I've been a Daniel Bryan fan since Dragon Gate / ROH / etc. With that said.... think of the possible bigger picture...

1) Having D Bryan lose to Bray sucks for Bryan, but elevates Bray Wyatt. It probably doesn't hurt Daniel Bryan that much. Plus seeing The Wyatts attack Cena... this would be a good chance to elevate Bray to main event. I'm seeing Hogan mixed in with Cena against the Wyatts.

2) Not having Bryan come out of the Rumble brought heat on the WWE, which of course will result in heat to Triple H and Stephanie. Probably the most heat I've seen in a long time. This not only elevates the heat on The Authority... but probably will sweeten the chants even more for Daniel Bryan.

3) Batista was going to win the RR. No one should be shocked at that outcome, so would Daniel Bryan appearing in the RR as 30 only to get eliminated make it better or worse? See all the points I'm making to decide.

4) You're going to tune in to Raw, or read the results if you are fed up with it. Most will probably get the Network, not just because of the PPVs but because of the library, which means they will still get $ for the ppv.

5) More Daniel Bryan chants will probably happen due to the RR.

6) This leaves some sort of plan for Wrestlemania. My original thoughts before the RR were:
Batista vs. Brock Lesnar
John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
Daniel Bryan vs. The Undertaker
Punk vs. HHH
Reigns vs. Ambrose vs. Rollins
And I have no idea where Sheamus or Orton would fit. I could possibly see Punk vs. Kane and Bryan vs. HHH. I could also see Taker vs. Brock again, and probably Batista vs. Orton (which would be just as bad as Brock vs. Batista).

Either way, hopefully this was used to make Bryan's Wrestlemania moment special to overcome the odds and be #1 somehow.

I don't care for Batista, Orton, or Sheamus. You have Ziggler, Big E, Bray, The Sheild, Cesaro, etc. that you could easily push to the moon along with Bryan, Punk, Cena, Brock, etc.

Just my few cents. This could have potential to make Wrestlemania bigger IF booked right, but let's face it.. WWE struggles with booking recently.