 What's good y'all it's your boy Ross back again with another video. So I've been excited and been wanting to check this video out since it hit my sub box But there was other videos that I had to check out before him But I knew I was gonna take time to check this video out Daniel Bryan's first and last WWE matches Bell to bell I've been looking forward to this video since it dropped And and I'm looking forward to just going through all the matches, man And this is Daniel Bryan's one of my you know one of my favorite wrestlers especially in the the new era wrestling that we're in the whole yes movement was something and That I was so glad I was able to witness when it started cultivating and the fact that He had one of the best Wrestling runs in the company that we had seen in quite some time It was it was just it was cool to be a part of that. It was cool to see You know how the people Literally the people got behind him so much that WWE had no other choice But to push them in of course the whole CM funk situation So we gotta check this out. Make sure you subscribe to tap out corner. I already am I don't even know why I don't have post notifications on oh it is on there. We go there Yeah, I had to have to make sure to post notifications. We're on Make sure you subscribe to tap out corner. They make great videos great content and let's check this out, man There's gonna be a nice long video and I'm looking forward to this. Let's do the damn thing on May 22nd 1981 a future WWE world champion was born Brian Lloyd Danielson grew up in Aberdeen, Washington with a mother who was a therapist and a father who worked as a lumberjack Unfortunately, Brian's parents divorced during his childhood due in part to his dad's alcoholism They still remain on good terms in school Brian was involved with sports at an early age, but when a friend showed him a wrestling magazine That's when he found his true passion before he even graduated from high school Brian knew he wanted to pursue wrestling as a career and was set on training at D. Malinko school Wow, fortunately, it was shut down by the time he was ready Luckily, Brian found out that Shawn Michaels was opening his school in San Antonio, Texas So he moved away from his home and began training under the instruction of the heartbreak kid at the age of 18 Brian had his first match ever and soon landed a WWE development contract That's when he started training with William Regal who Daniel Bryan credits for helping him shape his career During this time Danielson took on the moniker He'd be known by for years the American Dragon things were going well for Brian and he was gonna be called up to the main roster Unfortunately before that happened Daniel was suddenly let go in July of 2001 Undeterred Daniel Bryan continued wrestling and began honing his craft in Japan WWE soon took another look at the American Dragon and decided the best way to see what he could do was by having them wrestle Well, the attention was on Jamie Noble and his girlfriend Nydia little did anyone know that they're witnessing Future world champ. Wow didn't even know that that's crazy What once the bell rang Noble was able to take control of Daniel Bryan The American Dragon soon fought out of it and began wearing down Noble Wow Where the two began crap People don't even realize in that this is gonna be one of the guys to have one of the best Movements we've seen in a long time in wrestling, bro People are not even good realizing That's sitting down right now This guy was gonna be a future world champion main event WrestleMania 30 and have one of the best WrestleMania moments of all time Playing no one able to get an advantage Jamie Noble tried multiple times to pin Daniel Bryan, but that wasn't happening Bryan soon started landing some offensive moves like kicks But Jamie Noble caught his opponent on the rope and started an assault of his own Nydia even got a cheap shot in while the referee wasn't watching Noble soon returned to using submission holds But a sudden comeback from Daniel Bryan began a series of pin attempts with neither wrestler getting the three count a knee to the midsection not the wind they're having solid Dragon wasn't finished yet. Daniel Bryan fought back with uppercuts and multiple attacks Jamie Noble's head Noble disrupted Daniel's offense with a power slam, but it was only a minor inconvenience Daniel Bryan did a back flip off the turnbuckles and connected with a German super Wow, he's showing out was starting to build some momentum Noble caught him with a swinging neckbreaker and pinned Daniel to end the match while you would expect it to be one sided This match was not surprisingly competitive very competitive case went back and forth, which is refreshing It's also cool seeing Daniel Bryan perform moves that you'd use years later once he was back in WWE Yeah, we're getting a bit ahead of ourselves Daniel Bryan would wrestle a few more matches for