What if Shane McMahon is the next WWE Champion?

3. Daniel Bryan vs. Shane McMahon

Daniel Bryan would be a natural rival to Shane McMahon as a heel champ.

The conventional wisdom is that Daniel Bryan isn’t yet done with The Miz, and that the two may square off one more time at WrestleMania 35, potentially with the WWE Championship involved.

There is another direction for WWE to go, though, which might play off of similar dynamics of Bryan as the serious and talented wrestler going against the arrogant heel who can’t really hang with him. That’s Bryan vs. Shane McMahon.

Bryan and McMahon have no shortage of history to play off of, after over a year and a half of sharing authority figure duties on SmackDown. That era includes them butting heads more than once, in addition to ultimately teaming up at WrestleMania 34 for Bryan’s return to the ring.

A one on one match between the two at a showcase event—maybe even WreslteMania 35—could be a fine way to tie up their story, and Bryan is uniquely situated as the only guy who may be even more credible than Styles as a respected face fans would want to see destroy Shane-O-Mac.