News on plans for Daniel Bryan and the next challenger for WWE Universal Champion Bray Wyatt has surfaced online.
Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that a new match on the card that hasn’t been announced is indeed Wyatt, as The Fiend, defending the Universal Title against Bryan at WWE Survivor Series.
It was noted that the original belief was that Bryan was set for the Triple Threat Match with NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong and WWE United States Champion AJ Styles. The idea would be to have Bryan beat Shinsuke Nakamura for the Intercontinental Title in order to add him to the match.
This is why WWE started to tease a program involving Bryan, Nakamura, and Sami Zayn. Also, The Miz was rumored to challenge Wyatt for the title at Survivor Series, which would line up with advertisements for upcoming WWE house shows including Starrcade, but Bryan has been booked in that spot.
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This comes after Wyatt attacked Bryan in an interview segment to start their program last week on SmackDown. It was added that Nakamura at this point is not scheduled to drop the title and has been put into this three-way match.
As of this writing, there’s no word yet on when WWE will announce Bryan vs. Wyatt for the Universal Title at Survivor Series but it’s likely to happen within the next two weeks on SmackDown.