WWE but was not offered a contract Like before Daniel did not become discouraged and continued wrestling on the independent scene most notably in Ring of Honor Finally, WWE came knocking and assigned sign Daniel Bryan to a contract in August 2009 After spending a while in development Daniel Bryan would finally make his official WWE debut in February 2010 He along seven other development appeared on a brand new show Each of the development wrestlers were mentored by WWE wrestler and competed in weekly challenges to avoid getting eliminated It ultimately earning a spot on the WWE roster Daniel Bryan was paired with the Miz and didn't do too good as he lost his first five matches This led to Daniel eventually being eliminated from the competition However, this wasn't the last we would see of Bryan the week after NXT finished up John Cena and CM Punk were wrestling in the main event of Raw all of a sudden Wade Barrett the wrestler who won NXT Appeared on the Raw stage then the other NXT wrestlers. This was a cool moment I'm not gonna lie to you. I watched this live and I thought this was one of the coolest things WWE had did quite some time like just the destruction of Everything that I thought that was cool including Daniel Bryan appeared in the crowd and surrounded the ring They started tacking CM Punk John Cena and destroyed the entire ringside area It was a great moment, but it accidentally went too far Yeah, Brian start choking the ring announcer with the announcer's own tie This was seen as too violent and Brian got fired because of it This is only a minor setback However, a little over two months after being fired Daniel Bryan returned to WWE at the 2010 Summer Slam He was brought back as a member of John Cena's team who are fighting against Bryan's former NXT buddies Who would now start calling themselves the Nexus? Bryan looked impressive Eliminating two Nexus members and while Daniel did eventually get eliminated himself his team still won Soon after Daniel Bryan began a feud with his former mentor the Miz who was also the United States champion Brian and Miz fought at night of champions where Daniel Bryan beat the future A-Lister and won his first championship Which was a cool moment. That was a cool moment I enjoyed him actually getting the United States Championship belt Eric and Drake and held on to the title for nearly six months defeating the likes of John Morrison Ted DiBiase and more Finally in April 2011 Daniel Bryan met his match when he lost the US title to Seamus on Raw This is not gonna be It's not gonna be the first time he loses a title to Seamus Well, that was unfortunate Brian would get a fresh start when he was drafted to the SmackDown roster a few weeks later His first feud on the blue show was with Cody Rhodes after Cody put a paper bag The two went back and forth trading wins and losses But the rivalry did end with Cody Rhodes defeating Daniel Bryan That wasn't too much of a blow as shortly after that Daniel Bryan entered the World Heavyweight Championship Money-in-the-Bank ladder match and won after the victory Daniel Bryan said he would cash in the contract at next year's WrestleMania WrestleMania 28 while he made a big claim Daniel Bryan had a hard time backing it up in the ring Victories became uncommon for the American Dragon and he would more often than not lose his matches This didn't stop him from engaging in a feud with the world heavyweight champion Mark Henry Who wanted to prove that Daniel would never become a champion the two faced off in a few matches Which Mark Henry always won yeah backing up Henry's claim at the same time Mark Henry also to rivalry with the big show Which set up a match at TLC 2011 big show one was attacked by Mark Henry immediately after the match Daniel Bryan decided to capitalize and cashed in his money contract He pinned big show and won the world heavyweight championship The excitement of the victory caused Daniel Bryan to create the yes champ Which would become a trademark of his you might have already guessed But the odd part of the whole thing was that Brian said he was gonna cash in at WrestleMania 28 Well before TLC Brian had tried to cash in a few times He claimed he wanted to get revenge on Mark Henry and he was worried that Henry's attacks would not allow him to compete at WrestleMania regardless Daniel Bryan was now the world champion This caused Daniel Bryan to change and become more egotistical and he started to become an heel which worked It worked he needed some type of character fresh up and it worked He was he was becoming a heel, but ultimately he was creating a movement in doing that as well Here again Additionally prior to winning the title Brian began a romance with AJ Lee who started accompanying him to his matches On the first pay-per-view after TLC the Royal Rumble Daniel Bryan defend the world title against Big Show and Mark Henry in a steel cage Despite the size disadvantage the