Daniel Bryan is Likely to Miss Six-to-Eight Weeks of Competition

A new report from F4Wonline.com claims that WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan is likely to miss six-to-eight weeks of competition following surgery on his neck. As we previously reported, Bryan’s neck is set to be operated on Thursday, May 15, and will not be competing at WWE “Payback” on June 1.

News of Bryan’s injury broke just a few hours prior to the May 12 edition of “Monday Night Raw,” leading to speculation of how he would be written off WWE television, whether the company would strip him of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, or if this was merely an angle or a real life event. According to multiple reports, including this one from F4Wonline.com, Bryan is in fact injured but will not require a procedure that will keep him out of action long.

During the May 12 edition of “Monday Night Raw,” Bryan addressed the WWE Universe and said he would return, he just didn’t know when. Later in the evening, just before Stephanie McMahon was seemingly about to strip titles off of the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Bryan dropped onto the entrance stage by “The Demon” Kane. Kane had apparently attacked Bryan to “near death,” and presented his body as some sort of offering to McMahon.

The beating Bryan suffered kept McMahon from removing the WWE World title from him, which is something the company does not want to do unless they absolutely have to. They will know the severity Bryan’s injury is once he is under the knife on May 15, and then they will make a decision on what to do next.

Dave Meltzer of “Wrestling Observer Radio” recently discussed a two-to-three month absence for Bryan is what was being discussed openly backstage on May 12 in Greenvile, S.C., but that the official time-table has yet to be confirmed.

Editor’s Note:
I pray that it’s only two months, for the sake of Bryan’s career. They need time to pit him against the right heel upon his return, so that he regains interest. If they don’t, I fear for his main event status moving forward.