What Was Originally Planned For Daniel Bryan At WrestleMania 35?

Back from the drawing board. Last Tuesday, after several weeks of almost there and not quite yet, Kofi Kingston earned his WWE Championship match with Daniel Bryan for WrestleMania 35. This ends a several weeks long chase for Kingston, which all started when Mustafa Ali was injured and left out of the Elimination Chamber. Since this wasn’t the original plan, what did WWE have in mind for Bryan at WrestleMania?

According to Wrestlingnews.com by way of Ringsidenews.com, the original plans for Fastlane called for Bryan to face and defeat Ali for the title, setting up the returning Kevin Owens as his WrestleMania 35 opponent. Instead, Owens was brought back early and Bryan faced both of them in a triple threat match at Fastlane. At the moment, Owens is not scheduled for a match at WrestleMania.

They had a heck of a match. Check out the triple threat from Fastlane:

Brutality reigns in WWE Title Triple Threat Match: WWE Fastlane 2019 (WWE Network Exclusive)

Opinion: It was certainly something to see with all three guys beating the heck out of each other, but I’m rather glad they got a match like this one out of the way at Fastlane. The build for Kingston’s title match has been outstanding and I actually want to see him win the title. Hopefully we get something special at WrestleMania, as there is a lot of greatness to be had under the right circumstances.

Would you have wanted to see Bryan vs. Ali for the title? Did WWE make the right call? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28 wrestling books. His latest book is the the Complete 2000 Monday Nitro and Thunder Reviews Part 1.

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