3 reasons why Daniel Bryan must retain the WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber

#1 He is in the form of his life

This was the start of something great.

Even after all five of his challengers do not match up to the high standards of a WrestleMania WWE Championship match just yet, Daniel Bryan is so good. All of his work ever since he turned rogue and won the title has shown just how good of a performer Bryan really is.

Nobody thought the heel turn would work, but it has. Bryan has become infinitely more interesting as a character and has been having much, much better matches in the past few months. He believes everything that he says and twists them in ways that make him seem like the villain.

That is a rare quality only found in the best of the best, and we are very lucky to have the best of the best on SmackDown every week. Just one year ago, we had no idea if Daniel Bryan would ever wrestle for WWE ever again.

But here he is, on the top of his game. If it wasn't for the unbelievable WrestleMania 30 story, this would be the best work of Bryan's decorated WWE career. He even has a heavy with him, namely Erick Rowan. Perhaps this really is the beginning of his run. Perhaps Daniel Bryan will recruit more followers and be the cult leader that Bray Wyatt never was.

This is his time. He should not drop the WWE Championship any time soon, let alone at Elimination Chamber.