5 things that prove WWE is trying to turn Daniel Bryan heel and tarnish his legacy

#1 Stacking the deck against AJ Styles

The Phenomenal One, Aj Styles.

There is no better indicator that WWE is trying to turn Daniel Bryan heel than the fact that he seems to be stacking the deck against fan favourite champion, Aj Styles. It started a few weeks ago when Sami Zayn was given the main event match against Styles and culminated when Owens got the opportunity to go one on one with The Phenomenal one a week later.

Of course, Bryan only made things worse by announcing the previously mentioned two on one handicap match for The WWE Title at the Royal Rumble, but it is interesting that Bryan would be stacking the deck against a fan favourite if he wasn't playing a heel role. Then again, it could just be a tweener kind of thing, but we've already established why that isn't working.

While WWE has been known to have heroes embroiled it ambiguous decisions until they ultimately make the right choice, in the end, Bryan just doesn't have the right reasons to make these decisions. In fact, he almost looked like a heel on the same level as The Miz, Baron Corbin or Jinder Mahal with the way he is being unfair to Styles.

In the end, hopefully, WWE will do the right thing and not tarnish Bryan's legacy, but with the direction, the storyline is going in and how bad the fan reaction already is, that' probably not the case. Maybe things can change and Bryan will return to being the fan favourite at Mania, but he just looks like a doofus heel right now.