PeterSidorkiewicz
HFWF Tourney Undisputed Champion
Because not everything is announced beforehand. In fact, it rarely is even in WWE these days when it comes to TV programming rather than simply their standard PPV-special announcing. Some things should be announced beforehand and hyped up as much as possible even if it's on free TV. A standard returning wrestler will get the surprise treatment quite regularly and often times it's spoiled anyway. Daniel Bryan shouldn't be treated as a standard returning wrestler. He's quite possibly the most popular wrestler of his generation and he is a fixture on the programming already with his role. Having him ignore something like that especially when Meltzer was digging and getting somewhere with it is not going to be the most effective way to go. This story was getting out and there wasn't any avoiding it. Their likely best option was to announce it, hype the show, pop a rating, and build hype for his eventual return match. But I can guarantee you that many people watched Smackdown because his clearing was announced beforehand and I'm sure plenty will stay seeing what they did with it and where it's probably headed. I won't be watching Raw live tonight because it doesn't interest me. Smackdown tomorrow I will probably watch on West Coast time when I haven't done it in a very long time. It's because of DB.
Didn't we have an on going joke here on HF about Tom Phillips literally announcing everything before it happened? And they stuff they DON'T announce beforehand, I find enjoyable. Like the Hardy Boyz return.
At this point its just agree to disagree to on how they handled his return. I didn't like it, at all. It seemed very rushed and not done well at all to me. Also, not the least bit creative. Anyway, I have stated before that I am glad others enjoyed it though, and of course I am happy to have DB back.
But for me, I am seriously out. Maybe its because I am away for work and wont be watching WM, but I have/had zero interest in all these builds to the PPV.