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Daniel Bryan
Bryan in October 2016
Birth name
Bryan Lloyd Danielson
Born
(1981-05-22) May 22, 1981 (age 37)
Aberdeen, Washington, U.S.
Residence
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Brie Bella (m. 2014)
Children
1
Relatives
Nikki Bella (sister-in-law)
John Laurinaitis (stepfather-in-law)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
American Dragon[1]
Bryan Danielson[2]
Daniel Bryan[1]
Daniel Wyatt[3][4]
Billed height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Billed weight
210 lb (95 kg)[2]
Billed from
Aberdeen, Washington[1][2]
Trained by
Masato Tanaka[1]
Rudy Boy Gonzalez[1]
Shawn Michaels[1][2][5]
Texas Wrestling Academy[6][5]
William Regal[5][7]
Debut
December 1999[8]
Bryan Lloyd Danielson (born May 22, 1981)[6] is an American professional wrestler and author currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Daniel Bryan.
In WWE, Bryan held the WWE Championship[Note 1] three times and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship once, in addition to being a one-time United States Champion, a one-time Intercontinental Champion and a one-time WWE Tag Team Champion as part of Team Hell No (with Kane). He was also the 2011 SmackDown Money in the Bank winner, the 2013 Superstar of the Year Slammy Award winner and the SmackDown General Manager from July 2016 to April 2018. Bryan is the 26th Triple Crown Champion and the 6th Grand Slam Champion in WWE history and headlined several major pay-per-view events, including WrestleMania XXX.
Danielson was previously signed to the WWE, then known as the WWF, for an 18-month period from 2000–2001. Prior to joining WWE for his second stint in 2009, Danielson wrestled for various companies internationally using both his real name and the ring name (and later nickname) American Dragon.[6][9] He wrestled for Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2002 to 2009, being recognized as a "Founding Father" of the promotion, where he was a one-time ROH World Champion as well as the final Pure Wrestling Champion (unifying the Pure title with the World title). He was the first winner of ROH's annual Survival of the Fittest tournament in 2004.
Danielson also wrestled extensively in Japan, winning the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship in Pro Wrestling Noah and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (with Curry Man) in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Between WWE, ROH and Japanese promotions, he held eleven total championships. Danielson also won numerous titles on the independent circuit, including two PWG World Championships, the FIP Heavyweight Championship and the wXw World Heavyweight Championship.
From May 2014 to December 2014 and from April 2015 to March 2018, Bryan was either injured or recovering from injury. In February 2016, Danielson retired from professional wrestling due to medical issues (including seizures) arising from multiple concussions and a brain lesion. That July, he became the SmackDown General Manager following the return of the brand extension. On March 20, 2018, Bryan was formally cleared to return to in-ring competition and had his in-ring return at WrestleMania 34 on April 8.
Contents
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1 Early life
2 Professional wrestling career
2.1 Early career (1999–2000)
2.2 World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (2000-2001, 2002-2003)
2.2.1 Memphis Championship Wrestling (2000–2001)
2.2.2 Enhancement talent (2002–2003)
2.3 Japan (2001–2004)
2.4 Ring of Honor (2002-2009)
2.4.1 Founding father (2002–2005)
2.4.2 ROH World Champion (2005–2006)
2.4.3 Final feuds and departure (2007–2009)
2.5 Independent circuit (2003–2009)
2.6 Return to WWE (2009-2010)
2.6.1 Florida Championship Wrestling (2009−2010)
2.6.2 NXT and The Nexus (2010)
2.7 Return to the independent circuit (2010)
2.8 Second return to WWE
2.8.1 United States Champion (2010–2011)
2.8.2 World Heavyweight Champion (2011–2012)
2.8.3 Team Hell No (2012–2013)
2.8.4 "Yes!" Movement (2013–2014)
2.8.5 Major injuries and first retirement (2014–2016)
2.8.6 SmackDown General Manager (2016–2018)
2.8.7 In-ring return (2018–present)
3 Wrestling persona
4 Other media
5 Personal life
6 In wrestling
6.1 Wrestlers trained
7 Championships and accomplishments
8 Other awards and honors
9 Footnotes
10 References
11 External links
Early life[edit]
Danielson was born and raised in Aberdeen, Washington, the son of a logger father and a therapist mother, who divorced when Danielson was young.[6] Danielson has an older sister named Billie Sue and competed in various sports at Aberdeen-Weatherwax High School, including football.[10]
Professional wrestling career[edit]
Early career (1999–2000)[edit]
After Danielson graduated from high school in 1999, he decided to pursue wrestling professionally and attempted to train at Dean Malenko's wrestling school. When it closed he trained under Shawn Michaels and Rudy Gonzalez at the Texas Wrestling Academy (TWA).[5][11] He debuted in the TWA and on March 21, 2000 won his first championship when he teamed with Spanky to win the TWA Tag Team Championship, defeating Jeromy Sage and Ruben Cruz.[6]
World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (2000-2001, 2002-2003)[edit]
Memphis Championship Wrestling (2000–2001)[edit]
While touring the country independently, he was signed to a developmental deal by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) to work in their developmental system and was assigned to Memphis Championship Wrestling (MCW), where Danielson gained exposure and was trained by WWF competitor William Regal, whom he credited as being instrumental in the development of his career.[5] During this time, Danielson adopted his moniker "American Dragon".[12] WWF severed its ties with MCW in 2001, but not before Danielson won the MCW Light Heavyweight Championship and the MCW Tag Team Championship with Spanky.[6]
After 18 months with the company, Danielson was released from his WWF contract in July 2001. Danielson revealed in his 2015 autobiography that he was close to being called up to the main roster during the 2001 Royal Rumble match. He explained that the WWF thought of using him as one of their key figures in the newly created cruiserweight division which was inspired by World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
Enhancement talent (2002–2003)[edit]
In 2002, Danielson wrestled two matches for the renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) despite not being a contracted performer for the company. Danielson was quickly defeated by both Sean O'Haire and Little Guido in his two appearances.[13] Danielson went on to make four additional non contracted appearances for WWE in 2003 on its secondary programming, Velocity and Heat, initially as enhancement talent before being allowed to compete in longer matches; he wrestled Jamie Noble at a Velocity taping in January, Rico at a Heat taping in February, John Cena at a Velocity taping also in February and making his final appearance in November in a tag team match against Paul London and Spanky at a Velocity taping in which Danielson was partnered with John Walters.[14][15] This would be Danielson's final appearance for the promotion for over five years.
Japan (2001–2004)[edit]
Danielson first toured Japan with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) with Lance Cade, a fellow trainee from the TWA, competing in several tag team matches.[1][8] He returned to Japan after his release from the WWF, competing in Japan's premier promotion, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he used his American Dragon persona and donned a red, white and blue mask reminiscent of a dragon.[16] As a part of the junior heavyweight division, Danielson had success in both singles and tag team competition in the company, winning (without wearing a mask) the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship with Curry Man on March 12, 2004.[17]
Ring of Honor (2002-2009)[edit]
Founding father (2002–2005)[edit]
Danielson posing in 2004
In 2002, Danielson joined the independent promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is acknowledged as a "Founding Father" of the company.[18] On February 22, he competed in the main event of the company's debut event, The Era of Honor Begins, in a three-way match against Christopher Daniels and Low Ki.[19] One of his matches with Austin Aries, performed on August 7, 2004 at Testing the Limit, lasted eighty minutes.[20] One of the more notable rivalries he had in the early years in the company was with Homicide, as the two fought numerous matches with a variety of stipulations, culminating in a steel cage match on May 13, 2005 at The Final Showdown, where Danielson was victorious.[21]
Despite winning the company's inaugural Survival of the Fittest tournament in 2004, he had not yet won a ROH title. In 2005, Danielson announced in the company's newsletter, The ROH Newswire, that he had quit ROH after being frustrated by his inability to defeat Austin Aries for the ROH World Championship. It was later revealed Danielson had become frustrated in general with professional wrestling and planned to take some time off to evaluate his career options.[22] However, Danielson had several dates booked in Europe and Japan, leading fans to believe that the periodical was likely a storyline claim for Danielson's absence during this period. In May 2005, rumors started that Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) was interested in signing Danielson and he also had some more tryout matches with WWE at that time, but none of these events led to anything and he remained in ROH.[1]
ROH World Champion (2005–2006)[edit]
Danielson defeated James Gibson for the ROH World Championship at Glory by Honor IV on September 15, 2005.[6][23][24] The rest of the year saw Danielson have successful title defenses even against wrestlers from other companies, such as Pro Wrestling Noah star Naomichi Marufuji at Final Battle on December 17.[25]
