A/N: Here's a new story involving the Wyatt Family's grasp on Daniel Bryan, Brie Bella, and the WWE! This one will be very interesting so I hope you'll give it a chance and sub to it and provide some reviews! Thanks and have a great holiday!
Daniel Bryan had been prompted for over a month from Bray Wyatt to join the Wyatt family.
Bray has done numerous speeches professing Bryan's excellence, all with the goal of convincing Daniel to join the Wyatt family. Bray has even physically tortured Daniel; he's sent Erik Rowan and Luke Harper to do some extra convincing. But Daniel wasn't going to budge. He wasn't going to give in to Bray Wyatt's pressure. He wasn't going to be swayed by his charisma, power, or mind games. It was driving Bray nuts.
Don't you worry, Bryan. Sooner or later you'll see the light. Hopefully not too late. Time…..is on…my…..side…
Those harrowing words from Bray lingered in Daniel Bryan's head right before the big Pay-Per View event, Tables, Ladders, and Chairs. Daniel was booked in a match on that evening's card against Bray Wyatt. The stipulation was that if Bryan lost, he would be forced to become a member of the Wyatt family. Bryan was so confident in his abilities to beat Bray in a match that he had no problem accepting. In exchange, Bray agreed to keep Harper and Rowan backstage with no interference.
Bryan entered the arena that evening with Brie, his fiancé, who seemed to be worried. The two wheeled their bags into the arena, with Bryan saying hello to various people along the way to their respective locker rooms. Brie, however, had voice her concerns to her future husband.
"Bryan, I don't know about this one tonight. I mean, he's really scary…" Brie said.
"Oh, Brie!" Bryan said, chuckling. Brie stopped walking as Bryan kept walking, not realizing that Brie had stopped. Bryan looked to his side and saw that she had stopped.
"You're really worried about this one, huh?" He said, making his way back over to Brie. He kissed her on the forehead.
"I just," Brie started. Bryan started rubbing her arms. "I want you to be okay."
"Hun, I appreciate your concern, but you have nothing to worry about. I promise." Bryan assured her. Brie nodded and the two continued walking to their locker room areas.
Later that evening, Bryan was in the locker room, seated on a bench. He looked up at the monitor and saw the match that was taking place, a match that involved CM Punk and The Shield. Bryan chuckled while he taped his wrists.
Bryan made his way out of the locker room and almost immediately, was stopped by backstage announcer, Rene Young. Young was accompanied by a camera crew.
"Hey, Bryan! Would you mind doing an interview about your match tonight?" Young asked, with a smile.
"Shall we?" Bryan answered. Young and Bryan, accompanied by the camera crew, made their way over to the interview set. On the monitor, they patiently waited the CM Punk match to end. When the match was finished, CM Punk celebrated in victory as Young got into position.
"I'm here backstage with Daniel Bryan, the man who sees Bray Wyatt one on one tonight in a match where if he loses, he will have to join the Wyatt family. Bryan, what are your feelings on this match?" Young asked.
"You know, Rene, this match is just about the same kind of match that I've been fighting for my entire career. You know, the whole 'against all odds' type match. But the fact of the matter is, I've overcome those odds for my whole life. Whether it was being the best wrestler in the world on the independent circuit, beating John Cena at Summerslam, beating Randy Orton, standing up to the Authority, or whatever it may be. When the odds are stacked against me, I never let down. This is no different." Bryan replied. The audience cheered in approval.
"What do you think about the involvement of Harper and Rowan?"
"The condition is that those two are banned from ringside in any capacity tonight. That means they can't stand at ringside, they can't sit at the announcer's table with King, JBL and Michael Cole, they can't stand anywhere on the entrance stage, they can't buy a ticket and sit in the front row. They can't be anywhere near this match. The challenge is, we'll see if that happens. These guys are ruthless and they don't have any regard for the rules. If they aren't involved, I have just as good a chance of winning that Bray does."
"What are you going to do if you lose this match?"
