>>8427365Because Bryan knows if he actually took on the responsibility of being sees top guy, and he didn’t do well enough(which is inevitable) he would be trashed mercilessly as the anti-draw he has always truly been. This way, he can get smark points for going to aew and “putting people over” without taking the blame for the lack of business, so when he goes back to wwe, he won’t look like a loser crawling back after failing.