At the beginning of 2006, Chris Hero, a representative from Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), invaded ROH and targeted Danielson—the two exchanged words over the Internet before having a match together, with nearly the entire roster of both companies embarking on an interpromotional feud.[26] Danielson became personally invested in this feud and invaded CZW himself,[27] which led to him having physical altercations with a number of CZW wrestlers. Hero intensified the rivalry, leading to the two wrestling at ROH's Hell Freezes Over event, where Danielson successfully defended the ROH World Championship.[28] On July 15 at Death Before Dishonor IV, he soon filled the vacant slot on ROH's five-man team which participated in one of CZW's more popular attractions, a steel cage match called the Cage of Death, a ten-man tag team match in which a man from each team starts in the cage and a random wrestler enters periodically thereafter. During the match, Danielson turned on his team by assaulting his rival Samoa Joe before leaving the match and effectively abandoning his involvement in the animosity between the two promotions.[29] As the interpromotional hostility with CZW heightened, Danielson also defended against challengers from the rival company, who had signed an open contract for any CZW wrestler willing to challenge for the ROH World Championship. Former champion Samoa Joe also challenged Danielson at Fight of the Century on August 5, but their match ended in a 60-minute draw.[30]
Danielson in the ring in 2006
While having the ROH World Championship, ROH faced the issue of having another title with seemingly equal value, the ROH Pure Championship. Danielson and the ROH Pure Champion Nigel McGuinness had a match to unify the titles. They met at April 29 in a match fought under pure wrestling rules and McGuinness left Danielson outside the ring after a chair shot to win by countout—this was enough to retain the Pure title, but not to win Danielson's World Championship. They had another unification match in McGuinness' native England, where ROH declared there would be a winner, with a title changing hands by countout and disqualification and a draw forcing a restart.[31] Danielson won the match on August 12 and retired the Pure title as its last champion.[32][33] During a match with Colt Cabana on August 26, Danielson suffered a real injury when he separated his shoulder,[6] tearing two tendons in it and he tore another tendon in his chest.[1] Danielson returned at Glory by Honor V: Night 2 on September 16 and was challenged by Kenta, a guest competitor from NOAH, due to the two company's talent exchange agreement—Danielson again retained his championship.[34] At the last ROH's event of 2006 named Final Battle on December 23, Danielson's fifteen-month title reign finally ended after he lost to Homicide at his 39th defense and he subsequently took time off from wrestling in order to heal his shoulder.[6][23]
Final feuds and departure (2007–2009)[edit]
On May 11, 2007, Danielson returned to ROH at Reborn Again and defeated Shane Hagadorn and Adam Pearce in separate matches. On May 12, ROH filmed its first pay-per-view, Respect is Earned, which had Danielson team with ROH World Champion Takeshi Morishima against Nigel McGuinness and Kenta. Danielson's team won after Danielson made Kenta tap out to his signature submission hold, the Cattle Mutilation. Danielson vied to contend for the ROH World Championship by defeating McGuinness at Domination on June 9, which appeared on the company's next pay per view named Driven which took place on June 23, but was aired on September 21.[35] This allowed him, now as a fan favorite, to challenge Morishima for the title at Manhattan Mayhem II on August 25 in a losing effort[36] in which he also suffered a legitimate detached retina.[37] Following surgery, he fought Morishima again in a match at Man Up on September 15, but the referee stopped the match since Danielson was unable to respond to him.[38] In a rematch at Rising Above on December 29, Morishima was disqualified.[39] Morishima returned to the company at Final Battle on December 27, 2008 in a match billed as a "Fight Without Honor" in which both men were allowed weapons and which Danielson won.[40] Danielson commented in March 2012 on how he felt validated at Final Battle 2008, because he and Morishima managed to get 2,500 people to see the show in New York City.[41]
The following months, Danielson worked with Austin Aries again as friendly rivals exchanging victories,[42] including a match on pay-per-view at Take No Prisoners on March 16, which Danielson won. He helped Aries as a partner in order to take on The Age of the Fall as the two wrestled all members of the group in a series of different stipulation matches and teaming together frequently to challenge members Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black for the ROH World Tag Team Championship.[43]
As part of ROH's agreement with Pro Wrestling Noah, the company held a show in Japan named Tokyo Summit on September 14, where Danielson wrestled GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru and won the championship. Following his victory, he announced that NOAH would allow him defend the title in Ring of Honor,[44] with his first defense being at Glory By Honor VII on September 20, defeating Katsuhiko Nakajima.[45] However, this was his only successful defense as he returned to Japan on October 13 to lose the title to Kenta.[46] Following his loss, Danielson challenged McGuinness for the ROH World Championship at the next ROH pay-per-view Rising Above on November 22, in a losing effort.[47] Ring of Honor made its national television debut with the program Ring of Honor Wrestling and Danielson made his television debut in the main event of its third episode on February 28, 2009 by defeating Austin Aries.[48]
In the fall of 2009, Danielson signed with WWE after a farewell tour with ROH, during which he challenged Aries for the title again and lost.[49] On September 26 at Glory by Honor VIII: The Final Countdown, he won his last match in the company against McGuinness, who was also having his final match with the company.[50]
Independent circuit (2003–2009)[edit]
Aside from competing primarily in ROH, Danielson has also competed in a multitude of other independent promotions, both in the United States and abroad. In 2003, Danielson also toured the United Kingdom for British promotion, All Star Wrestling (ASW). While he was in the United Kingdom, Danielson won the World Heavy Middleweight Championship on May 6 in an eight-man one-night tournament in Croydon defeating James Mason. He spent the next six months in the United Kingdom, working for ASW, Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA), the World Association of Wrestling (WAW) and Premier Promotions.[6] He returned several times over the next five years, working for various promotions. In February 2005 at New Dawn Rising, Danielson made his debut in ROH's sister promotion, Full Impact Pro (FIP), teaming up with Rocky Romero in a match against Austin Aries and Homicide.[51] The next night at Dangerous Intentions, Danielson competed in a losing effort against CM Punk,[52] which led to a brief feud between the two.[53] Danielson's biggest success came in 2006 by winning the FIP Heavyweight Championship,[54] holding the belt for eleven months before losing it to Roderick Strong.[6] Danielson wrestled his last match for FIP in December 2006 at Florida Rumble, where he lost to Erick Stevens.[55]
Danielson competed in PWG's annual Battle of Los Angeles tournament in 2008, losing in the semi final to Chris Hero
Danielson wrestled in the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) promotion. He made his debut in November 2003 at An Inch Longer Than Average in a losing effort to PWG Champion Frankie Kazarian.[56] He continued to appear in PWG over the next couple of years, winning the PWG World Championship in 2007 and holding it for six months before taking an eleven-month hiatus from the company. He made his return to PWG at the 2008 Battle of Los Angeles tournament. In April 2009, at PWG: One Hundred, Danielson defeated Kenny Omega. The match was notable for its opening, which included Omega and Danielson performing variable tests of strength, including arm wrestling and a thumb war, before singing "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt" along with the crowd. In May, he made another appearance teaming with Paul London, referring to himself as "American Dolphin" in a parodied manner.[57] On September 4 at Guerre Sans Frontières during his last night in PWG, Danielson defeated Chris Hero to win the PWG World Championship for the second time and immediately vacated it afterward.[58]
Following his return from his injury in 2007, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) published a video of Danielson stating his intent to challenge for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, as the establishment that sanctioned the title at the time, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, was relinquishing the title back to the NWA.[59] A tournament, titled Reclaiming the Glory, was held to determine the new champion with Danielson making his way to finals, scheduled to compete face Brent Albright on September 1, but due to the eye injury he sustained at ROH's Manhattan Mayhem event,[60] the NWA announced he withdrew from the tournament with and Adam Pearce replacing him—Danielson was appointed the referee of the match.[1]
In 2009, Danielson's contract with Ring of Honor expired, which opened up Danielson to travel to other companies more freely while competing in his home promotion.[61]
In 2009, Danielson also signed a short-term contract with German wrestling promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw). Shortly after his debut, Danielson won the wXw World Heavyweight Championship against Bad Bones and held it over a month before losing it to Absolute Andy.