"Rene, the agreement was that I join the Wyatt Family. I obviously don't want to do it, but I'm a man of my word. But will that happen, Rene? Will it happen?"
"Uh," replied a confused Rene. The crowd in the background shouted, "No!"
"You heard them. The answer is no! No! No! No!" Bryan said, leading the crowd in a "No" chant.
Just as Bryan had his fun with the audience, the camera feed flashed an image of the Wyatt Family and went to black. The crowd went quiet.
We see a candle being lit and pressed into a lantern. After this happens, the face of Bray Wyatt is seen as he holds the lantern close to his face. In the shadows next to him are Harper and Rowan, standing on both sides of Bray.
"Bryan…..Bryan…..Bryan…" Bray says with a bit of a chuckle.
"You're so naive. Or, maybe, you're just ignorant. That's fair, I suppose, because we're all ignorant. We're all ignorant to our true purpose on this earth! But, what separates us from them is that we're supreme to them. We're their better-and we have become the leaders!" Bray preached.
"Bryan, you're ignorant to the realm of possibilities once you become a member of the Family. You see, Bryan, I see a monster in you, and there's only one person that can unleash it. There's one person that can tame it, and it's me. Do you know the chaos I could reek with that power? Bryan, you and I together would be unstoppable. This company would be ours! But, you'll have to find that out the hard way. I've asked you enough and you've turned me down, nobody turns Bray Wyatt down! It didn't have to be this way, Bryan. Tonight, I'm going to unleash the most unholy beating on you. Don't see it as a beating, Bryan. See it as an initiation between brothers! Haha!" Bray started to laugh.
"Bryan, I'll see you tonight. If you need me before then, just follow the buzzards." Bray said, laughing before the camera went to black and cut back to Bryan.
Bryan seemed to look angry and stormed off.
An hour later, Bryan found himself in the ring for his match with Bray Wyatt. Wyatt made the way down to the ring with his family, but they left after Wyatt got settled in at ringside with his rocking chair.
Eventually, Bray made his way into the ring and stood face to face with Bryan.
Bray began to preach to Bryan, but all Bryan could think about was how this man had threatened him earlier in the night. Bryan knew Bray's weaknesses and he set out to expose them. Bray had suffered a leg injury recently and Bryan planned on taking advantage of that. Bryan was not worried about the Wyatt Family running down to the ring; he just had a feeling that he would be fine.
The two had a physical match. Bryan attempted to take advantage of Bray's leg, but he was repeatedly brushed away and dominated by Bray after every attempt. Maybe Bryan had met his match in Bray? Maybe Bryan couldn't beat him?
The end of the match came when Bryan set up for the running knee. Bray sidestepped, sending Bryan flying into the referee. Bray crawled out of the ring and grabbed a chair to finish Bryan. He folded it and entered the ring.
Bray swung the chair at Bryan, who ducked and performed a leg sweep on Bryan. Bryan looked down at the chair, which prompted the crowd to chant "Yes!". Bryan picked up the chair when Bray got up and hit him twice in the leg with the chair. Bryan saw that the referee was slowly getting up and threw the chair out of the ring. Bryan then drug Bray to the middle of the ring and started to execute a sharp shooter on Bray.
The referee crawled over to the area to ask if Bray would tap, but within seconds, Bray Wyatt tapped out. The crowd erupted.
And with the ring of the bell, Bryan was a free man. He again overcame the odds, but most importantly, did not have to join Wyatt's cult. But he knew that this couldn't be the end of his saga with Bray. After all, Bryan had expected to be attacked by the other members of the group, but he wasn't—not even after the match. Bryan celebrated but was skeptical.
But he had nothing to worry about. The Wyatt family members did come to the ring, but only to help Bray leave the ring, since he was not fully able to walk. Once at the top of the ramp, Bray looked back at Bryan with a look of embarrassment but also revenge. Bryan looked back at him and knew what his look meant.
Some day, Bray Wyatt would come back for Bryan. Bryan just didn't know when.