American Dragon won and held on to the championship Brian had another successful tail defense inside the elimination chamber Feeding five other wrestlers Unfortunately right after that Royal Rumble winner Sheamus attached Daniel sending the message that the Celtic warrior would face Brian at WrestleMania It's always Sheamus Sheamus has become he definitely early in Daniel Bryan's career. He was his kryptonite Goddamn James in the weeks leading up to the match Daniel Bryan kept getting mad at AJ Lee Saying she was getting in his way despite that She was WrestleMania match she even gave him a kiss right before which ended up being a mistake She was caught Daniel with a broken and won the world heavyweight championship as you can imagine Daniel Bryan Was not too happy. He soon ended his relationship with AJ Lee and focused solely on his rematch with Sheamus He was AJ Lee absed Daniel Bryan still lost. It wasn't all bad news for Brian However, he soon became the double-born contender for the WWE championship He got his match over the limit against the champion CM Punk The ending was controversial because while Daniel Bryan did get pinned CM Punk tapped out immediately afterward Not only that but AJ Lee came back into the picture Mm-hmm. I forgot all about this even though they actually started dating in real life after I think it was maybe during their little interaction or a little bit after but they they definitely did started dating in real life So I forgot all about this man. This is bringing me back down memory lane Now with an attraction for CM Punk and even Kane Yeah during this love square Daniel Bryan got two more shots at the WWE championship at no way out and money Both of which he lost that didn't matter though as shortly after that Daniel Bryan rediscovered his love for AJ Lee He asked her to marry him. Oh AJ Lee said yes The two had their wedding on the 1,000th episode of rock The AJ ended up leaving Bryan at the altar and instead decided to accept Vince McMahon's proposal to be the raw general manager This made Daniel Bryan irate and his yes chance became no chance However, life goes on and the 2012 summer slam Bryan was put in a match with Kane that Daniel won Despite the victory So AJ Lee used her authority to force Daniel and came hell no Wasn't supposed to be as over as it was But it worked bro. Oh my Team hell no was very over very popular. Oh my to attend anger management classes This led to them becoming a tag team and they even won the tag team champion team Oh, no, Brian and Kane still needed a name for their tag team So a poll was held and the fans were to call them team hell no with that established team hell No, had their first rivalry with Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow Daniel Bryan and Kane defend their title several times And managed to hold on to the gold after that Kane would be attacked by a group who recently debuted into the shield called the shield Brian of course stood by Kane's side as well as Ryback someone else who the shield had assaulted the two-sided spot at the 2012 TLC pay-per-view where Daniel Bryan's team Unfortunate after their feud with the shield team hell no went back to defend their tag team championship They remained strong and even had a successful tail defense at WrestleMania 29 soon after Daniel Bryan and Kane would butt heads with The shield once again this set up a match between team hell no and Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns at extreme rule This was when raw was definitely you could watch raw like There was at least a few things that was very interesting with raw the tag team division was pretty decent You had the shield going on you had team hell no you had to see them punk There was a lot of things a lot of moving pieces back in El Rado was a lot more enjoyable than what it is now, bro Oh, man, this whoo, and this is just really this entire time The yes movement is just gradually getting It's just growing organically It was there that came in Brian's flame would be extinguished as Reigns and Rollins won and took the tag team Championship the defeat caused Daniel Bryan to feel insecure and he wanted to prove that he wasn't the weak link of team hell No, well came try to reassure his tag team partner Daniel Bryan wasn't convinced and ended up teaming with Randy Orton for a while since Orton also hated the shield Unfortunately, the team didn't work out and the dragon and viper lost the shield at payback Well, all this is going on Daniel Bryan had begun building an organic connection I just said it bro this They WWE Management did not expect this to happen The last time and I gotta be honest outside of the CM Punk situation I think the last time we seen a movement this strong that transcended just wrestling and became mainstream Was Stone Colds wet chance? Those got over Stone Cold was already over, but then he got even more over with the wet chance in the movement