So Triple H could be in the WrestleMania 30 main event, ay?

Bryan beats Triple H, wins gold in the main event

Bryan beats Triple H, doesn't win gold in main event

Triple H beats Bryan, Bryan still put into main event, where he wins gold.

Triple H beats Bryan, Bryan still put into main event, where he doesn't win gold

Triple H beats Bryan, Bryan not in main event, crazed fans burn Superdome to the ground, the non-hyperbolic fire (now fueled by galactic rage) then consumes the entire world, humanity ends

Everyone just lives their life and becomes a better person



Last week my Wrap Up headline read "Daniel Bryan's in the Mania Main Event!" Or something to that effect. I only have so much space for a headline so I couldn't go into full detail with "Daniel Bryan's in the Mania Main Event if He First Defeats Triple H in a Match Earlier on the Card!"Plus, it's still a foregone conclusion that Bryan will be in the main event (winning, however, is an all-together different conversation). We just don't know how it'll actually come about. After last Monday's show, I just accepted that Bryan would beat Triple H and go onto the main event. But now Triple H has a booked chance of being in the main event too.We were all going to enjoy the HHH/Bryan match. But now we'll actually be on the edges of our seats. Now we'll care. Because of our deeply seared fear that the WWE will do the wrong thing. Because months ago everyone "joked" that Triple H would some way/somehow walk out of WrestleMania the champ. And the word joke was in quotes just now because it was really a secret fear masked underneath humor. So now, because we're so prone to believe that Bryan (meaning us, really) will get screwed, we'll hang on every pinfall.And look, Triple H could still go over Bryan. And then Hogan could come out and put Bryan in the main event. And then Bryan could even pin Triple H to win the belt. There are just so many possibilities that Mania's now become a grab bag of potential. And also of potentially squashed dreams. Let's check out the lunch menu:And look, last night's RAW was pretty damn good. Especially that ending where Triple H made it seem like he was beginning to respect Bryan (much to the chagrin of Stephanie) only to turn into old-school "cerebral assassin"-style Triple H. And then he and Steph could manically bask in their decimation of a handcuffed and helpless Daniel Bryan. The power couple reigned supreme and yes, I'd totally watch them f***. That probably wasn't the next question on your mind, but I can't help it if that was my main takeaway from the final segment.And even though we've seen Bryan get attacked for eight months now, I was happy to see it done to the "Passion of the Bryan" extent that it was done last night. Because Bryan's been on a roll as of late. He's pinned Orton twice now (counting last night's No DQ win) within a month in non-title one on one matches. And if he wins too much going into 'Mania, then it might signal an opposite momentum loss. Even though, let's face it, Bryan losing at Mania is, in itself, a safety hazard. That many angry people. Superdome would become Thunderdome. Because we now live in an age where many of us don't boo heels, we boo the booking. So if Batista wins, people wouldn't boo Batista. They'd boo the creative decision. And then let slip the dogs of war.Of course, with Hunter now in the mix, Batista and Orton are more marginalized than ever. Because Triple H's feud with Bryan is way more over than Batista and Orton's particular feuds with, well, anyone. And if Triple H and Bryan could be in the main event, well, then Dave and Randy will just become superfluous tanned, tatted crash test dummies. In fact, if you want to make Mania 30 more like Mania 10 than ever, have Orton and Batsita fight for the title earlier on the card, with the winner then having to defend the belt again in the main event against the winner of HHH/Bryan. And now I've sunk back down into phantom booking quicksand. No need to extend a branch, I'm better off just suffocating under the weight of my own struggles.There were also a few digs at CM Punk last night. Like when Hunter commended Bryan for sticking around and taking all the abuse when other guys would have taken their ball and went home. Or when Batista acted like he was walking out, but then said he'd never quit anything in his life. Except for the last time he quit the WWE.Of course, when Batista did quit the WWE, he did it right. He put over Cena (well, half-right) on two PPVs in a row and then left like a sniveling heel. It was all on the up and up though. He wanted to leave and do other things. He had a stack of mystery novels to read. He'd enrolled in some scrapbooking night classes that were non-refundable. The guac in his fridge was going to expire in, like, two days. He had plans.Punk, on the other hand, seems to have just mentally switched-off his performance drive. As if something indeed flipped inside his mind. He has no aspirations to act or, well, do anything. That I know of anyhow. He is, however, a huge fan of things. Like UFC, music, comics and TV shows. So he'll just go to things now. Without a care in the world. And for those of you who still think this is all a work, god bless ya. You can all bitterly scream "I told you so!" if he comes back while the rest of us sit in gleeful genuine surprise. But if he doesn't come back, we get to hit you guys repeatedly in the nuts with a golf putter. Deal? Sounds fair to me.

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