After his departure from wXw, he made his debut with Philadelphia-based independent promotion CHIKARA to compete in their King of Trios tournament, which saw him team with Claudio Castagnoli and Dave Taylor in a contingency called Team Uppercut.[62] In the same year, it was announced Danielson would compete in Dragon Gate USA in their second show, which saw him lose to Open the Dream Gate Champion Naruki Doi.[63]
Return to WWE (2009-2010)[edit]
Florida Championship Wrestling (2009−2010)[edit]
Bryan at a Raw house show in September 2010
Danielson re-signed with WWE in August 2009.[64] He made his WWE debut on January 4, 2010 in a dark match prior to Raw, defeating Chavo Guerrero.[65] He went to Florida to train with Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), the WWE developmental territory, to acclimate himself to his new work environment and work on his "ring rust".[66] He debuted at the FCW television tapings on January 14 and lost to Kaval.[1] At the February 11 tapings, Danielson was renamed Daniel Bryan.[67] He later indicated that he was given a list of ten possible ring names to use in WWE (including Buddy Peacock and Lloyd Bonaire) and Daniel Bryan was one of them while his real name was not on that list.[68] His name was given by William Regal.[69][unreliable source]
NXT and The Nexus (2010)[edit]
See also: The Nexus
Bryan made his debut on the inaugural episode of NXT on February 23, losing by submission to then World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho and being attacked by his storyline mentor The Miz for disrespecting him earlier in the show.[70][71] Over the next several weeks, Bryan failed to win a single match, but despite a record of 0–5 he was ranked first in the inaugural Pros' Poll on the March 30 episode of NXT.[72][73] After losing five more matches on NXT, Bryan got his first victory on the May 10 episode of Raw by pinning Santino Marella in an eight-on-four handicap match.[74] The following night on NXT, he was eliminated from the show along with Michael Tarver as neither man had confidence in themselves to win the competition.[75] Despite his elimination, he appeared on the following episodes of NXT, being interviewed by Matt Striker and attacking both Michael Cole and The Miz.[76][77]
On the May 31 episode of Raw, Bryan was granted a match against the Miz by guest host Ashton Kutcher, which he won and threw Miz into Cole at ringside after the match.[78] On the June 7 episode of Raw, the faction known as The Nexus (NXT rookies from season one) invaded the WWE ring, attacking John Cena and causing destruction around the ringside area. On June 11, WWE announced that Danielson was fired from WWE[79] because Bryan had been too violent, pretending to strangle ring announcer Justin Roberts with his own neck tie.[80] Danielson noted that WWE apologized to him for his release, claiming that they "had sponsors they had to deal with".[5] His release was put in a storyline, where the rest of the NXT rookies kicked him out of the group for showing remorse for his actions and declared that Bryan would never return to the WWE again.[81]
Return to the independent circuit (2010)[edit]
After being released, Danielson received several offers to sign with other wrestling companies, being contacted by TNA, albeit indirectly and some Japanese promotions.[5] Two weeks after his departure from WWE, Danielson made his return to the independent circuit on June 26, defeating Eddie Kingston at the CHIKARA event We Must Eat Michigan's Brain in Taylor, Michigan.[82] Rather than receiving streamers, the fans instead threw neck ties in light of the Justin Roberts incident in WWE.[83] The following day at CHIKARA's Faded Scars and Lines, Danielson defeated Young Lions Cup holder Tim Donst in a non-title match.[84] On July 3, Danielson returned to wXw, defeating Wade Fitzgerald and TJP in the round robin stage of the Ambition 1 tournament.[85] The following day, he defeated TJP in a rematch and finally Johnny Moss in the finals of the tournament to win Ambition 1.[86] On July 17, Danielson debuted in the International Wrestling Association (IWA), being booked to defeat Q.T. Marshall for the IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship.[87] On July 23, Danielson debuted in the fledgling EVOLVE promotion, which was originally conceived to be built around Danielson as their top star before he signed to WWE.[88] In the main event, he defeated Bobby Fish,[89] while Danielson continued on undefeated the following day by returning to Dragon Gate USA and submitted Shingo in the dark match main event Return of the Dragon.[90] After the match, Danielson joined BxB Hulk, Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi and PAC as the fifth member of the stable World-1.[90] On July 30, Danielson returned to Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, competing in a match where he defeated Roderick Strong.[91] On August 7, Danielson unsuccessfully challenged Adam Pearce for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the NWA Legends Fanfest.[92]
Despite returning to WWE on August 15, Danielson honored most of his independent bookings, making his first appearance on August 20 and defeating Jon Moxley (later known as Dean Ambrose in WWE) at Heartland Wrestling Association's Road to Destiny.[93] The following day, he was defeated by Drake Younger at Insanity Pro Wrestling's Ninth Anniversary Reign of the Insane.[94] On August 22, Danielson defeated J Freddie at a Squared Circle Wrestling event.[95] On September 10, he returned to the IWA using the name Daniel Bryan and lost the IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship to Dennis Rivera.[96] The following day, Danielson returned to EVOLVE by defeating Munenori Sawa in the main event.[97] Later that same night, Danielson wrestled for New York Wrestling Connection in a tag team match, where he and Tony Nese defeated Dimitrios Papadon and Alex Reynolds.[98] On September 25, Danielson returned to Dragon Gate USA and defeated YAMATO in the main event of the evening.[99] The following day, Danielson defeated Jon Moxley.[100] On October 1, Danielson wrestled the last of his independent matches by defeating Shelton Benjamin at a Northeast Wrestling event.[101]
Second return to WWE[edit]
United States Champion (2010–2011)[edit]
Bryan (right) wrestling his former NXT mentor, The Miz
Danielson returned to WWE as Daniel Bryan at SummerSlam, where he was revealed as the surprise seventh member of Team WWE for the seven-on-seven elimination tag team match against The Nexus, the other NXT season one competitors.[102] At the event on August 15, Bryan was one of the two final members of Team WWE and managed to eliminate two members of The Nexus, but was eliminated by Wade Barrett after The Miz, whose place he took in Team WWE, attacked him.[103] Despite this, Team WWE won the match.[104] The following night, he was revealed as part of the Raw roster. Bryan feuded with The Miz, with both interfering in each other's matches and The Miz being aided by Alex Riley, his rookie from the second season of NXT.[105] At Night of Champions on September 19, Bryan defeated The Miz to win the United States Championship, his first championship in WWE.[106][107]
Bryan then successfully defended the title two weeks later by defeating The Miz and John Morrison in a triple threat submissions count anywhere match at Hell in a Cell on October 3. On October 24, he went on to challenge then Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler to a champion vs. champion match at Bragging Rights as a special attraction SmackDown vs. Raw match, defeating Ziggler in a highly acclaimed match. On November 21, Bryan went on to successfully defend his title against Ted DiBiase at Survivor Series.[108][109] On the November 30 episode of NXT, it was announced that Bryan was returning to the show as the Pro to Rookie Derrick Bateman on season four.[110][111]
In late 2010, The Bella Twins began competing for Bryan's affection, leading to them supporting him at ringside and competing in mixed tag team matches together.[112][113][114] On the January 24, 2011 episode of Raw, it was revealed that Bryan had been secretly dating Gail Kim, who began accompanying him to ringside.[115][116] On the March 14 episode of Raw, Bryan lost the United States Championship to Sheamus ending his reign at 176 days.[117] Bryan was originally scheduled to have his rematch against Sheamus for the United States Championship on the main card at WrestleMania XXVII on April 3, but the match was rescheduled as a dark lumberjack match that ended in a no contest when the lumberjacks fought among themselves to trigger the start of a battle royal.[118] Bryan lost his title rematch the next night on Raw, after which he was saved from Sheamus by the debuting Sin Cara.[119]
World Heavyweight Champion (2011–2012)[edit]
On April 26, Bryan was drafted to SmackDown as part of the 2011 supplemental draft.[120] On the May 6 episode of SmackDown, Bryan made his debut for the brand by losing to Sheamus.[121] Cody Rhodes then started a feud with Bryan by attacking him after losing their match and placing a paper bag on his head. Bryan then aligned with Sin Cara to feud with Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase.[122][123] On June 28, Bryan returned to NXT to manage Derrick Bateman once again.[124]
Bryan as World Heavyweight Champion alongside former on-screen girlfriend AJ
On July 17 at Money in the Bank, Bryan won the SmackDown Money in the Bank ladder match which earned him a World Heavyweight Championship match at any point within the following year.[125] On the July 22 episode of SmackDown, Bryan declared he would cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase at next year's WrestleMania.[126] After several months of losing matches, Bryan began a feud with then World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry on the November 4 episode of SmackDown after Henry challenged Bryan to a non-title match to prove that Bryan could not become champion. During the match, Big Show knocked out Henry, making Bryan lose by disqualification. As his friend, Big Show then urged a groggy Bryan to cash in his championship match, but Henry recovered and attacked both Bryan and Big Show before the match could start.[127] Bryan suffered attacks from Henry the following two weeks.[128][129] On the November 25 episode of SmackDown, Henry was knocked out again by Big Show, at which point Bryan cashed in his briefcase for a title match and quickly pinned Henry, but SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long revealed that Henry was not medically cleared to compete and voided the match, so Henry remained champion and the briefcase was returned to Bryan.[130] Bryan later admitted he betrayed his principles by not waiting for WrestleMania, but explained he felt strongly about exacting revenge on Henry and realised he may not make it to WrestleMania due to Henry's continued attacks.[131][132] Regardless of his briefcase, Bryan won a fatal four-way match on the same episode of SmackDown to become the contender for Henry's championship.[133] On the live November 29 episode of SmackDown, Henry managed to pin Bryan to retain the title in a steel cage match.[134] Also in November, Bryan started being involved in a romantic storyline with AJ.[135][136]
Bryan cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on December 18 at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs against Big Show, who had just defeated Henry and subsequently received a DDT onto a steel chair, which allowed Bryan to secure a pinfall victory and become the World Heavyweight Champion, thus making him also the first ever wrestler from NXT to win a WWE world championship.[137][138] In the following weeks, tension was teased between Bryan and Big Show, with Big Show unhappy about Bryan taking the World Heavyweight Championship from him and Bryan being displeased about Big Show's lack of appreciation for Bryan's help in matches against Henry.[139] As World Heavyweight Champion, Bryan began a slow villainous turn as he gradually showed signs of overconfidence and arrogance,[140] with Bryan beginning to partake in excessive victory celebrations, even when he won his matches by disqualification or countout.[141] Also despite AJ's declaration of love for him,[142] Bryan avoided saying that he loved her in return.[143]
