Daniel Bryan was expected to be back sometime around Royal Rumble time next year but that possibility is looking less likely. It seems that complications have pushed Bryan’s return date down the line a little.
Via All Wrestling,
It does not look like Daniel Bryan will be returning at the 2015 WWE Royal Rumble after all.
Bryan is still not regaining strength in his arm and word once again is that he may need surgery.
Bryan was trying to have the other surgery back in August but doctors said maybe he wouldn’t need it. Bryan wanted to go ahead and get surgery out of the way so he could return.
I have to imagine that the WWE is hoping to have Daniel Bryan back for some Wrestlemania program, even though they could hold him off for the Raw after Wrestlemania. I doubt it’ll be that long though as the WWE is going to want to throw Daniel Bryan’s name on the Wrestlemania marquee. Expect Bryan back sometime after the Rumble so that he doesn’t have to lose the Rumble and to get a feud going into the biggest show of the year. Something to get his feet wet and make sure he can handle the work load. The WWE is not going to want to push Bryan to the moon so quickly but will the fans turn on whoever the top face is at the time?