behind that That people were saying it everywhere outside of wrestling same thing with the yes movement that started getting mainstream buzz Crowds were doing yes Chance people still do the yes chance obviously in AEW and in WWE now if they like something they'll do the yes chance That would never die And it happened organically and I love to see I'm just glad I was allowed to see that happen fans And his popularity was growing Perhaps because of this John Cena chose Bryan to challenge him for the WWE championship at Summerslam This was a huge opportunity for Daniel Bryan, but Vince McMahon wasn't too happy He didn't believe Daniel Bryan fit the model of what a WWE champion should be However, Triple H WWE's chief operating officer Disagreed in support of Bryan in the weeks before Summerslam Daniel Bryan We put through various tests which show just how determined he was finally it came time for John Cena and Daniel one of the best Matches in Summerslam history one of the best build-ups To Summerslam the movement was great. The swerve was even greater. Oh my god. This match was so good Bryan to go one-on-one Triple H was a special guest referee and Bryan and Cena left it all Fantastic doubts Daniel Bryan got the biggest wave of his career so far by defeating John Cena and becoming WWE champion I would never I got I'm getting goosebumps now because I thought holy shit. They did it They gave you what the fans wanted and oh This was such a good swerve, bro Then as Brian was right here triple H attacked him This allowed Randy Yorton the 2013 Mayan the bank winner to cash in his contract and easily take the championship from Daniel Bryan And as it turned out triple H did not actually support Bryan Even though the authority of WWE didn't believe in Daniel Bryan the fans did Next pay-per-view and regained the WWE championship Unfortunately, it still wasn't a happy ending Yeah, the next night Bryan had the WWE title stripped from them when the referee said he made a fast count during Daniel's match With Randy or the third match at battleground neither Daniel Bryan nor Orton one Due to the big show interfering and attacking both of them to prevent that from happening Daniel and Randy's fourth This was a great match, too. This was a really good match, bro. Hell in the cell Daniel Bryan Randy Orton triple a Shawn Michaels as a referee. This was good Match was inside Hell in the Cell with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee Based on the fact that the last special guest referee attacked Daniel Bryan and that Michaels was good friends of triple H Can anyone be surprised that HPK super kicked Daniel? Regardless, this helped Randy Orton win and become the WWE champion. It sucked But at least Daniel Bryan got payback of Shawn Michaels the next night Well, Daniel Bryan still had unfinished business with Orton and the authority He had to deal with the Wyatt family after they attacked them The rivalry continued up until TLC where Daniel fought all three members in a handicap match It was fantastic, but Bryan lost. They had built the ultimate Baby face. He was going against everybody and was still fighting man Oh my god It this makes me want to go back and watch some of these matches the next night Daniel couldn't take the pain anymore He joined to join the Wyatt's this only lasted about two weeks as on the January 13th 2014 episode of raw Daniel Bryan would disobey Bray Wyatt and attack Bray and the other family members Bryan and Bray faced off at the Royal Rumble where Daniel Bryan Unfortunately, one of the best Royal Rumble matches that match was actually one of the best matches that year Fantastic match and everyone was expecting because it happened at the beginning of the Royal Rumble Well, Daniel Bryan will be in a Royal Rumble match, right? Right lost, but the defeat soon became irrelevant The fans started demanding that Daniel Bryan be given a WWE Championship match and were upset when he wasn't part of the Royal Rumble match Daniel Bryan would finally get another shot at the WWE title at the elimination chamber Bryan outlasted everyone in the chamber match until it came down to him and the WWE world heavyweight champion Randy Orton Thanks to an attack by his former teammate Kane who is now working for the Authority The Viper was able to retain the gold soon after Daniel Bryan and a group of fans Occupied raw and demanded that the American Dragon get another shot at the WWE Championship Triple H made a deal He and Daniel Bryan would face off WrestleMania 30 and the winner would be inserted into the world championship match later that night At the event Daniel Bryan did defeat Triple H However, after the match such a good Such this was a good match to disadvantage. This was a very good match Despite the odds against him and even more obstacles being thrown in his way The crowd Bryan somehow did it and reclaimed the day when I say I Fucking lost my shit. I wish I was