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Daniel Bryan - New Age Wrestling Superstar

If I say that Daniel Bryan was one of the most accomplished and popular wrestling superstar of modern times, that wouldn't be saying too much. Daniel Bryan today announced his retirement from active wresting on Monday Night Raw after giving his absolute all on various wrestling circuits for last 16 years. He was an absolute mat wrestler who would give five star matches day in and day out and that was the reason why he was so over with crowd. A seasoned wrestling fan likes cavalry as much as gimmick and that's why he loves both 'The Rock' and 'Kurt Angle'. Daniel Bryan was a fighter, wrestling not only his style but personal demons too and it was all too fitting that he ended his career with WWE, the very best in professional wrestling industry. He worked his body off, using it like machine, in various wrestling circuits all over the world like Japan, Europe, Canada shedding both tears and bloods and put up spectacular matches worthy of inducing awe. All of this quite obviously took toll on his body and he suffered uncountable fractures and concussions. I know for a fact that he was very eager to get back in WWE ring after he suffered from his last concussion some 8 months ago but WWE's doctors, good for him, never cleared him. But he must be happy. He is finally financially secure after 16 years of hardships and WWE has already employed him as a coach for its indy-ish promotion, NXT that's becoming more and more popular with true-wrestling fans with each passing day. Daniel himself was an NXT alumni and I am sure he would love to coach the young wrestlers and transform them into WWE superstars.

There are very few good mat wrestlers out there and there is a huge demand for them and most certainly in WWE and if WWE todat thinks like that, its all because Daniel Bryan's influence. Today WWE boasts off a talent pool that's made of Sami Zayn, Finn Balor, Samoa Joe (long-time grappling partner of Daniel), AJ Styles and Kevin Owens and many more. They all are potential future wrestling superstars of the world, some of them are already enjoying that status and they all owe something of that to wrestlers like Bryan. Professional wresting is always considered a sport of big guys like 300-400 pounds and 6-7 feet and thus it's unbelievable to imagine the heights Daniel achieved being a 5"8' and 170 pounds guy. He was the architect of one of the most fierce movements in recent WWE history, the YES Moment and WWE realized at that moment of his career that they couldn't ignore him anymore. They cashed onto his popularity big time in Wrestlemania 30, ornamenting him with both WWE and World Heavyweight Championships in the same night thus celebrating a signature 'underdog' moment just like Chris Benoit's 10 years ago in Wrestlemania 20. Today both WWE and Daniel deserve a round of applause for their effort and I shall thus offer them both a three-fingers royal-salute.......#ThankYouDanielBryan......#ThankYouWWE

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