The kiss with AJ that cost Bryan his World Heavyweight Championship to Sheamus at WrestleMania XXVIII in 18 seconds
In January 2012, Bryan successfully defended his title three times: the first occasion against Big Show when Bryan goaded Mark Henry into attacking him and causing a disqualification; the second occasion a no disqualification rematch with Big Show which ended abruptly after Big Show accidentally ran into AJ, hospitalising her within the storyline for which Bryan blamed him; and the third occasion against Henry in a lumberjack match when Bryan provoked the lumberjacks to interfere and cause a no contest.[144][145][146] This culminated in a triple threat steel cage match to exclude outside interference at the Royal Rumble on January 29, where Bryan escaped the cage after freeing himself from Big Show's grasp to retain the championship.[147]
At Elimination Chamber on February 19, Bryan defeated Big Show, Cody Rhodes, The Great Khali, Santino Marella and Wade Barrett in an Elimination Chamber match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. After the match, Royal Rumble match winner Sheamus attacked Bryan and chose him as his WrestleMania opponent for the World Heavyweight Championship.[148] In March, Bryan began to mistreat AJ, publicly demanding her to shut up and claiming that she always got in his way.[149] Despite these actions, AJ continued to stand by Bryan.[150] Bryan's reign as world champion ended at 105 days when Sheamus defeated him in 18 seconds at WrestleMania XXVIII due to Bryan being distracted with receiving a good luck kiss from AJ.[151] On the following episode of SmackDown, Bryan blamed AJ for his world title loss and ended their relationship.[152] Despite AJ's attempts to mend their relationship, Bryan cruelly rebuffed her multiple times, leaving AJ an emotional wreck.[153] At Extreme Rules on April 29, Bryan failed to regain the World Heavyweight Championship from Sheamus in a two-out-of-three falls match, losing two falls to one.[154]
Team Hell No (2012–2013)[edit]
Main article: Team Hell No
Bryan feuded with CM Punk for the WWE Championship in 2012 after losing the World Heavyweight Championship
The next night on Raw, Bryan became the number one contender to CM Punk's WWE Championship when he won a Beat the Clock challenge by defeating Jerry Lawler in under three minutes.[155] Bryan received his title shot at Over the Limit on May 20 and suffered a controversial loss—when Bryan rolled back onto his shoulders as he applied the "Yes!" Lock, Punk tapped out immediately after the referee counted a pinfall win for Punk.[156] Shortly before Over the Limit, Bryan interfered in a match between Punk and Kane to frame Punk attacking Kane with a steel chair, leading to a three-way feud.[157][158][159] During this time, a jilted AJ turned her affections to both Punk and Kane.[160] On the June 1 episode of SmackDown, Bryan's interference caused WWE Championship match between Punk and Kane to end in a double disqualification,[161] resulting in a triple threat match being set up on June 17 at No Way Out, where Punk managed to retain the title after AJ distracted Kane.[162] On the June 25 episode of Raw, Bryan defeated Punk and Kane in a non-title three-way elimination match to earn another shot at the WWE Championship.[163] At Money in the Bank on July 15, Bryan failed to capture the WWE Championship again from Punk in a no disqualification match with AJ as special guest referee.[164] The following night on Raw, AJ accepted Bryan's marriage proposal,[165] On Raw 1000, Bryan's storyline wedding ended in failure when AJ left Bryan at the altar and instead accepted Mr. McMahon's offer of the position of permanent Raw General Manager. Bryan's night turned from bad to worse as he was later attacked by The Rock and insulted by celebrity Charlie Sheen.[166]
Kane offers to "hug it out" with Bryan
AJ's rejection of Bryan turned him into an angry and bitter individual and resulted in Bryan lashing out at audiences.[167] AJ continued to exact her revenge on Bryan by denying him a WWE Championship shot and instead forcing him to face Kane on August 19 at SummerSlam,[168] where Bryan emerged victorious.[169] As a result of Bryan and Kane's issues, AJ enrolled them in anger management classes hosted by Dr. Shelby[170] and they were later forced to "hug it out".[171] At the arrangement of Dr. Shelby and AJ, the two adversaries formed a team whose constant bickering and infighting even during matches inadvertently resulted in them defeating The Prime Time Players (Titus O'Neil and Darren Young) to become the number one contenders to the WWE Tag Team Championship on the September 10 episode of Raw[172] and then defeating champions Kofi Kingston and R-Truth to win the championship on September 16 at Night of Champions.[173]
Bryan and Kane made their first successful title defense the following night on Raw, defeating the former champions in a rematch.[174] The following week on Raw, "Team Hell No" was chosen as the official team name via a Twitter poll while Team Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow) started a feud with Bryan and Kane, turning Bryan into a fan favorite once again.[175] On October 28 at Hell in a Cell, Team Hell No lost to the Rhodes Scholars via disqualification, but retained their title.[176] This was followed by a rematch on the November 14 Main Event, where Team Hell No defeated the Rhodes Scholars to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship.[177] On the November 26 episode of Raw, after Kane lost to WWE Champion CM Punk in a non-title match, he was assaulted by The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) and Bryan and Ryback, who both attempted to save Kane, suffered a similar fate.[178] This attack had the effect of uniting Bryan and Kane and after The Shield and Team Hell No, along with Ryback, attacked each other on the December 3 episode of Raw, all six men were decreed to face each other in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match on December 16 at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs,[179][180] where The Shield was victorious after pinning Bryan.[181] Team Hell No went on to defend the tag team titles through the end of the year, retaining against Team Rhodes Scholars on the following Main Event[182] and against 3MB (Drew McIntyre and Heath Slater) on the December 31 episode of Raw.[183] Bryan ended 2012 having wrestled the second most televised and pay-per-view matches that year with 90.[184]
On January 27 at the 2013 Royal Rumble, Team Hell No retained the WWE Tag Team Championship against Team Rhodes Scholars.[185] During the Royal Rumble match, Bryan eliminated Kane and was in turn thrown out of the ring by Antonio Cesaro—Kane caught Bryan before he touched the floor and despite Bryan's begging dropped him to complete his elimination.[186] On the February 4 episode of Raw, Bryan was inserted into the World Heavyweight Championship number one contender Elimination Chamber match when he defeated Rey Mysterio, after which the returning Mark Henry attacked both men.[187] On February 17 at Elimination Chamber, Bryan was the first man eliminated from the match, courtesy of Henry.[188] On April 7 at WrestleMania 29, Team Hell No defeated Dolph Ziggler and Big E Langston for another successful title defense.[189] Team Hell No rekindled their rivalry with The Shield the following night on Raw after saving The Undertaker from an ambush by them.[190] On the April 22 episode of Raw, Team Hell No and The Undertaker were defeated by The Shield in a six-man tag team match.[191] The Shield went on to take out Undertaker and rack up wins over Bryan and Kane in both singles and tag matches that also included WWE Champion John Cena.[192][193][194][195] On May 19 at Extreme Rules, Bryan and Kane lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to Shield members Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, ending their reign at 245 days.[196]
"Yes!" Movement (2013–2014)[edit]
Bryan in July 2013
As he being pinned led to the loss of the tag team titles, Bryan became obsessed about proving that he was not the weak link of Team Hell No and as a result became even more aggressive, but his overzealous behavior led to Team Hell No losing their rematch against Rollins and Reigns on the May 27 episode of Raw.[197][198] When Kane tried to reassure Bryan, he replied with harsh rebukes that alienated Kane from him and as a result Bryan was paired with Randy Orton despite their poor relationship to face a common enemy in The Shield.[199][200] During this storyline, Bryan was praised as the best performer in WWE and having an unmatched connection with crowds by critics, peers and veterans of the professional wrestling industry.[201][202][203][204]
On the June 14 episode of SmackDown, Bryan (with Kane and Orton as his tag team partners) ended The Shield's unpinned and unsubmitted streak in a televised six-man tag match by forcing Rollins to submit.[205][206] On June 16 at Payback, Bryan and Orton's poor teamwork resulted in an unsuccessful challenge for Rollins and Reigns' WWE Tag Team Championship.[207] The following night on Raw, while the status of Team Hell No was left up in the air after both members considered individual pursuits, Bryan and Orton faced off in a no disqualification match that Orton won via referee stoppage after Bryan suffered a legit nerve injury,[208] which was a stinger resulting in Bryan being unable to feel both his arms for the rest of the match.[209] On the June 21 episode of SmackDown, Bryan defeated Orton, but to Bryan's dismay it was via countout.[210] On the following Raw, Bryan decisively defeated Orton via submission in a street fight[211] and later continued his hot streak by picking up wins over Sheamus and Christian.[212][213] On July 14 at Money in the Bank, Bryan competed in the WWE Championship Money in the Bank ladder match, during which Bryan was attacked by Curtis Axel, a non-participant, which ultimately prevented him from winning the match that was won by Orton.[214]
"He's the most technically proficient wrestler the WWE main-event scene has seen possibly since Bret Hart, and he connects with the crowd (the whole crowd — sorry, Mr. Cena) in a near-euphoric way we haven't seen consistently since The Rock in his prime".
David Shoemaker of Grantland, while declaring Bryan as the MVP for the WWE Midseason Awards in October 2013[209]
On the July 15 episode of Raw, WWE Champion John Cena picked Bryan to be his opponent for the WWE title match at SummerSlam.[215] This led to Bryan being embroiled (in storyline) in the McMahon family's internal feud, with WWE chairman Vince McMahon against Bryan due to Bryan's image not fitting of McMahon's vision of a typical WWE wrestler, while WWE chief operating officer Triple H was in support of Bryan.[216] On the July 22 episode of Raw, Bryan ran a gauntlet match to prove his worth as number one contender, defeating Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro in succession while his third opponent Ryback was disqualified after performing a powerbomb on Bryan through a table.[217] The following week on Raw, Bryan was forced to face Kane and emerged victorious, but Kane attacked him after the match.[218] On August 18 at SummerSlam, Bryan defeated Cena to win his first WWE Championship, but after the match special referee Triple H performed his Pedigree finishing move on Bryan, leading to Randy Orton cashing in his Money in the Bank contract to win the title from Bryan.[219]
"When [Vince McMahon] had HHH call Bryan a B+ player, that is because Vince saw Bryan that way. Vince was just going to screw Bryan in the storylines and then push him down the card".
