Not only is this angle terrible for Bryan's strengths, but Kane as an opponent in the ring is also bad for him. I won't say that this is designed to make Bryan fail, but it is a terrible idea all around. There HAS to be SOMETHING better for Bryan than this. You take away what makes him good in the ring, which is 90% of what got him over to begin with, and then you put him in an angle that there is no way he's going to excel in. What the fuck.
It's actually so bad that I believe it ISN'T a purposeful forced to fail kind deal.