of WWE, business on Smackdown is picking up. The creative team compensates for the temporary loss of the Flying Goat and starts writing better shows. Better shows than how good Smackdown already is now.
Aleister Black is called up to the Blue brand to make up for the massive lack of faces. The number of upper-level heels on Smackdown right now is remarkable. There need to be people for the likes of Almas, Nakamura and the rest to feud with. AJ Styles is still the WWE Champion after winning an intense Hell in a Cell match at the event with the same name.
His next challenger is Randy Orton, who faces the Phenomenal One at the 1000th episode of Smackdown in October, as well as at the TLC pay-per-view in December. Both matches are excellent, showcasing the best of both Styles and Orton.
Meanwhile, The Miz is gloating about running Daniel Bryan out of WWE every week and has mini-feuds with the likes of Rusev and The New Day. He wins a multi-man match on Smackdown to become the number one contender for AJ’s championship.
The two face off on the undercard of the Royal Rumble and have a great 15-20 minute match. AJ, who has been unstoppable as WWE Champion, falls to the same trick The Miz used at Summerslam to beat Bryan. The Miz hits the Skull Crushing Finale, pins Styles in the middle of the ring and wins the WWE Championship!
He has just ended the longest WWE (Not Universal) Championship reign in modern WWE. After eight long years, The Miz is finally WWE Champion again. And this time he is more than ready for it. After this monumental title change, I think you know what comes next.
#2 Daniel Bryan returns and wins the Royal Rumble
That's right, Daniel Bryan makes his surprise return to WWE in the 2019 Royal Rumble Match. This comes to the shock of everybody. They may have expected it but did not believe it would happen.
Bryan takes everybody in the wrestling world by surprise as he marches on at Chase Field in Phoenix. He reaches the final four with Seth Rollins, Randy Orton and Samoa Joe. Joe eliminates Orton and Rollins before Bryan stuns the Samoan by tossing him out. Daniel Bryan has finally won the Royal Rumble Match and in the most astonishing of circumstances!
After the Royal Rumble pay-per-view goes off the air, WWE reveals that Daniel Bryan has indeed signed a new contract with them. They have worked the entire wrestling universe, showing that WWE still is the biggest game in town. Two nights later on Smackdown, Daniel Bryan says that he felt amazing when he wrestled for Ring Of Honour and New Japan, but he knows that the WWE is and always will be his home. The Miz comes out and confronts Daniel Bryan, commending him for this game well played. He also says that he will end Bryan's career at the Grandest Stage Of Them All.
Smackdown’s general manager Paige comes out and announces that The Miz will defend his title in an Elimination Chamber Match. This prompts Bryan to laugh and say that he might not even make the WrestleMania card. Miz faces AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Andrade 'Cien’ Almas,
Aleister Black and Randy Orton inside Satan’s playground. Every single one of these challengers would be brilliant foils to the hero that Daniel Bryan is. But of course, the match is won by The Miz, who weasels his way to victory. He and Daniel Bryan are set to go toe-to-toe once again, this time at the biggest stage possible.
#1 Daniel Bryan beats The Miz in an "I Quit" Match at WrestleMania
The build-up to this match involves all the promo elements from the Summerslam build along with added violent interactions between the two. One week, Bryan and The Miz take part in a Beat The Clock Challenge to determine who will choose the stipulation for their WrestleMania match. It is also determined that the loser of this match would move to Raw in the post-Mania Superstar Shakeup since they cannot contain each other.
The Miz beats Tye Dillinger in about six minutes before Daniel Bryan faces Andrade 'Cien' Almas in the main event of Smackdown. They have a supremely quick and competitive match which ends in a little less than six minutes, meaning that Bryan wins the challenge and would choose the stipulation for their final encounter.
He chooses an “I Quit” Match. A match that requires innovation, brutality and technical skill. Bryan goes on to bury The Miz and say that he will have no idea what hit him at MetLife Stadium when this little Goatface shuts his big mouth up.
Over the coming weeks, we hear less from Miz on the microphone and see more assaults on Daniel Bryan. He uses weapons in the ring and backstage, even debuting a new Submission Hold. As we get to WrestleMania, Daniel Bryan gets a standard entrance while The Miz gets one which is flashy as ever.
The two of them just destroy each other with steel chairs, kendo sticks, trash cans, tables and other weapons. It is twice as brutal as their first match at Summerslam was. Both Bryan and Miz get their periods of domination during the fight with both of them showing admirable resiliency.
The Miz uses the same cheating technique he used to beat Bryan and Styles, only this time it is legal. He has his submission on Bryan, who is a mess, and grabs a kendo stick for added pressure. But then suddenly, Bryan reverses it and locks in the “Yes!” Lock with the kendo stick. After a minute of trying to get out, The Miz gives in and says the words “I quit!”.
Daniel Bryan has climbed back to the top of the sports entertainment mountain and is leaving WrestleMania with the WWE Championship! For The Miz, it was words from his own mouth which completed his downfall. A poetic end to the best feud in recent WWE history, with the returning hero conquering his biggest enemy to win it all.
