And the thing with DB is, he never even had a chance. As soon as he showed up, they immediately saddled him with Cole, and they've stuck with that the entire way.
HHH could easily step into a board meeting and say "Daniel Bryan can't be champion, the only reason anyone cares about him is because of the excellent heel commentary done by Michael Cole" and it would be literally impossible to disprove that.
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