The kayfabe on RAW is that Wade Barrett threw Daniel Bryan out of the NEXUS for not having the right attitude. It's a strange shift for WWE to feel a need to explain Bryan's absence after a real-life firing; moreover, Bryan Danielson seems to be a giant experiment for the company in general.
For instance, giving him a work/shoot when he was eliminated from NXT was a huge risk. They also allow him (for the time being) to use his names almost interchangeably, completely and finally acknowledging that the everybody reads the internet and knows his name isn't really "Daniel Bryan." The fans know he wrestled in Japan and in Ring of Honor, hell, they can call it up in YouTube and see it. They also know he's going to be wrestling as Bryan Danielson for a while in the indies, as well as Daniel Bryan in the WWE, for a while until his contractual commitments are fulfilled.
So now we have it, the Bizarro-World duality of the WWE Universe. Bryan Danielson was fired by WWE management while Daniel Bryan was fired by Wade Barrett. Everybody knows it -- but that's the reality of "sports entertainment" in the 21st century. Twitter, blogs, podcasts, once the enemy, are now simply ignored and the suspension of disbelief exploited. WWE is threading the needle, carefully, and it'll be interesting to see how this all plays out.
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