Dave Scherer of PWInsider.com's analysis of Bryan's feud with the Authority[220]
The next night on Raw, Triple H and the McMahons endorsed Orton as "the face of the WWE" while labelling Bryan a "B+ player" and forming The Authority faction, claiming that the company was looking for Orton as champion instead of Bryan, who also assumed the top babyface role (heroic character) in WWE with Cena being out injured.[221] With Triple H threatening to fire anyone who disobeyed him, Bryan was left alone to take on and suffer attacks from Orton and The Shield.[222] On September 15 at Night of Champions, Bryan defeated Orton to regain the WWE Championship,[223] but was stripped of the title the following night on Raw by Triple H after referee Scott Armstrong said he had made a fast count the previous night resulting in Bryan's win, while Bryan denied that Armstrong was working for him.[224] Armstrong was then kayfabe fired by The Authority while Bryan and Orton faced off again for the vacant title on October 6 at Battleground in a match that ended in a no contest after Big Show interfered and knocked out both men.[225] Bryan once again challenged Orton for the vacant championship on October 27 at Hell in a Cell, but was unsuccessful after the special guest referee Shawn Michaels hit Bryan with a superkick for attacking his best friend Triple H.[226] The following night on Raw, Bryan confronted Michaels, who offered a handshake, but Bryan put Michaels in the "Yes!" Lock.[227]
"I wasn't supposed to be anywhere near the top of the card. I think I was scheduled to wrestle Sheamus, and probably be 5th or 6th match from the top, and maybe get a 10 minute match if we were lucky, but because of fan support, all of the sudden now I'm doing 2 matches and I'm in the main event of WrestleMania".
Bryan on the original plans for him for WrestleMania XXX[228]
Later that same night, Bryan was attacked by The Wyatt Family.[227] Bryan then found an ally in former rival CM Punk, as the duo defeated Luke Harper and Erick Rowan of The Wyatt Family on November 24 at Survivor Series,[229] However, the entire Wyatt Family defeated Bryan in a handicap match on December 15 at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs,[230] with Wyatt attempting to recruit Bryan in the previous weeks.[231] On the final Raw of 2013, Bryan defeated Harper and then Rowan in a gauntlet match so that he could face Wyatt, whereupon Harper and Rowan interfered for a disqualification and beat him down. Bryan then acknowledged that no matter how many times the fans chanted "Yes!" or supported him, it was not enough for "the machine", so he gave up and decided to join The Wyatt Family.[232] On the January 13 episode of Raw, after Wyatt and Bryan lost to The Usos in a tag team steel cage match, Wyatt was attempting to "punish" Bryan for their lack of success since he joined the group, but Bryan attacked him and the rest of The Wyatt Family. Afterwards Bryan discarded the blue overalls he had been wearing as a member of The Wyatt Family, scaled the cage and led the live audience in a "Yes!" chant.[233] At the 2014 Royal Rumble on January 26, despite Bryan losing to Wyatt in a singles match and later not participating in the Royal Rumble match, the audience continued to chant for Bryan during the Royal Rumble match and the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match between Cena and Orton.[234][235]
Bryan closed WrestleMania XXX by celebrating his win of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
On the January 27 episode of Raw, Bryan qualified for the Elimination Chamber match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the eponymous pay-per-view by teaming up with John Cena and Sheamus to defeat The Shield via disqualification.[236] Meanwhile, he also continued his feud with The Authority as Kane attacked him on multiple occasions, attempting to injure Bryan before his Elimination Chamber match on February 23,[237][238] in which Bryan survived until he was one of the final two participants, but defending champion Randy Orton retained after Kane interfered in the match by attacking Bryan.[239]
On the March 10 episode of Raw, Bryan and multiple fans occupied the ring (while WWE road crew members dressed in Bryan T-shirts posed as fans outside the ring) and refused to leave, resulting in an irate Triple H agreeing to Bryan's demand for a match at WrestleMania XXX, with the stipulation that the winner would be inserted into the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at the event.[240] At WrestleMania XXX on April 6, Bryan defeated Triple H and was inserted into the title match, but Triple H attacked Bryan after their match.[241] Despite a storyline injury and interference from The Authority and a crooked referee, Bryan prevailed over Batista and champion Randy Orton in the WrestleMania main event to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.[242][243] Pro Wrestling Torch editor Wade Keller analysed (and Danielson later confirmed in his memoir) that Bryan's WrestleMania journey was due to several factors: the fans' rejection of Batista and continual support of Bryan over the previous six months (even when he joined the Wyatt Family), as well as CM Punk legitimately walking out on WWE after the Royal Rumble.[244] Both Bryan and Chris Jericho later said that Bryan's original WrestleMania XXX opponent was supposed to be Sheamus.[228][245]
"I don't know how my life got to be like this... I'm just a normal dude. I was never a special athlete. I wasn't great at any sports or anything like that. And now an arena full of people were chanting, 'You deserve it'. And I don't know what I've done to deserve it".
Bryan reacts to the events of the Raw after WrestleMania XXX[209]
The Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter wrote: "Leading into WrestleMania 30, the Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H program was the top draw of Raw each week. Coming out of WM30, Bryan as new WWE World Hvt. champion has been solidified as a ratings draw".[246] This trend continued until at least May 2014, when Bryan had to undergo neck surgery due his first of the two major injuries that would eventually force him to retire in February 2016.[247][248]
On the Raw following WrestleMania XXX, Triple H used his authority to grant himself a title match against Bryan, who was then attacked by Orton, Batista and Kane just before the match which ended in a no contest and Bryan's retention when The Shield interfered to chase away Bryan's adversaries.[249] Stephanie McMahon enticed Kane to return to his masked self which Kane complied and was granted a future title match against Bryan and proceeded to carry out a brutal attack against Bryan which led to a scripted injury to give him time off to mourn his recently deceased father.[250] At Extreme Rules on May 4, Bryan defeated Kane in an Extreme Rules match to retain his title.[251]
Major injuries and first retirement (2014–2016)[edit]
At some point in time, Bryan lost all strength in his right arm and announced on the May 12 episode of Raw that he would have to undergo neck surgery, being attacked by Kane and stretchered away that same night to justify his absence.[252] On May 15, Bryan underwent successful neck surgery, with a cervical foraminotomy to decompress the nerve root having been performed.[253] Two weeks later on Raw, when Bryan refused to relinquish his title Stephanie McMahon threatened to fire Bryan's wife Brie Bella, if Bryan did not give up his title on June 1 at Payback.[254] The ultimatum resulted in Bella "quitting" WWE so that Bryan did not have to give up his title.[255] However, when it was revealed that Bryan would not be able to compete at Money in the Bank and defend his title, The Authority stripped him of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on the June 9 episode of Raw, ending Bryan's third reign at 64 days.[256] Due to his injury, Bryan was largely off WWE TV during this period.[257][258] Months after the neck surgery, Bryan's strength still had not returned to his arm.[259] Many doctors felt a second surgery was needed, while others told Bryan he would not be able to return to wrestling. Bryan contemplated further elbow surgery, but instead went to Denver to undergo the Muscle Activation Techniques program, which successfully returned the strength to his right arm. To prepare for his in-ring return, he trained in kickboxing and jujitsu.
On the November 24 episode of Raw, Bryan returned to WWE, taunting the recently deposed Authority. As guest general manager for that episode of Raw and the November 28 episode of SmackDown, Bryan arranged punishments for those allied with The Authority. Apart from announcing a chairs match between Kane and Ryback for TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 14, Bryan also affirmed that he would return soon.[260][261]
On the December 29 episode of Raw, Bryan declared that he would be able to continue wrestling and would be participating in the 2015 Royal Rumble match.[262] In an interview, Bryan said he told management that he wished to be the "face of SmackDown" to increase the show's viewership.[263] Bryan returned to the ring on the January 15, 2015 episode of SmackDown, with his opponent Kane being disqualified due to The Authority's interference and later that night Bryan won the six-man tag team main event.[264] The next week on SmackDown, despite more interference by The Authority, Bryan defeated Kane in a no disqualification main event to keep his Royal Rumble match spot.[265] Bryan entered the Royal Rumble match at number 10, managing one elimination[266] before being eliminated by Bray Wyatt in the first half of the match, causing the Philadelphia crowd to repeatedly chant for him during the second half of the match while booing other wrestlers entering the match, including eventual winner and fellow "good guy" Roman Reigns.[267][268][269]
"Bryan came in like a homecoming hero and was gone, just a few minutes later, like a freshman nerd. [...] Beyond that, the lion's share of the WWE audience wants him to be a top guy – and are willing to pay for that."
Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com on Bryan's showing in the 2015 Royal Rumble match [270]
"His workrate in the ring and what he gives through the match just means so much more to the wrestling fans than anything else... His run [as champion] was cut short and I think fans wanted to see him get that [WrestleMania] moment that he deserves... WWE put a line through that".