doing YouTube and stuff back then y'all would have seen I damn their cry because We us fans we finally got what we wanted Like legitimately we got exactly what we wanted. I mean Him beating Triple H Then him coming out there On stacked against him still and him winning it At the grandest stage of them all the crowd going crazy Everyone chanting yes Monday night Raw after that everyone chanting yes. We got what we wanted It's crazy to think that a lot of times you don't get what you want in WWE. You barely do sometimes They this was it To this day, I don't think they like storytelling wise. I don't think they've topped it In in the ultimate baby face. I don't think they've topped it since Daniel Bryan in my opinion Debbie World Heavyweight Championship This was without a doubt one of the most feel-good moments in Debbie history While he finally reclaimed the championship the journey was far from over soon after Stephanie fan enticed Kane to return to his mask self and challenge Daniel Bryan to a match at Extreme Rules The former tag team champions had an intense fight that went all over the yeah It was cool Daniel Bryan still managed to come out on top Brian's title reign seemed to be going well, but then disaster would strike soon after extreme rules came what attacked Daniel Bryan Causing him to be structured out of the building. This was to write Brian off TV in real life Yeah strength in his right arm and needed neck surgery due to and that's oh That sucked so bad, bro We got when we wanted only to for that to happen I think the original plan was for Daniel Bryan to lose to Brock Lesnar at Summer Slam That was the original plan I believe they were gonna have him hold it to Summer Slam and he was gonna lose a Brock Which I think people wouldn't have tripped cuz Brock just beat the hunter take your streak at the time and it's Brock freakin Lesnar, but I think they would have had a great match and later down the line They did have a great match this the authority stripped Daniel Bryan of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Ending his reign at 64 days Brian sadly had to spend months off TV as he recovered and regained his strength Daniel would finally return in November 2014 Appearing as the guest journal manager who was raw and Smackdown that week finally though in 2015 Daniel Bryan would make his in-ring return He reignited his feud with Kane and the authority and earned himself a spot in the 2015 world rumble Sadly the former world champion only spent 10 minutes in the match before being eliminated I think me personally and I think a lot of us. I think we would have loved for Daniel Bryan to have won it again What like what not wanted to actually get actually win the Royal Rumble He wasn't in it in the year previous even though he ended up main event rest of me I think it would have been a nice redemption story for him to actually win the Royal Rumble So and would get one more shot when he defeats Seth Rollins awarding him a match against the rumble winner Roman Reigns Yeah, you faced even though we know why this was happening They should have pulled an audible, but they were going strictly Roman at the time and They they literally used Daniel to try to get a Roman over it didn't work off at fast lane Whoever won got a challenge of the world heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar at wrestling and they had a great match Despite his best efforts Daniel Bryan crumbled to the Roman Empire Since the world title was out of his reach Daniel Bryan instead pursued the intercontinental championship He along a six other wrestlers fantastic intercontinental champions Finally Daniel Bryan picked up his first major win since returning by capturing the IC belt He would have a successful tell defense the next night on Raw and everything seemed to be going great However, bad news was just around the corner in mid-April Daniel Bryan was taken off TV and soon relinquished the intercontinental Championship the reason for this was because of medical issues, but the exact reason was never given Daniel Bryan would make a few appearances in 2015, but didn't wrestle sadly in February 2016 One of the most emotional promos of all time This is this promo here legitimately Have me tearing up even talking about it. It just it brings It's it's emotional because He pretty much had to retire he had to he had to stop doing what he loved And we felt that pain we felt that sorrow. It's like bro. This is the guy. We've been wanting to see be at the top in the fight all the odds and Soon as he gets to the top of the mountain Bad luck strikes. It's just it was so emotional and sad Daniel officially announced his retirement due to years of concussions and injuries. He's sustained from wrestling While he was no longer an in-ring competitor Daniel Bryan was still an active part of that a beat in July 2016 Daniel Bryan was made the general manager of SmackDown for the next