I'm not in a position to revisit footage here yet, but if Bryan has a very clear path to #1, it means more questions should be asked about his work than almost anyone. That was the case with Flair in 2016 and he still won the thing, but he won it having ran quite the gauntlet first. That's Bryan's future here. Celebrate him, yes, but poke at him from every direction. And if he comes out on top, then he'll certainly have deserved it.