
Incensed WWE Champion Daniel Bryan was today’s guest on WWE Now‘s Live TLC Preview and vowed to replace the leather strap of his title. An irate Bryan also ranted on the dangers of social media, “Don’t you know that social media is a trap? You know, the amount of time anybody spends on social media is inversely proportional to the amount of deep thinking they do about anything else, anything in life.”
Bryan then reiterated that the Yes Movement is indeed dead and that his famed Yes Lock has now been changed to its original name: The LeBell Lock. Bryan then commented about tonight’s TLC challenger, former WWE Champion AJ Styles, “I respect AJ Styles as a professional wrestler because he loves what we do in the ring. He spent his whole life fighting in the ring.” Bryan made clear; however, that he does not respect AJ Styles as a person and then went on a rant about corporate shilling and ‘inorganic cotton’. Bryan continued, ‘AJ Styles goes out every week wearing his shirt and his gloves and he may pour his heart out into wrestling, but he’s also trying to get you to buy the gloves. He’s getting you to buy the tee shirts. Guess what? The old Daniel Bryan, he used to care about that kind of stuff too and he fought and he fought and he fought inside and he was like, ‘I shouldn’t be selling these tee shirts, but that’s a measure of success here in WWE. The higher ups are gonna look at how many tee shirts I sell and that’s gonna determine how successful they think I am.’ Well guess what? The new Daniel Bryan doesn’t care how many tee shirts they sell.’
Bryan then went on yet another rant about all of his clothes being second hand because, ‘I care about this planet.’ Bryan also fessed up to caring about the planet more than the WWE Championship, but added, ‘Make no mistake, I need this championship to build my platform that consumerism needs to die.’
Bryan said that he was willing to ‘throw everything’ at AJ Styles tonight and then promised to make a drastic physical change to the WWE Championship, ‘After I beat you….I am going to take this leather strap that was made from a skinned cow that I like to name Daisy and I am going to replace it with something sustainable, something better and the new Daniel Bryan is going to create a new world that these people don’t have any part of.’
The new sinister Daniel Bryan then looked directly into the screen before storming off, ‘You know what? Most of you probably don’t deserve to have a part of it either.’
Readers may watch the new Daniel Bryan’s instant classic in its entirety below:
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - AUGUST 15: Wrestler Daniel Bryan attends the WWE SummerSlam VIP party at Beverly Hills Hotel on August 15, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - AUGUST 15: WWE Diva Brie Bella (L) and WWE professional wrestler Daniel Bryan attend the WWE SummerSlam VIP party on August 15, 2013 at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Barry King/FilmMagic)
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NEW YORK, NY - JULY 23: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) WWE wrestler Daniel Bryan visits the SiriusXM Studios on July 23, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)
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Daniel Bryan
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 01: Professional wrestler Daniel Bryan attends the WrestleMania 30 press conference at the Hard Rock Cafe New York on April 1, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth/FilmMagic)
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Daniel Bryan
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 01: Professional wrestler Daniel Bryan attends the WrestleMania 30 press conference at the Hard Rock Cafe New York on April 1, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth/FilmMagic)
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Daniel Bryan
NEW DELHI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 4: Bryan Lloyd Danielson, American professional wrestler, better known by his current ring name Daniel Bryan, during the press conference of the WWE Live India announcement event, at Vasant Kunj on November 4, 2015 in New Delhi, India. During an interview with HT City- Hindustan Times, Bryan talked about his first ever visit to India, saying, "I am thrilled to be in India. People like Bret Hart (Hitman), who have been my heroes, have always raved about their visits and so far my experience has been amazing. I visited a few places in Delhi on Tuesday, sat in an auto, and also visited a mall. The experience at the mall was out of the world, as thousands of fans were there to cheer for me. It is great to see how excited people are about WWE in India." (Photo by Shivam Saxena/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Daniel Bryan
