2003 Velocity John Cena vs American Dragon bryan danielson

Try out match for the american dragon bryan danielson vs. a very young John Cena. Match took place on the February 8th 2003 broadcast of velocity.


Q: It's funny: You can go to youtube and see your WWE Velocity match with John Cena. How do you reflect on that bout and did you have any inkling that in four years you would be the industry's top independent wrestler and he would be WWE's top star?



Danielson: "At the time, we didn't even know we were going to have the match. It kept getting canceled. About 10 or 15 minutes before that [Velocity] show was supposed to go on the air, someone said, 'Hey, can you guys wrestle?' I don't really remember the match but I do remember at the time the payday was cool.




Q: Why have you decided to remain with ROH and tour Japan rather than try to land with WWE or TNA?



Danielson: "One of the big things people don't understand is for a lot of WWE guys on TV who aren't on all the pay-per-views and working the undercards, I make more money than them in Ring of Honor and doing Japan. Plus, I'm not really in wrestling to make tons of money. I do it because it's fun with the added benefit of getting good money. It's not like I'll never consider going to WWE but more like I really enjoy what I'm doing. There's no reason for me to change, I really respect what Ring of Honor is doing with a company where I know the boss. We talk all the time and have a personal relationship. It's a totally different atmosphere than WWE where you're dealing with politics and all those things."

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[adam bäckström]

actually it's the American Dragon!

[kingofkings2009kk]

00:55 john cena said fuck

[Allapattahgoon]

lol, u again?

[Jay Rego]

Will say bro

[TeamDumbShitt]

Actually john cena is a descent wrestler, he doesn't suck he's just a great entertainer who's been overused and over promoted by the WWE, any true wrestling fan should know that!

[TeamDumbShitt]

I was jp -__-

[RicoLen1]

Fast forward 10 years and the WWE is STILL talking about Daniel Bryan, John Cena, and Brock Lesnar... stagnant much WWE?

Another way of looking at it though is: Fast forward 10 years and Daniel Bryan is STILL showing up John Cena in a losing effort while Cena and Lesnar get talked about non-stop.

[Lee Hayman]

Actually it's Ernest "The Cat" Miller, idiot!

[Jared Nurenberg]

Ok stop with the retarded cena can't wrestle comments I'm a cena hater but 5 moves or not, those are still wrestling moves.

[C Green]

Bryan Danielson= Daniel Bryan

[matthew ahl]

Cole was right, cena never faced daniel bryan before raw ep. 1002

but on february 8th 2003 cena did face the american dragon bryan danielson