Reminder: Daniel Bryan was an anti-draw and they were right to pull the plug on his push in 2013 and give it to Batista.

https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe-raw/2013/6/27/4471160/wwe-raw-segment-ratings-for-june-24-daniel-bryans-big-main-event-win-bombs
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1687101-does-raws-low-rating-spell-trouble-for-daniel-bryans-main
https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2013/11/3/5061960/poor-ppv-buyrates-for-summerslam-night-of-champions-not-helping-daniel-bryan
https://www.sescoops.com/news/details-wwe-pushing-big-show-daniel-bryan-blamed-ppv-drop/

Meltzer:
>The story of the show isn’t one that a lot of people will want to hear. It was a risk building the show around Daniel Bryan as the main character no matter how loud those in the building cheer for him. And his street fight with Randy Orton did a terrible overrun number, coming off it being the main event on the least watched non-holiday Smackdown show since it started airing on Syfy. For people who complain about John Cena, as a general rule, his segments deliver, particularly in the main event slot.

Vince McMahon after SummerSlam with Bryan vs Cena drawing poorly:
>"SummerSlam was not the right attraction. You don't knock them all out of the park. That one was a swing and a miss."

They kept trying with him for months after that and he was still a huge anti-draw, so they changed directions.