NEW DELHI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 4: Bryan Lloyd Danielson, American professional wrestler, better known by his current ring name Daniel Bryan, during the press conference of the WWE Live India announcement event, at Vasant Kunj on November 4, 2015 in New Delhi, India. During an interview with HT City- Hindustan Times, Bryan talked about his first ever visit to India, saying, "I am thrilled to be in India. People like Bret Hart (Hitman), who have been my heroes, have always raved about their visits and so far my experience has been amazing. I visited a few places in Delhi on Tuesday, sat in an auto, and also visited a mall. The experience at the mall was out of the world, as thousands of fans were there to cheer for me. It is great to see how excited people are about WWE in India." (Photo by Shivam Saxena/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Daniel Bryan
NEW DELHI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 4: Bryan Lloyd Danielson, American professional wrestler, better known by his current ring name Daniel Bryan, after the press conference of the WWE Live India announcement event at Striker Pub & Kitchen, Vasant Kunj on November 4, 2015 in New Delhi, India. During an interview with HT City- Hindustan Times, Bryan talked about his first ever visit to India, saying, "I am thrilled to be in India. People like Bret Hart (Hitman), who have been my heroes, have always raved about their visits and so far my experience has been amazing. I visited a few places in Delhi on Tuesday, sat in an auto, and also visited a mall. The experience at the mall was out of the world, as thousands of fans were there to cheer for me. It is great to see how excited people are about WWE in India." (Photo by Shivam Saxena/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Daniel Bryan
NEW DELHI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 4: Bryan Lloyd Danielson, American professional wrestler, better known by his current ring name Daniel Bryan, after the press conference of the WWE Live India announcement event at Striker Pub & Kitchen, Vasant Kunj on November 4, 2015 in New Delhi, India. During an interview with HT City- Hindustan Times, Bryan talked about his first ever visit to India, saying, "I am thrilled to be in India. People like Bret Hart (Hitman), who have been my heroes, have always raved about their visits and so far my experience has been amazing. I visited a few places in Delhi on Tuesday, sat in an auto, and also visited a mall. The experience at the mall was out of the world, as thousands of fans were there to cheer for me. It is great to see how excited people are about WWE in India." (Photo by Shivam Saxena/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Daniel Bryan
NEW DELHI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 4: Bryan Lloyd Danielson, American professional wrestler, better known by his current ring name Daniel Bryan, after the press conference of the WWE Live India announcement event at Striker Pub & Kitchen, Vasant Kunj on November 4, 2015 in New Delhi, India. During an interview with HT City- Hindustan Times, Bryan talked about his first ever visit to India, saying, "I am thrilled to be in India. People like Bret Hart (Hitman), who have been my heroes, have always raved about their visits and so far my experience has been amazing. I visited a few places in Delhi on Tuesday, sat in an auto, and also visited a mall. The experience at the mall was out of the world, as thousands of fans were there to cheer for me. It is great to see how excited people are about WWE in India." (Photo by Shivam Saxena/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Daniel Bryan
NEW DELHI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 4: Bryan Lloyd Danielson, American professional wrestler, better known by his current ring name Daniel Bryan, during the press conference of the WWE Live India announcement event, at Vasant Kunj on November 4, 2015 in New Delhi, India. During an interview with HT City- Hindustan Times, Bryan talked about his first ever visit to India, saying, "I am thrilled to be in India. People like Bret Hart (Hitman), who have been my heroes, have always raved about their visits and so far my experience has been amazing. I visited a few places in Delhi on Tuesday, sat in an auto, and also visited a mall. The experience at the mall was out of the world, as thousands of fans were there to cheer for me. It is great to see how excited people are about WWE in India." (Photo by Shivam Saxena/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Daniel Bryan
DETROIT, MI - FEBRUARY 28: WWE wrestler Daniel Bryan appears on Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Autorama at Cobo Hall in Detroit, MI, United States. (Photo by Paul Warner/Getty Images)
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Daniel Bryan
DETROIT, MI - FEBRUARY 28: WWE wrestler Daniel Bryan (L) signs a autograph on Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Autorama at Cobo Hall in Detroit, MI, United States. (Photo by Paul Warner/Getty Images)