roughly two years Brian would act as an authority figure and even had some small rivalries One of which involved the SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon and Kevin Owens and Sammy Zane Shane and Owens had been butting heads when Owens insulted Shane's kids and literally head-butted Shane's father He's a man Sammy Zane had gotten involved as well by aiding Kevin Owens during the few She McMahon had become furious and wanted to fire both Sammy and Kevin But Daniel Bryan refused feeling that Shane was acting on emotion Daniel Bryan continued to favor Owens and Zane until they attacked Shane McMahon on SmackDown in March of 2018 Daniel Bryan fired the two because of that which caused Kevin Owens and Sammy Zane to attack him Unfortunately for Kevin and Sammy Daniel Bryan had just been cleared to wrestle again That was a cool moment to see him come back. I ain't gonna lie to you Excited challenge Kao and Zane to a tag team match at WrestleMania 34 between him and Shane If Kevin and Sammy could win they would get their jobs back after almost two years since his last match Daniel Bryan returned put on a phenomenal match and won Now that he was back in the ring Daniel Bryan resigned his SmackDown general manager It became a full-time wrestler again soon after Bryan entered the greatest Royal Rumble He lasted an impressive 76 minutes before being eliminated by Big Cass This started a feud which saw Daniel and Cass face off at Backlash and Money in the Bank where Bryan won both times Next Daniel Bryan reformed Daniel was attacked by the SmackDown tag team champions the bludgeon brothers I forgot about Daniel Bryan had to shut up the brothers at Extreme Rules But one more tale of Rain for Team Hell No was not meant to be Soon after Daniel Bryan turned his attention to his survival time This was this is something I was waiting for waiting to happen Miz Daniel Bryan that heated real-life rivalry. This was the feud I was waiting for I was like if you're gonna have Daniel Bryan back He gotta have this feud with him. Oh, this is good Mentor the Miz they fought each other at SummerSlam But thanks to the Miz using a pair of brass and Ux Bryan lost the match Miz wouldn't stop mocking Daniel which ultimately got Bryan's wife Brie Bella to return and set up a mixed high team match at Hell in a Cell with the Miz teaming with his wife Maurice Unfortunately Daniel Bryan would lose yet again when Brie was pinned by Maurice Finally though the American Dragon got his revenge when he beat the Miz to earn a WWE championship match Bryan's first tele-match against the champion AJ Styles didn't work out But two weeks later the goat and the phenomenal one went at it again during the rematch Daniel Bryan will blow age and this Was great. He went heel He went heel and people were like whoa what is going on which got Bryan the win and the WWE champion Daniel also attacked Styles after the match making him a villain once again soon after Daniel Bryan explained The fans were not with them during his recovery and that's why he did what he did Daniel Bryan would face AJ Styles two more times at TLC and the Royal Rumble They had some great matches. Daniel came out on top in both encounters But at the rumble Bryan's victory was thanks to Eric Rowan who would then have let himself with the WWE champion After his feud with Styles Daniel Bryan unfilled a custom WWE championship belt that was environmentally friendly This is the start of Daniel Bryan's eco-friendly character and he started calling himself the planet's champion Tele-fans would happen at elimination chamber at the very end Even though the fans were on Kofi's side damn the night Kingston the victory and retained and Kofi Kingston became What Daniel Bryan was a few years prior? He became the people he became the person people wanted to get behind. I love how it comes full circle like that Kofi mania started right there And it wasn't even supposed to happen it was supposed to be even Mustafa Ali's Position and that's crazy because the similarities Daniel Bryan wasn't supposed to be the main event of WrestleMania 30 If it wasn't for seeing punk leaving none of that happens if see if I'm doesn't leave that we don't get that match We don't get the yes movement at WrestleMania 30 in the way it ended So it's crazy how things happen that way However, the fan support for Kofi Kingston kept getting louder and louder kind of like what Daniel Bryan experienced Despite all kinds of hurdles and obstacles Kofi Kingston was able to get a one-on-one match with Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35 no matter what Daniel threw at Kingston There was no stopping Kofi and I love what Kofi said in the lead up to that match He said you know how this story ends Brian. You was there You know How this story ends because you've been a part of it. You know what's gonna happen I love yeah, and Daniel Bryan lost the match and the WWE title After