American Dragon Bryan Danielson

[Necro]

Championships and accomplishments

• All Pro Wrestling
  • APW Worldwide Internet Championship (1 time)[428][429]
  • King of the Indies (2001)[6][430]
• All Star Wrestling
  • ASW World Mid-Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[5][431]
  • ASW World Mid-Heavyweight Title Tournament (2003)[432]
• CBS Sports
  • Best Promo of the Year (2018) – Promo during TLC kickoff show[433]
  • Comeback Wrestler of the Year (2018)[433]
• Connecticut Wrestling Entertainment
  • CTWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[434]
• East Coast Wrestling Association
  • ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Low Ki[435][436]
• Evolve
  • Match of the Year (2010) vs. Munenori Sawa on September 11[437]
• Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling
  • NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[438][439]
• Full Impact Pro
  • FIP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[6][440]
• International Catch Wrestling Alliance
  • Expo 2008 Tournament[441]
• International Wrestling Association
  • IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[78][442]
• Memphis Championship Wrestling
  • MCW Southern Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[5][443]
  • MCW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Spanky[5][444]
• NWA Mid-South
  • NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[445][446]
• New Japan Pro-Wrestling
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time)[6] – with Curry Man[5][447]
  • Best of the American Super Juniors (2004)[448]
• Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
  • PWG World Championship (2 times)[6][449][450]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Comeback of the Year (2018)[451]
  • Feud of the Year (2013) vs. The Authority[452]
  • Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (2014)[452]
  • Match of the Year (2013) vs. John Cena at SummerSlam[452]
  • Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (2013)[452]
  • Wrestler of the Year (2013)[452]
  • Ranked No. 1 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2014[453]
• Pro Wrestling Noah
  • GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[454][6][455]
• Ring of Honor
  • ROH Pure Championship (1 time)[32][456]
  • ROH World Championship (1 time)[24][457]
  • Survival of the Fittest (2004)[5][6]
• Texas Wrestling Alliance
  • TWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Spanky[5][458][459]
• Texas Wrestling Entertainment
  • TWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[460]
• Westside Xtreme Wrestling
  • wXw World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[461][462]
  • Ambition 1 (2010)[77]
• World Series Wrestling
  • WSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[463][464]
• World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
  • World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[128][465]
  • WWE Championship[Note 1] (4 times)[466][467][468][469][470]
  • WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time)[471][472][473]
  • WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kane[474][475]
  • WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rowan[476][477]
  • WWE United States Championship (1 time)[97][478][479]
  • Money in the Bank (SmackDown 2011)[480][481]
  • Match of the Year (2019) vs. Kofi Kingston at WrestleMania 35[482]
  • Twenty-sixth Triple Crown Champion[483]
  • Sixth Grand Slam Champion (under current format; fifteenth overall)[274][275]
  • Slammy Award(12 times)
    • Beard of the Year (2013)[484]
    • Catchphrase of the Year (2013) – YES! YES! YES![484]
    • Cole in Your Stocking (2010) – attacking Michael Cole on NXT[485]
    • Couple of the Year (2013, 2014) – with Brie Bella[484][486]
    • Facial Hair of the Year (2012)[487]
    • Fan Participation of the Year (2013) – YES! chants[488]
    • Rivalry of the Year (2014) vs. The Authority[486]
    • Shocker of the Year (2010) – The Nexus' debut[485]
    • Superstar of the Year (2013)[488]
    • Tweet of the Year (2012) – "Goat face is a horrible insult. My face is practically perfect in every way. In fact, from now on I demand to be called Beautiful Bryan"[487][489]
    • Upset of the Year (2012) – defeating Mark Henry and Big Show at the Royal Rumble[487]
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Best Non-Wrestler (2017)[490]
  • Best on Interviews (2018)[491]
  • Best Pro Wrestling Book (2015) – Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania with Craig Tello[492]
  • Best Pro Wrestling DVD (2015) – Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes![492]
  • Best Technical Wrestler (2005–2013)[493][494][495]
  • Pro Wrestling Match of the Year (2007) vs. Takeshi Morishima at ROH Manhattan Mayhem II[493]
  • Most Outstanding Wrestler (2006–2010)[493]
  • Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Decade (2000–2009)[496]
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2016)

Themes:









Tributes:

 

[Necro]

Brock Lesnar vs. Daniel Bryan - Champion vs. Champion Match: Survivor Series 2018




Daniel Bryan vs. Rey Mysterio: Raw, Feb. 4, 2013




John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan – WWE Title Match: SummerSlam 2013




AJ Styles vs. Daniel Bryan – WWE Title Match: SmackDown LIVE, November 13, 2018




Daniel Bryan vs. Kane - WWE Title Extreme Rules Match: WWE Extreme Rules 2014




Bryan Danielson vs. Naomichi Marufuji (12-17-05)



Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima (08-25-07)




Bryan Danielson vs KENTA, ROH, 2006




Here are some matches.

 

[Hoss]

Bryan just don't miss. Top 5 all time I don't give a fuck.

 

[GARBAGE]

Been watching a bunch of his 2013-14 run recently and it's pretty crazy how effortlessly he seems to mesh with everybody he faces. I don't know how many wrestlers have multiple matches against fucking Ryback I'd be willing to watch again but he's one of them. Not that this hasn't been said about him probably since the mid-2000s but I want to stress the "effortlessly" part because I can't even pinpoint exactly how he makes it work so well every time. I've got a huuuge thing for WWE wrestlers that have great week-in-week-out calendar years with multiple different opponents on tv (e.g. Finlay in 2006, Christian in 2009, Cesaro in 2013, Rey in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010....) and after finally going through a lot of this, it's definitely a new favourite. Who the fuck else turns a random tag team with Kane into a feud where he pins John Cena clean for the WWE title?

 

[Chris]

Effortlessly is definitely the best way to describe Bryan's run then. It's so crazy bc in ROH you could tell he was going all out like no other but by that point, his cardio was insane so he really could just go forever, he was doing way less intense stuff than in ROH, and it was just so fucking easy for him to pump out a quality match with anyone without even thinking it's ridiculous.

 

[Hoss]

Some people just have that ring IQ where wrestling a match is like second nature for them. Garbage Vampire mentioned Christian, he's another guy who for years just went out and delivered the goods every time he was in the ring and it didn't even seem like he had to try. A more classic shout out would be Ricky Steamboat. Those dudes never feel like they're playing a role or thinking about what their next move is gonna be or trying to get a pop. They just handle their business and it's a hit every time.

 

[Marty McFourth]

I'm going to lose my shit if we get to see him work some matches in NJPW.

 

[Necro]

Daniel Bryan vs. Wade Barrett – Steel Cage Match: SmackDown, Aug. 23, 2013




Jeff Hardy vs. Daniel Bryan: SmackDown, May 22, 2018

 

[Chris]

10 years ago

 

[Chris]

10 years ago today Bryan cashed in the above MITB contract to win the first world championship of his WWE career

 

[Necro]

 

[Chris]

 

[Necro]

 

[Chris]

 

[Wiseman]