Backstage News On Daniel Bryan Vacating The WWE Intercontinental Title On RAW
The decision for Daniel Bryan to vacate the WWE Intercontinental Title was made on May 8th after Bryan and WWE officials received MRI results on his shoulder. WWE had been hoping Bryan would be back in action by later this month but that was ruled out when they got the MRI results.
Bryan is not scheduled for this week's SmackDown tapings but is still scheduled to work Sunday's Payback pay-per-view and next week's WWE TV tapings, possibly working an angle to start the process to crown a new champion.