How long his danielsons’ run and who is the one to beat him?
I can see a short run and it ends by December. The part about who beats him I’m not sure on. I think there’s many directions they could go.
This is my pitch.
All Out:
-Swerve beats Hangman
Next PPV:
-Christian is a bridge opponent for Bryan, Bryan beats him.
-Ospreay beats Swerve for whatever that belt is called now.
-Hangman, after losing to Swerve starts going even crazier and is convinced he must protect AEW from Swerve at all costs. To do that, he wins a generic tournament named after a legend from Mid-South wrestling that the general audience doesn't know existed. Something like the Terry Taylor Memorial Round Robin Challenge. This grants him the title shot at the next PPV.
Third PPV:
-In the lead up, they really push the "lol bryan could die in the ring at any time" stuff.
-Hangman tells Bryan that he doesn't want to kill him, but protecting AEW from Swerve winning that title is more important than his daughter growing up with a father. He tells Bryan he will murder him on PPV, and he gives him the option to vacate the belt. Bryan says he will #FightForever.
-Hangman murders Bryan on PPV and takes the belt. He beats him in a 15 minute match that consists of Bryan constantly having seizures and being pile driven 15 times while he refuses to die. After the match, Bryan is stretchered out, and they put a blanket over him (so fans think he is shoot dead).
So then you have this paranoid moustached Hangman as the heel champion. He starts seeing Bryan Danielson's ghost (it's made apparent that Bryan isn't actually dead), and starts to seek advice from him like the dad from Dexter.
Hangman is the rugged, dangerous, heel champion for the next 6 months. He wears a Bryan Danielson armband as a tribute to his fallen comrade who sacrificed his life to keep the belt away from Swerve.
They can have segments where Bryan is comatose in a wheelchair, and Brie has to feed him some generic mush on a spoon.
Hangman can finally beat Swerve, but her has gotten so deep into this that he doesn't even know how it all started or why he is doing anything. When AEW announces Bryan Danielson's induction to the AEW Hall Of Fame, Hangman learns that Bryan is in fact alive. He says he will attend the ceremony to apologize to Bryan's family and gift his daughter a commemorative AEW Shop replica Hangman Championship belt.
Then at the ceremony, Bryan is comatose in the wheel chair with a blanket over him and his head slunked over. Hangman goes to hand Bryan's daughter the belt, and doing his best 2002 HBK impression, Bryan rises from the wheelchair and begins beating the shit out of Hangman, who is convinced that some sort of occult ritual granted Bryan the power to heal himself.
That sets up Bryan/Hangman in a Texas Death Match at the 2025 All In Texas show. Hangman can lose to Bryan when Swerve interferes and sets Hangman on fire or something.
Oh yeah if you must have a "new" star made, Darby, Hook, or Joey Janella can they beat Hangman at All Out 2025, and have a 3 month title reign where they are completely forgotten about in the follow up and eventually settle into their career as 17 time TNT Champions.
