Daniel Bryan Revealed As The Mastermind Behind Ex-Champion’s Singles Run In WWE

Daniel Bryan was the one behind a former WWE Champion’s singles run.

Big E spent most of his time in WWE as part of The New Day along with Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods. Being part of The New Day brought out a different side of his personality and helped him get over with the fans.

Big E had an incredible run as part of the group, and they even became one of the greatest factions in WWE history. However, in 2020, Big E started to go on a bit of a singles run that started with him winning the Intercontinental Championship. He then went on to win the Money in the Bank briefcase in 2021. Big E was able to successfully cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase on Bobby Lashley and win the WWE Championship. He then held the WWE Title for 110 days before losing it to Brock Lesnar at WWE Day 1. It looks like the mastermind behind this singles run has been revealed.

Big E named Daniel Bryan as the person responsible for his singles run in WWE

During an interview with Westwood One Sports, Big E revealed that he thought that he was never going to get a World Title shot. However, Daniel Bryan, who was in creative at the time, suggested that he should be given a push as a singles performer. This kickstarted his run towards the WWE Championship.

“For the longest time, I didn’t even know if I was even going to sniff a world title opportunity. I’m so grateful, I’ve got to give a lot of credit, if it wasn’t for guys like Daniel Bryan, who was in creative at the time. He was the one who said, look, I think we should do something with Big E as a singles performer. When he gave me that opportunity and creative said, okay let’s do it, I took the IC Title off Sami. I dropped it to Apollo but after that, it wasn’t like cooling off, it was going from the IC Title to now, let’s get you moving towards Money In The Bank.” [H/T Fightful]

Big E ended up suffering a severe neck injury during a match on SmackDown in 2022, and he eventually retired from the ring.

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