Kemo
09-14-2016, 04:00 PM
Daniel Bryan says he plans to wrestle again one day and would have pushed for his WWE release to work on the independent scene if it wasn’t for his family.
AP Sports Writer Dan Gelston got some quotes from Bryan earlier this week, who was in Philadelphia this week for Tuesday’s SmackDown Live. Prior to SmackDown, Bryan threw the opening pitch prior to Monday’s Philadelphia Phillies baseball game. In promoting SmackDown, Bryan spoke at length about the 10+ documented concussions and at least four post-concussion seizures that forced him into retirement. As bad as all that sounds, Bryan says there are still doctors who say he’s healthy enough to wrestle.
“All the real concussion specialists who deal with concussions every day, all of them think I am fine,” he said. Daniel Bryan understands WWE’s position. Even if a dozen doctors give him the green light to wrestle, the media would bury WWE if something were to happen to him.
He’s under contract with WWE for two more years and didn’t have a choice regarding his new position as SmackDown’s General Manager. Daniel Bryan enjoys the role, but still gets so frustrated at times that he wants to leave the company. “There are times I just get all worked up and I’m like, I need to call them and I’m just going to ask for my release,” he said.
If Daniel Bryan didn’t have a family who care so deeply for him, he might quit by now so he could get back in the ring elsewhere. “Hell, I might even be wearing a mask at an independent show next week dressed up as Star Man,” he said. “Because it’s what I love to do. But, it becomes different when you have a wife and you’re trying to have kids.”
AP Sports Writer Dan Gelston got some quotes from Bryan earlier this week, who was in Philadelphia this week for Tuesday’s SmackDown Live. Prior to SmackDown, Bryan threw the opening pitch prior to Monday’s Philadelphia Phillies baseball game. In promoting SmackDown, Bryan spoke at length about the 10+ documented concussions and at least four post-concussion seizures that forced him into retirement. As bad as all that sounds, Bryan says there are still doctors who say he’s healthy enough to wrestle.
“All the real concussion specialists who deal with concussions every day, all of them think I am fine,” he said. Daniel Bryan understands WWE’s position. Even if a dozen doctors give him the green light to wrestle, the media would bury WWE if something were to happen to him.
He’s under contract with WWE for two more years and didn’t have a choice regarding his new position as SmackDown’s General Manager. Daniel Bryan enjoys the role, but still gets so frustrated at times that he wants to leave the company. “There are times I just get all worked up and I’m like, I need to call them and I’m just going to ask for my release,” he said.
If Daniel Bryan didn’t have a family who care so deeply for him, he might quit by now so he could get back in the ring elsewhere. “Hell, I might even be wearing a mask at an independent show next week dressed up as Star Man,” he said. “Because it’s what I love to do. But, it becomes different when you have a wife and you’re trying to have kids.”