Bret Hart in March 2015[271]
On the January 29 episode of SmackDown, Bryan ended his feud with Kane by defeating him in a casket match.[272] On the February 2 episode of Raw, Bryan defeated Seth Rollins, earning the right to face Roman Reigns at Fastlane, as the winner of the Fastlane match would challenge Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 31 for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. At Fastlane on February 22, Bryan lost to Reigns, failing to make his entry to WrestleMania main event.[273]
Bryan won the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 31
After Fastlane, Bryan set his sights on the Intercontinental Championship for WrestleMania 31, where he was one of multiple wrestlers who came to possess champion Bad News Barrett's title belt while defeating Barrett in non-title matches.[274][275] On the March 12 episode of SmackDown, Bryan announced his entry into the multi-man ladder match for the Intercontinental title at WrestleMania 31.[276] After Bryan was pinned twice within a week by fellow ladder match entrant Dolph Ziggler, the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter reported that "WWE has made it clear where Bryan stands after starting to lose regularly now".[277][278]
WWE's storylines for Bryan since his return were widely criticized. Dave Scherer of Pro Wrestling Insider questioned "bringing Bryan back for the Rumble in the first place" if there was no intention of letting Bryan win.[220] Benjamin Tucker of Pro Wrestling Torch criticized WWE for having "watered down" Bryan's heroic character to a "sneaky, backstabbing, cheap, aggravating jerk" for the feud against Roman Reigns.[279] Mike Tedesco of WrestleView wrote in March that WWE "killed Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton dead in the last two months. It takes a special bunch of nincompoops to pull that off".[280] Jake Barnett of Pro Wrestling Dot Net said that Bryan being labelled a "turd" was "asking fans to disbelieve what they see with their own eyes" and "will do nothing to calm down the conspiracy theorists who insist WWE is intentionally cooling off Bryan to make Reigns look better in comparison".[281] In a piece for the Wrestling Observer, Zach Dominello was "dumbfounded and disheartened" that "after returning from a very serious injury, WWE’s bright idea is to put Bryan in one of the most dangerous matches possible at WrestleMania", while having "dragged Bryan down to the levels of R-Truth and Stardust".[282]
Bryan won the Intercontinental Championship ladder match at WrestleMania 31 on March 29.[283] This made him one of six wrestlers at the time to achieve WWE's new Grand Slam due to winning every active title in WWE (except for female-exclusive titles), while also making him WWE's 26th Triple Crown Champion [284] having won the WWE, World Heavyweight, Tag Team, United States and Intercontinental Championships.[285] The next night on Raw, Bryan defeated Dolph Ziggler in his first successful title defense, before they were attacked by Barrett only for Sheamus to return and chase off Barrett before attacking Bryan and Ziggler.[286] Bryan lost to Sheamus on the April 2 SmackDown by countout when Barrett interfered.[287] During the match, Bryan hit his head on the announce table and forehead was split open, causing him to bleed and later acquired stitches for the wound.[288] On the April 16 episode of SmackDown, in his last in-ring match Bryan teamed up with United States Champion John Cena to defeat WWE Tag Team Champions Cesaro and Tyson Kidd by submission.[289]
"[Professional wrestling] is a far better place because of his involvement. There were things dating back to 2001 that he was involved with that changed the underground foundation of the industry, and over the past few years, significantly changed talent evaluation at the highest level of the industry".
Dave Meltzer in 2016, reflecting just after Bryan's retirement[290]
Following the April 16 episode of SmackDown, WWE pulled Bryan from wrestling on the remainder of WWE's touring of Europe as a "precautionary measure".[291] Bryan's scheduled title defense at Extreme Rules on April 26 against Bad News Barrett was later cancelled as Bryan was "medically unable to compete".[292] Less than a week later, WWE stopped advertising Bryan from all future live events or television tapings.[293] After about a month off television, Bryan returned on the May 11 episode of Raw only to announce that after having undergone an MRI he would be out for an unknown period of time and could possibly have to retire (though the nature of his injuries were not revealed), therefore he relinquished the Intercontinental Championship.[294] On the Elimination Chamber pre-show on May 31, Bryan stated that he would eventually wrestle again.[295] In July, Bryan revealed that his injury was concussion-related and claimed that he had been cleared to return to the ring by external medical professionals and was waiting for WWE to clear him.[296][297] During his time away, he trimmed his signature beard and cut his hair short,[298] donating his hair to Wigs 4 Kids, a charity similar to that of Locks of Love.[299]
On February 8, 2016, Bryan announced his retirement due to medical reasons via Twitter.[300] Later on that day's episode of Raw was broadcast live from Seattle, Washington (Bryan's home state), Bryan gave a retirement speech, expressing his gratefulness for the happiness wrestling had brought him.[301] The following day on ESPN, Bryan revealed that he suffered ten documented concussions while wrestling, but more might have been undocumented or misdiagnosed. He also said a recent EEG reflex test revealed slowing and a small subacute or chronic lesion in his brain's temporoparietal region, which explained Bryan's post-concussion seizures (previously hidden by him) and led to his retirement decision.[302][303] Bryan had been cleared by a doctor for the Arizona Cardinals and had passed a concussion test at UCLA with "flying colors", but WWE's head of medical Dr. Joseph Maroon refused to clear him. Journalist Dave Meltzer has suggested that this may have been because of Maroon having recently been portrayed in a negative light in the film Concussion. Initially, Bryan requested his release from WWE and was looking to return to NJPW and ROH as well as work in Mexico for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), but the request was turned down by Vince McMahon. Bryan then underwent a new test, where the lesion in his brain was discovered, after which he himself made the decision to retire.[304]
On Thank You Daniel, a WWE Network tribute to Bryan, he confirmed that he has been asked about working for WWE in a different capacity while comparing this to "a partner breaking up with you, getting married to someone else and then asking you to be best friends", expanding to say that he needs time to heal emotionally before he can agree to such an offer.[citation needed] During this period, WWE confirmed that Bryan would continue to appear for the company in a non in-ring role alongside his wife Brie Bella, who now serves as a WWE Ambassador[305] following her retirement from in-ring competition at WrestleMania 32.[306][307]
Bryan, now an officially recognized WWE Legend,[308] co-hosted the WWE Network summer series Cruiserweight Classic alongside SmackDown commentator Mauro Ranallo.[309]
SmackDown General Manager (2016–2018)[edit]
Following the announcement of the second WWE brand extension, he was appointed by SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon as the new SmackDown General Manager on the July 18 episode of Raw.[310] Along with McMahon, Bryan played a vital role in the WWE draft, with the duo selecting WWE Champion Dean Ambrose as their first overall pick for SmackDown.[311] After SummerSlam on August 21, Bryan unveiled two new championships exclusive to the SmackDown brand—the SmackDown Women's Championship and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.[312]
As part of his General Manager duties, Bryan co-hosted Talking Smack with Renee Young, a post-SmackDown Live interview show on the WWE Network.[313] Later that month, Bryan booked The Miz to defend the Intercontinental Championship against Dolph Ziggler on September 11 at Backlash.[314] The two continued to feud into the month of September, with Miz often running away from Bryan when a physical altercation was teased.[315] On the October 11 episode of SmackDown Live, Bryan along with Shane McMahon challenged the Raw brand to three 5-on-5 traditional Survivor Series elimination tag team matches at the event of the same name as a means to determine which brand was superior.[316] On the October 17 episode of Raw, Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon and Raw General Manager Mick Foley accepted Bryan's challenge, with a men's, women's and tag team Survivor Series matches announced.[317] On the November 1 episode of SmackDown Live, Bryan was a guest on Miz TV where the two got into yet another verbal altercation.[318]
The feud between Bryan and Miz continued as Miz's real life wife Maryse accepted the Intercontinental Championship title shot against Ziggler on his behalf.[319] Bryan would state on the November 9 episode of Talking Smack that if Ziggler successfully retains the championship, Miz along with Maryse would be traded to Raw for someone else.[320] On November 15, Bryan would go on to open the 900th episode of SmackDown Live, announcing that the match between Ziggler and Miz would open the show, with Miz going on to become a six-time Intercontinental Champion after beating Ziggler, preventing himself from being traded to Raw and keeping his feud alive with Bryan in the process.[321]
On the April 10 and April 11, 2017 episodes of Raw and SmackDown Live, Bryan was involved in the 2017 Superstar Shake-up in which Alexa Bliss, Bray Wyatt, Dean Ambrose and The Miz himself were traded to Raw whilst Charlotte Flair, The New Day, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were traded to SmackDown.[322] Bryan later took time off from WWE television for paternity leave, but on June 16 it was announced he would be returning from paternity leave on the June 20 episode of SmackDown Live, in which Bryan would feature heavily in the on-screen booking of the first ever women's Money in the Bank ladder match and stripping Carmella of the briefcase she won on June 18 before suspending James Ellsworth for 30-days due to his involvement in the match.[323]
On the August 1 episode of SmackDown Live, Bryan announced that Kevin Owens would get his final chance at reclaiming the United States Championship against AJ Styles at SummerSlam on August 20, with Shane McMahon acting as the special guest referee.[324]
On the October 16 episode of Raw, Bryan was attacked by Kane after the SmackDown roster put Raw under siege the week before.[325] When he returned on the November 14 episode of SmackDown Live, Bryan offered to be AJ Styles' advocate and manager the same way Paul Heyman is to Brock Lesnar ahead of Styles' and Lesnar's Survivor Series champion vs. champion match.[326]
