Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
After being pulled from WWE’s European tour and countless rumors about his health going forward, Daniel Bryan has been pulled from Extreme Rules per a report on WWE.com. Bryan was supposed to defend the Intercontinental Championship against Bad News Barrett.
WWE.com has learned that Daniel Bryan is medically unable to compete tonight at WWE Extreme Rules. Therefore, there will be no Intercontinental Championship defense.
How will this breaking news affect the Intercontinental Championship picture? Stay with WWE.com all night long for updates as this story develops.
Meanwhile, WWE.com has also learned that Bad News Barrett, Daniel Bryan’s original opponent, will now face Neville in the WWE Extreme Rules Kickoff at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, available for free on WWE.com, the WWE App, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, Pheed and the award-winning WWE Network.
If tomorrow’s Raw begins with him relinquishing the Intercontinental Championship and giving one of those Edge “whoops, I’m retired, sorry everyone” speeches, we’ll be just as sad about it as you.