WrestleMania Bryan and Eric Rowan would defeat the Usos and become the Smackdown Tay team champions They had a modest tail rating of 68 days before ironically Losing the belts to Kofi Kingston's teammates Xavier Woods and Big E at the same time Rowan Reigns is being targeted by someone Roman suspected Eric Rowan of being the person behind the hat. Daniel Bryan didn't believe it But Rowan eventually admitted to being responsible This ended their partnership and while Rowan would team up with Luke Harper Daniel Bryan from the Shore Alliance with Rowan Reigns The two sides fought it out at Hell in a Cell with Daniel and Roman getting the better of Rowan and Harper Afterward Daniel Bryan would be attacked by an old rival the Fiend Bray Wyatt who was also the Universal Champion The two went at it for the first time in over four years at the 2019 Survivor Series Unfortunately, like last time the Fiend was notorious Daniel Bryan wasn't ready to quit yet and despite the Fiend continuing to attack him and rip out his hair Brian was undaunted the American Dragon won a number one contenders match earning himself another shot at the masked monster They had their rematch at the 2020 row. Oh, they had some good matches They had some they had some good goddamn matches Well rumble and even though the yes movement was back in full force Daniel Bryan could not beat the Fiend Post-royal rumble Daniel Bryan had a short rivalry with Drew Gulak Which eventually evolved into a partnership at the same time Daniel Bryan also earned a shot at the Intercontinental Champion Sam Yuzane Bryan got his match at WrestleMania 36 But was unsuccessful luckily for Brian the title would be vacated soon after giving him another Opportunity he entered a tournament to crown new icy champion and made it to the final round there He found himself in a match with AJ Styles Unfortunately Daniel Bryan could not get the win and was denied the Intercontinental Championship again Following this Brian would disappear from WWE for a few months They're returned in October of 2020. He stayed active, but Daniel Bryan's focus was on the Royal Rumble Entry at number 17 Brian put in a good effort, but was unfortunately eliminated well It was a setback Daniel Bryan turned his attention. I've always wanted Daniel Bryan At least get one Royal Rumble win should until the elimination chamber Thanks in part to his past success in the match Brian won which earned him a shot at the Universal Champion Roman Reigns Unfortunately, and this was so cold blooded. This was when Roman was in his mode his prime mode Knocking through everybody. This is so cold, but I'm thinking they're gonna have the match at the end of the night No, they lifted up the sale now. We're about to have a match now I was like wait a minute. This man had a grueling match. Hold on. What he got his tail match immediately Immediately, so it wasn't too surprising that he lost Brian pointed out how unfair this was So he was adds the Universal Championship match at WrestleMania 37 once again Brian wasn't able to get the fantastic Roman remained on top However, Roman Reigns would give Daniel Bryan one more shot at his title with the stipulation that if Brian lost He'd be banished from SmackDown and this was a great This television match was a pay-per-view level quality match It resulted obviously in Daniel Bryan because he didn't resign his contract resulting him, you know being ridden off of WWE programming For the so foreseeable future, but it don't matter this match in itself was fantastic Loved it. It was a pay-per-view level quality match on SmackDown Daniel Bryan accepted and with everything on the line Brian prepared to go one-on-one with the head of the table as soon as the bell rang Brian charge at Reigns and connected with a drop kick. He followed up with a series of kicks And actually I think Daniel Bryan maybe the Yeah, Daniel Bryan was one of the only people to actually make him Make him tap out He was he was one of the only people to actually make him tap out I want to say he had a match. Yeah, he had a match with him I forgot what pay-per-view, but Edge was the I believe Edge was the guest enforcer or whatever and Then he had tapped him out, but they didn't call the match, but he had tapped him out So it was cool to see like he's the one person that made him tap out Before Roman showed it all with a loud uppercut Daniel Bryan was far from over and almost locked in the yes lock Roman Reigns escaped the outside But Brian kept his assault going by letting it kick this is such a good match After a commercial break Brian was still on the attack drilling Reigns with kicks on the ground and in the corner However, one brutal clothesline was Roman slowed the pace down But a snap suplex in applying a headlock Brian made a brief comeback when he flipped off the turnbuckles But the tribal chief knocked him back down with a single elbow Since it worked for Roman Reigns Brian