At Survivor Series on November 19, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn attacked Shane McMahon during the 5-on-5 Survivor Series interbrand elimination match against Team Raw, which SmackDown ultimately lost.[327] On the following episode of SmackDown Live, as Shane was about to fire them, they were interrupted by SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan, who instead decided to have Owens and Zayn face The New Day in a lumberjack match with the rest of the SmackDown roster as the lumberjacks, which they won and Owens subsequently begged for Bryan not to fire them, at which Bryan replied that he would not.[328] This rivalry set up a tag team match being scheduled for Clash of Champions with Owens and Zayn facing Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura with Shane and Bryan as special guest referees and the added stipulation that if Owens and Zayn were to lose, they would be fired from WWE.[329][330] During the match on December 17, McMahon intentionally stopped a count at two during Zayn's pinfall on Orton which angered Bryan and the two argued, with Bryan shoving McMahon all while Orton attempted an RKO on Zayn, who avoided it and then pinned Orton after a Bryan made a fast count to give Owens and Zayn the win.[331] On the January 2, 2018 episode of SmackDown Live, Bryan announced that since Owens and Zayn defeated him in non-title matches, Styles would defend the title against both Zayn and Owens in a handicap match at the Royal Rumble on January 28.[332]
In-ring return (2018–present)[edit]
Bryan making his return to in-ring competition at WrestleMania 34
After more than two years of evaluations, reviews of his medical history and neurological and physical evaluations, Bryan was cleared by three external independent neurosurgeons, neurologists and concussion experts—in addition to Joseph Maroon—to return to WWE in-ring competition on March 20.[333] On that day's SmackDown Live, Bryan thanked fans for their constant support and vowed to wrestle again, but as SmackDown General Manager, he (kayfabe) fired Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn for attacking Shane McMahon the week before, resulting in Owens and Zayn attacking Bryan.[334] In response, Bryan expressed regret over favoring them and scheduled a tag team match at WrestleMania 34 pitting himself and McMahon against Owens and Zayn, with the latter being rehired if they win.[335][336] At the event on April 8, Bryan and McMahon won after Bryan made Zayn tap out in his first match since April 2015.[337] As a result of being medically cleared, McMahon announced at the beginning of the 10 April episode of SmackDown Live that he had "gracefully accepted Bryan's resignation" before preceding to announce the recently retired Paige as his replacement.[338] Later that same night, Bryan would have his first match on SmackDown Live since April 2015 against WWE Champion A.J. Styles, which he won by disqualification after Shinsuke Nakamura interfered and attacked both men.[339][340] The following week, Styles and Bryan would team up against Rusev and Aiden English during day two of the 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up, but the match would end in a no-contest after Nakamura attacked Styles again and Bryan was attacked by the returning recently drafted Big Cass. Bryan participated in the Greatest Royal Rumble match at the namesake event entering at #1 and lasted for 76 minutes thus also breaking the record for longest time in a Rumble match and made it to the final three before being eliminated by Big Cass. At Backlash, he would defeat Big Cass in a singles match.[341]
Wrestling persona[edit]
Bryan in his signature "Yes!" T-shirt while addressing the audience
Bryan wearing a robe at WrestleMania XXVIII
Danielson has spent the majority of his career without an overt character in favor of becoming popular with the fans through his monikers, signature mannerisms and wrestling ability while his attire has varied as well, with the majority of his tenure wearing a pair of short trunks,[342] but also ventured into wearing a mask for a time in Japan as an extension of his American Dragon persona.[16]
A notable part of Danielson's persona are his mannerisms and the reaction he inspires from the crowd during the course of his matches that include:
During his time in Ring of Honor (ROH), Danielson made his way to the ring to his entrance song ("The Final Countdown") and once in the ring he stood on the top turnbuckle and sang the refrain along with the fans in attendance.[343]
After winning the ROH World Championship, Danielson displayed traits of a villain-like persona, starting to behave more aggressively and threatening to the fans as well as taking more liberties with the rules, but despite his rulebreaking character he still retained a certain level of popularity with the fans as well as his upholding of the company's Code of Honor, ROH's storyline rules of wrestler conduct, allowing him to perform as a more neutral character.[344]
As a villain, applying a submission hold while the opponent gets a part of their body in the ring ropes, leading to the referee counting to five (not releasing the hold by the count of five would result in a disqualification) and as the referee would be about to disqualify Danielson, the latter would release the hold, instructing the referee: "I have till five!".[345]
During his initial reign as ROH World Champion, telling the ring announcer to add an extra note about him appertaining to the current circumstances around his match—this was generally insulting the crowd or his opponent.[346]
At the beginning of Danielson's ROH matches the crowd chanted "You're gonna get your fucking head kicked in!" at Danielson's opponent.[347]
After winning WWE's World Heavyweight Championship, Bryan began shouting "Yes!" repeatedly on his way to the ring and after defeating an opponent, crediting mixed martial arts fighter Diego Sanchez with the inspiration.[348][349] This chant grew in popularity and has been even heard outside WWE events such as at Major League Baseball, National Hockey League and National Basketball Association games[349][350][351] as well as at music concerts, in particular at Andrew W.K. concerts in both Glasgow and Manchester, England.[352] After turning into a villainous character at the start of 2012, Bryan slowly turned against the fans and after WrestleMania XXVIII in April he began chanting "No!" instead of "Yes!". Bryan claimed that the fans were mocking him by chanting "Yes!" so he chanted "No!" back at them, but this then further encouraged the crowd to chant "Yes!" at him to annoy him as he was a villain. Shortly after turning back into a heroic character, Bryan began saying "Yes!" again, but would still shout "No!" when in a negative situation or showing disdain towards a critique which also involved crowd participation.
Bryan's "Yes!" chant again entered popular culture in late 2013 and early 2014. During Michigan State's regular-season victory over arch-rival Michigan, Spartans guard Travis Jackson celebrated a touchdown with a "Yes!" chant.[353] On January 7, the university honored the football team, fresh off victory in the Rose Bowl, during halftime of the men's basketball home game against Ohio State. Jackson again led Bryan's chant, this time with the entire home crowd, especially the student section, joining in. The event quickly went viral and drew extensive coverage on ESPN's SportsCenter. One contributor to Yahoo! Sports speculated that this event and the associated media coverage led WWE to turn Bryan away from The Wyatt Family.[354] In the wake of Bryan's championship victory at WrestleMania XXX, the Pittsburgh Pirates began using the "Yes!" chant as a rallying cry, gradually replacing the Zoltan gesture the Pirates had been using the previous two years and it is said that Pirates first baseman Gaby Sánchez, a huge wrestling fan, was behind the team using the "Yes!" chants.[355] In May, members of the San Francisco Giants started using the chant and hand gesture to celebrate home runs. This led to Bryan performing the chant at a Giants playoff game and actively supporting the team all the way to the World Series, which the Giants won against the Kansas City Royals in seven games. Bryan was also a part of the team's victory parade.[356] Fans of the New York Islanders now use the "Yes" chant after every Islanders goal scored during home games.[357]
On several occasions, such as during the 2013 Slammy Awards, fans have successfully hijacked segments in which Bryan was either not involved in, or involved only secondarily, with his "Yes!" chant. In the case of the "Championship Ascension Ceremony" segment, the fan's continuing "Yes!" chants forced John Cena to go off-script and acknowledge Bryan (especially since the show was held in Seattle) even though the segment was supposed to be about Cena and Randy Orton's impending title unification match.[354]
Danielson, who was a vegan in his day-to-day life previously, incorporated his vegan lifestyle into his villain-like persona to elicit heat from the crowd.[358][359]
Other media[edit]
Danielson was prominently featured in the Wrestling Road Diaries documentary, which was filmed in 2009 before he signed with WWE.[360] In 2011, Danielson recorded a single with Kimya Dawson that was a tribute to wrestling legend "Captain" Lou Albano.[349]
On July 21, 2015, Danielson published an autobiography entitled Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania which was co-written by Craig Tello.[361]
Danielson was one of the judges on the sixth season of Tough Enough.[362] After his relationship with Brie Bella became a regular feature on E! Network reality series Total Divas, he became part of the cast of the spin off series Total Bellas.
Personal life[edit]
Michalek was posthumously presented with the Warrior Award by Danielson at the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony
Danielson has cited a number of wrestlers as influences to his style including Toshiaki Kawada, Mitsuharu Misawa and William Regal.[363] He has also made mention of modeling his wrestling on that of Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit in his early career, then using Brazilian jiu-jitsu as a platform to develop his own style.[364]
In 2009, Danielson relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he began training in mixed martial arts at Randy Couture's Xtreme Couture gym.[5][61] He was also roommates with Xtreme Couture's head grappling trainer, Neil Melanson.[5]
Danielson became a vegan in 2009 after getting elevated liver enzymes and several staph infections.[365][366] In 2012, he was awarded a Libby Award from PETA for being the "Most Animal-Friendly Athlete".[367] In honor of Danielson, Mayor Micah Cawley of Yakima, Washington declared January 13 "Daniel Bryan Day".[368] In September 2012, Danielson explained that he was no longer a vegan due to his inability to find vegan food while travelling on the road for WWE.[369] He later elaborated that he had developed a soy intolerance and could not find enough non-soy-based vegan food, but he still keeps a mostly vegan diet on the road. On Twitter, he stated that he has vitiligo.[370] Danielson has stated in his book that he does not drink due to his father's past as an alcoholic.
