One of the big wrestling stories of the week was Daniel Bryan winning the WWE Championship from AJ Styles. Not only that, Bryan also turned heel in the process, attacking Styles after the match. Bryan will now face Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series.
On the latest episode of his podcast, Chris Jericho shared his thoughts on why he thinks that Vince McMahon decided to change the plans.
Here is what Jericho said (quotes via Wrestling INC):
“I think Vince wanted a buzz going into Survivor Series because he lost his main event which was Ronda vs. Becky.
“Stuff happens. If you see the punch that she took, oh my gosh! It didn’t look like a potato, it looked like a legitimate delivered punch to the face. But whatever, we’ll hold off for judgment on that.
“I think that once [Vince] lost his main event, because I do think Survivor Series would have main evented with Rousey vs. Becky, he needed a buzz. I want buzz-worthy. I will change the title because to him AJ and Bryan are the same. They’re both great workers. They’re both the same size. They’re both going to get eaten alive by Brock depending what mood Brock is in if he even wants to have a match or whatever. Because sometimes Brock will just show up and say, ‘we’ll just talk about it in the ring.’ That’s what happened with Ambrose at WrestleMania. They didn’t even go over anything.
“So I think that’s why they did it.”
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