tried using some uppercuts followed by a drop toehold into a turnbuckle The American Dragon went high risk, but it didn't pay off and Daniel Bryan ate a power bomb After another commercial break Reigns threw Brian's body into the ringside barricade The Universal Champion quickly got the fight back into the ring and continued assaulting Daniel Bryan Reigns attempted his own high-risk move But Daniel used the opportunity to stun Roman Reigns and hit a huge back suplex off the top rope Brian then began connecting with the yes kicks only for Reigns to counter and hit the small and drop The head of the table prepared to hit the Superman punch But Daniel Bryan struck first with a kick Daniel Sin is a point this match is so good for a suicide die They usually have some great matches together a belly-to-belly suplex Roman was gonna hit a spear, but a sidestep from Brian was the Universal Champion Daniel Bryan hit a diving headbutt in the ring the American Dragon was psyched up But got taken down by a Superman punch from out of nowhere Daniel still had some counters up his sleeve and nailed Reigns with a running knee The victory was denied though when Roman Reigns caused a rope break You can't tell me this was a name a pay-per-view quality match Oh man Daniel Bryan then went for the yes lock but had to release it when Roman got Daniel on his shoulders Like a truck Daniel Bryan was mowed down with a spear Brian kept the match alive, but the fight was taking its toll on him The champion locked in the guillotine, but Daniel Bryan fought out and applied the yes lock The American Dragon fought to keep the whole locked in but Roman Reigns strength The tribal chief powerbomb the challenger and punished Daniel with repeated fits Brian was hit with a second powerbomb and then forced into the guillotine again There was no way passed out Daniel Bryan passed out the mattress over Roman Reigns is still the champion and Daniel Bryan's WWE career was finished. This was an excellent match Excellent underdog story it told with Roman Reigns constantly knocking Daniel Bryan down and making it difficult for Brian to build momentum I love the near-falls too, but it was a little lame There were a few times where Daniel or Roman would get hit by a big move or fight out of a painful submission hold And then a few seconds later their backup and let their own big move or submission hold Regardless, it was still a very good match and helped make Roman Reigns look dominant in real life Daniel Bryan's WB contract was about to expire WWE still wanted to keep him on the roster Which is why the stipulation was that Daniel Bryan would be banished from Smackdown and not WWE Bryan though shows not to stay with the company in September 2021 Bryan made his AEW debut and is still there currently. Will he ever return to WWE? I can't say yes or no to that, but I can say that you can watch every belt belt video Yeah, I can see maybe Maybe I don't know. I don't know. It depends on I don't know It's a possibility. He could go back I can see him maybe ending his career if you really really wanted to Ending his career in WWE Because here's the thing about Daniel Bryan's last run You know, he kind of had can creative control for the most part over the story lines and what he wanted to do Like he always said he wanted to wrestle Brock Lesnar. They that match they had I believe it was at Survivor series. I believe it was champion versus champion. That match was so good Daniel Bryan was a heel But in that match he was a face and it was very good. I enjoyed that match. It was fun And he got to face people put over people he needed to put over um, I can see him having Definitely a lot of more creative control because he's a big name if Daniel Bryan came back to WWE It would definitely help them out for sure if he was to end off his career there So I can see him later down the line After he becomes an AEW world champion at least once or whatnot Maybe twice depending on how he goes I could see him going back to WWE to probably put over some guys Maybe have one more run and then hang it up. I can see that happening possibly But this I love this video. This video is great Hey, but I'm gonna bounce down memory lane. I just it just made me feel so Great to have been a part of this and to watch this Live when it happened It this this was fantastic. Daniel Bryan He is without a doubt one of the best wrestlers in the world has one of the best movements and Dude is fantastic in the ring. Love the guy. So comment down below. Let me know. What's your favorite? And I know this is gonna be tough. What's your favorite? Daniel Bryan match Doesn't matter when in WWE What's your favorite Daniel Bryan match? Because in aw he's had some fucking bangers. So it just strictly wwe What's your favorite Daniel Bryan match? But I appreciate all the love and support on the channel road to 90 k appreciate y'all kicking with me. See y'all next week. Peace