Daniel Bryan has retired.

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UberTag

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Shitty. He could still be a personality in the business somehow though. Talent scout, anything.
Guess Bryan has no interest in cultivating any of that in the toxic WWE environment.
Would rather just retire and grow plants. Shame too because he could give so much back.

He'd better open Raw tonight. If they milk his address for ratings, I'll be livid.
My bet is they'll open with it to avoid derailing the rest of the show. They're in Seattle. They can't wait until 10 while trotting out Titus O'Neil vs. Stardust again.
 
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Guess Bryan has no interest in cultivating any of that in the toxic WWE environment.
Would rather just retire and grow plants. Shame too because he could give so much back.
Well he can give some of his natural salads to the young guys for an energy boost, now.
 

LycanXIII

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If it's a work, there's going to be a lot of backlash towards him and the WWE after saying it was because of medical reasons.
 

iMax

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From Meltzer:

On Thursday before Rumble he had more tests. That's where story ends. DB talking stems from these tests. Timing tests. These are the tests that look at all different parts of brain. Melty discussed these before.

Got them back January 28th.

So these tests probably led to this decision. To bad he can't have a retirement match though.

Daniel's Twitter timeline seems to be a little at odds with this. After the 21st he's still tweeting about his return and retweeting others with the same sentiment...

edit: oh, the results came back on the 28th. OK then.
 
Daniel's Twitter timeline seems to be a little at odds with this. After the 21st he's still tweeting about his return and retweeting others with the same sentiment...

edit: oh, the results came back on the 28th. OK then.

He got the results on the 28th though

EDIT: NVM
 

Brinbe

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Probably legit, sadly... =(

One of my absolute faves, Bryan's run to win the title takes on even more significance since he busted his body night after night getting to the top. Glad I saw him fight live as world champ before he relinquished that title.

At least he's young, has tons of money, and a beautiful wife. He'll be fine.
 

NastyBook

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DEAD
 

Diablos54

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Fuck this is real isn't it? Damn... Well I guess I'll watch RAW for once. Hopefully they treat this like they did with Edge, give him a mic and 10/15 minutes to say what he wants.
 

iMax

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I bet Vince is gonna make Bryan verbally felatiate Roman one last time.

Vince: "You ready?"
Bryan: "Yup."
Vince: "Go get 'em, kid. You've earned this."
Bryan: "Thank you for everything, Vince. I owe yo—"
Vince: "Don't forget to make Roman look strong DAMMIT!"
 

iMax

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William Regal said:
In 2004 I wrote in my book that the proudest thing in my career was having a hand in the training of Brian Danielson.,now Daniel Bryan.That fact still hasn't changed.He's had an unmatched career and changed the world of Pro Wrestling and Sports Entertainment.On top of that he is one of the nicest people I have ever met and a truly great man.I can't ever see a time when he wont be a part of my life.What a lucky man I am.
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I figured this was going to happen sooner or later, and I'm glad he's getting out while he can. His health is the most important thing.

It's still sad, tho.
 
And he failed? Well shit. I hope it doesn't affect him too much in old age.

Whatever the case, checking out now might be for the best.
Look at Foley...he can't even fucking walk!
Posted on Instagram just the other day.

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Hopefully its more of e Edge situation where he is retiring now so he can still live the rest of his life normally.


Didnt know Foley was that bad now. I know he knees have been pieces for ages but damn.
 

16BitNova

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In agreement with everyone here about health coming first. But, damnit the roster was just starting to pick up steam. So many great matches that will now never be. Bryan vs Owens. Bryan vs Zyan. Bryan vs. Styles. Damnit.
 

jmdajr

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Hopefully its more of e Edge situation where he is retiring now so he can still live the rest of his life normally.


Didnt know Foley was that bad now. I know he knees have been pieces for ages but damn.

I saw him do standup and really..it's more like sitdown.
Hopefully he can trim down some. I bet it would help.
 

KAP151

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I hope this is real.

Fuck living in a wheelchair for the rest of your life over a wrestling match.

At least he got the strap, albeit for a very short time.

Enjoy retirement DB.
 

antonz

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To be fair to Foley. He can still walk around. What he cannot do is handle a day at Disneyland/world anymore walking around. He could use weight loss though if he doesn't want to be a scooter bound person going forward though.

Damn shame about DB though. He got me back into WWE pretty heavily then when he was knocked out with the injury I slipped out again pretty fast and really haven't been back. Product just isn't compelling and the forced star building attempts rather than natural builds just ruins it more
 

jmdajr

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To be fair to Foley. He can still walk around. What he cannot do is handle a day at Disneyland/world anymore walking around. He could use weight loss though if he doesn't want to be a scooter bound person going forward though

Sucks for age 50. But fuck, we know why.
 

Ithil

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Comparing Bryan to Foley is absurd. Foley is a fat guy who leapt off the apron to the concrete floor as regular spot for years and years, and did shit like falling off cells and chairshots to the head.
 

jmdajr

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Comparing Bryan to Foley is absurd. Foley is a fat guy who leapt off the apron to the concrete floor as regular spot for years and years, and did shit like falling off cells and chairshots to the head.

People NOT doing that have ended up in worse shape. Depends how you're built really.
 
And he failed? Well shit. I hope it doesn't affect him too much in old age.

Whatever the case, checking out now might be for the best.
Look at Foley...he can't even fucking walk!
Posted on Instagram just the other day.

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Man I didn't know Foley was that bad. God, this whole industry is just depressing.
 

notworksafe

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Fwiw I wouldn't take a pic of him at Disney as not being able to walk. I've only got a small hip injury but I'm ready to collapse after a day walking around at Disney. If my legs were even a little more fucked up I'd want one of those too.
 

UberTag

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Comparing Bryan to Foley is absurd. Foley is a fat guy who leapt off the apron to the concrete floor as regular spot for years and years, and did shit like falling off cells and chairshots to the head.
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Nobody put their body on the line for the love of this business quite like Foley.
 
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