In October 2012, a social media campaign was started in an attempt to help Connor Michalek meet Danielson, his personal hero. Michalek was aged six at the time and suffered from cancer of the brain and spine.[371] The campaign succeeded, with Danielson meeting Michalek at the Consol Energy Center in December 2012[372] and again in October 2013.[373]
Danielson is a self-described socialist and endorsed Jill Stein in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.[374]
On April 11, 2014, Danielson married WWE Superstar Brie Bella, with whom he had been in a relationship for nearly three years.[359][375][376] On April 6, 2016, nearly two months after Danielson's retirement, Bella also semi-retired from wrestling in order to start a family with him.[377] They have a daughter named Birdie Joe Danielson.[378]
In wrestling[edit]
Bryan applying the "Yes!" Lock on Ted DiBiase
Bryan performing the Running Knee on Bad News Barrett at WrestleMania 31
Danielson applying the Cattle Mutilation on Chris Hero
Bryan performing "Yes!" Kicks to Triple H's chest at WrestleMania XXX
Bryan applying a surfboard on Dean Ambrose
Finishing moves
As American Dragon/Bryan Danielson
Arms Across America[379]/Cattle Mutilation[1][380] (Bridging double chickenwing)[381]
Bridging dragon suplex[1]
Crossface chickenwing, sometimes with bodyscissors[382]
Crucifix position followed by multiple elbow strikes to the side of the opponent's head[33][381]
Double wristlock to a grounded opponent followed by multiple stomps to the opponent's chest, face and head[383]
LeBell Lock (Omoplata crossface)[384] – 2010
Regal-Plex (Bridging leg hook belly-to-back suplex) – adopted from William Regal[380]
Triangle choke,[381] sometimes followed by multiple elbow strikes to the opponent's head[382]
As Daniel Bryan
Guillotine choke[385][386][387] – 2011
Heel hook[71] – 2018–present
LeBell Lock[388]/"No!" Lock[389]/"Yes!" Lock[2] (Omoplata crossface)[390][384][391]
Running single leg high knee[392][393] – adopted from Kenta[394][395]
Signature moves
Air Goat (Suicide dive)[396][397][398]
Ankle lock[399]
Arm trap seated abdominal stretch[381][382]
Backflip off the top rope over a standing opponent[400] followed by a crooked arm lariat[396][401][402]
Cobra clutch to a facedown opponent[1]
Corner elbow smash[403]
Discus elbow smash[1]
Diving headbutt[1] (Independent circuit) Flying Goat[404] (WWE)
Dragon screw[405]
Dragon sleeper[406]
Drop toe-hold into the turnbuckles,[407] sometimes followed by kicking the second rope into the opponent's throat[408][409]
European uppercut[410][411]
High knee from the apron to the outside of the ring[388][412]
Indian deathlock[1]
Jumping knee drop[409]
Multiple kick variations
Corner drop[410]
Front missile drop[410]
Roundhouse[413]
Running big boot[1]
"Yes!" Kicks (Repeated shoot to the chest of a kneeling opponent followed by a roundhouse to the opponent's head, with theatrics) [412][414]
Multiple suplex variations[381]
Belly-to-back,[1] sometimes from the top rope[1][380]
Belly-to-belly[382]
Cravate[415]
Danielson Special (Double underhook floated over into a cross armbreaker) – Innovated[411][416]
German[382]
Northern Lights[1]
Snap underhook[1][382]
Super[382]
Tiger[382]
Rolling fireman's carry slam[1]
Running leg lariat[410]
Single leg Boston crab[406]
Sleeper hold[399][412]
Small package[417]
Surfboard,[382][410] sometimes while applying a dragon sleeper[418]
Managers
AJ Lee[419]
Brie Bella[420]
Bray Wyatt[421]
Dave Prazak[422]
Gail Kim[116]
The Miz[423]
Nicknames
As American Dragon/Bryan Danielson
"The American Dolphin"[57]
"The American Dragon"[1]
"The Best Wrestler in the World"[1][424]
"John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt"[425]
"The Master of the Small Package"[1]
As Daniel Bryan
"The American Dragon"[1]
"The American Phoenix"
"The Beard"[426]
"The Dazzler"[1][427]
"Goat"[428]
"The King of Beards"[427]
"The "No!" Man![429]
"Mr. Small Package"[430]
"The Submission Specialist"[431]
"The World's Toughest Vegan"[432]
"The Yes!" Man"[433]
Entrance themes
"Self Esteem" by The Offspring (independent circuit)[434]
"Obsession" by Animotion (independent circuit)[422]
"The Final Countdown" by Europe (ROH/independent circuit)[343]
"The Rage (WWE Edit)" by Hermann Langschwert, Wolfgang Killian (WWE; August 15, 2010 – September 13, 2010)[435]
"Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner (WWE; September 20, 2010 – July 29, 2011)[436]
"Big Epic Thing" by Jim Johnston (WWE; August 5, 2011 – November 4, 2011)[437]
"Flight of the Valkyries" by Jim Johnston (WWE; November 11, 2011–present)[438]
"Live in Fear" by Mark Crozer (December 30, 2013 – January 13, 2014; used while a part of The Wyatt Family)[439][440]
Wrestlers trained[edit]
Alex Payne[419]
Andrew Patterson[419]
Bobby Quance[419]
Cheerleader Melissa[419]
Coone[419]
Dan Marshall[419]
Farmer Joe[419]
Kafu[419]
Killer J Mathias[419]
Nikki Bella[441]
Reno[419]
Rhett Titus[419]
Robbie Ryder[419]
Simon Gotch[419]
Sara Del Rey[419]
Voltage[419]
Zodiac[419]
Championships and accomplishments[edit]
Bryan is a four-time world champion in WWE – pictured here as WWE World Heavyweight Champion, then represented by the former World Heavyweight Championship belt (around his waist) and the 2013–2014 version of the WWE Championship belt (over his shoulder)
Under his "American Dragon" persona, Danielson is a former ROH World Champion
Bryan found success with Kane as part of Team Hell No by capturing the WWE Tag Team Championship
Bryan is a former WWE Intercontinental Champion, which is the last title he held before his first retirement
All Pro Wrestling
APW Worldwide Internet Championship (1 time)[442]
King of the Indies (2001)[381][443]
All Star Wrestling
ASW World Mid-Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[6]
East Coast Wrestling Association
ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Low Ki[444]
Connecticut Wrestling Entertainment
CTWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[445]
Evolve
Match of the Year (2010) vs. Munenori Sawa on September 11[446]
Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling
NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[447]
Full Impact Pro
FIP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[381]
International Wrestling Association
IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[87]
Memphis Championship Wrestling
MCW Southern Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[6]
MCW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Spanky[6]
NWA Mid-South
NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[448]
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time)[381] – with Curry Man[6]
Best of the American Super Juniors (2004)[449]
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
PWG World Championship (2 times)[381][450]
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Feud of the Year (2013) vs. The Authority[451]
Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (2014)[451]
Match of the Year (2013) vs. John Cena at SummerSlam[451]
Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (2013)[451]
Wrestler of the Year (2013)[451]
Ranked No. 1 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2014[452]
Pro Wrestling Noah
GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[380][381]
Ring of Honor
ROH Pure Championship (1 time)[32]
ROH World Championship (1 time)[23]
Survival of the Fittest (2004)[6][381]
Texas Wrestling Alliance
TWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Spanky[6]
Westside Xtreme Wrestling
wXw World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[453]
Ambition 1 (2010)[86]
World Series Wrestling
WSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[454]
World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[137]
WWE Championship[Note 1] (3 times)[455][456][457]
WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time)[458]
WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kane[459]
WWE United States Championship (1 time)[106]
Money in the Bank (SmackDown 2011)[460]
Slammy Award (12 times)
Beard of the Year (2013)[461]
Catchphrase of the Year (2013) – YES! YES! YES![461]
Cole in Your Stocking (2010) – attacking Michael Cole on NXT[462]
Couple of the Year (2013, 2014) – with Brie Bella[461][463]
Facial Hair of the Year (2012)[464]
Fan Participation of the Year (2013) – YES! YES! YES![465]
Rivalry of the Year (2014) – vs. The Authority[463]
Shocker of the Year (2010) – The Nexus' debut[462]
Superstar of the Year (2013)[465]
Tweet of the Year (2012) – "Goat face is a horrible insult. My face is practically perfect in every way. In fact, from now on I demand to be called Beautiful Bryan"[464][466]
Upset of the Year (2012) – defeating Mark Henry and Big Show at the Royal Rumble[464]
Twenty-sixth Triple Crown Champion[467]
Sixth Grand Slam Champion (under current format; fifteenth overall)[284][285]
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Best Non-Wrestler (2017)
Best Pro Wrestling Book (2015) – Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania with Craig Tello[468]
Best Pro Wrestling DVD (2015) – Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes![468]
Best Technical Wrestler (2005–2013; renamed to Bryan Danielson Award after his first retirement in 2016)[469][470]
Match of the Year (2007) – vs. Takeshi Morishima at ROH Manhattan Mayhem II on August 25
Most Outstanding Wrestler (2006–2010)
Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Decade (2000–2009)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2016)[471]
Other awards and honors[edit]
PETA Libby Award for Most Animal-Friendly Athlete (2012)[472]
Footnotes[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Bryan's first two reigns were as WWE Champion while his third reign was as WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
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