What if Daniel Bryan becomes a Paul Heyman guy?

#1 A new heel power couple

Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella could be the biggest heel power couple this side of The Authority.

After Daniel Bryan regained the WWE Championship on SmackDown, Brie Bella didn’t hesitate to hop on Twitter to congratulate him, going so far as to acknowledge that you have to do whatever it takes to reach the top. It’s not surprising that Bryan’s real-life wife with praise her husband, and there’s less of a shade of gray than there might have otherwise been to her not objecting to him bending the rules. After all, it’s Bryan who seemed a little off kilter for not objecting when his wife turned heel in the build to Evolution. Now that they both seem to be on the dark side, there’s no reason for them not to be on the same page, and reunite that way on screen.

This power couple could be the anchor of a new stable managed by Paul Heyman, potentially crossing gender division lines with the group, or else with Bella as the lone female part of the entourage. In either case, there has been some dissonance among hardcore fans for a while about loving Bryan while not being too keen on either of the Bella Twins. Presenting them as a heel package, backed by a heel manager, makes everything a bit more straightforward in terms of fans booing the whole lot of them.