Daniel Bryan is so god damn versatile

[Brad Piff]

daniel bryan attended the Shawn Michaels wrestling academy in 1999.

Shawn trained Bryan and got him bookings in Japan in 1999.

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(1999)

Shawn had bryan working TV matches in 2000 a show that out-drew WCW Nitro in San Antonio

shawn got Bryan a WWE developmental contract in 2000, getting his name out there in a major way

Bryan lived off that name (and his obvious talent) for 9 years

Bryan came to WWE and got pushed right out the fukkin gate, feuding with Cole and Miz

you can't tell me he'd be at this level if it weren't for Shawn's influence.

He's a super talent, no doubt. Does Shawn really have to publicly go to bat for him and suck his dikk to finally get you marks to realize the behind the scenes machinations? seriously breh, this one ticks me off. TGO you're a good poster but wake up breh.

 

[Henzo]

rare semi essay breh

it was needed

 

[R=G]

daniel bryan attended the Shawn Michaels wrestling academy in 1999.

Shawn trained Bryan and got him bookings in Japan in 1999.

pic related

(1999)

Shawn had bryan working TV matches in 2000 a show that out-drew WCW Nitro in San Antonio TWA TV Title Match: Spanky vs. American Dragon - YouTube

shawn got Bryan a WWE developmental contract in 2000, getting his name out there in a major way

Bryan lived off that name (and his obvious talent) for 9 years

Bryan came to WWE and got pushed right out the fukkin gate, feuding with Cole and Miz

you can't tell me he'd be at this level if it weren't for Shawn's influence.

He's a super talent, no doubt. Does Shawn really have to publicly go to bat for him and suck his dikk to finally get you marks to realize the behind the scenes machinations? seriously breh, this one ticks me off. TGO you're a good poster but wake up breh.

So Shawn Michaels is why he had a cult fanbase that spanned from Japan to Europe to Mexico? He didn't put in the work? He didn't have those 45 minute classics with every non WWE name that you can think of? He was the best in the business back in like 2006 but he just wasn't in the WWE.

Bryan has told the story before several times...he went to Michaels school. Met him and he talked about how he was pretty fukked up in the head during that time. He accredits Regal as his true outside influence for being what he is. They kept in contact and he took notes from him.

The thing with Bryan is that he got over wherever he went..he's just that damn gifted and no one guy put him in this position. He's here because fans kept cheering for his matches even though he got like 5 minutes for TV time and a intro story that was more about pushing the Miz than him. You can just tell during the Nexus beatdown of Cena two years ago that he was a LEVEL ahead of everyone on the show just by the little things he did....it's not hard to understand why he is what he is today. He's on the cusp of being the biggest WWE presence in the business.

 

[The Great One]

making shyt up as you go along, eh breh?

look i know you carried ian rottens bags or whatever but give it up already. regal never had any stroke.

Nah, it's truth, believe what you need to go to sleep tonight, but it's truth.

 

[Henzo]

So Shawn Michaels is why he had a cult fanbase that spanned from Japan to Europe to Mexico? He didn't put in the work? He didn't have those 45 minute classics with every non WWE name that you can think of? He was the best in the business back in like 2006 but he just wasn't in the WWE.

Bryan has told the story before several times...he went to Michaels school. Met him and he talked about how he was pretty fukked up in the head during that time. He accredits Regal as his true outside influence for being what he is. They kept in contact and he took notes from him.

The thing with Bryan is that he got over wherever he went..he's just that damn gifted and no one guy put him in this position. He's here because fans kept cheering for his matches even though he got like 5 minutes for TV time and a intro story that was more about pushing the Miz than him. You can just tell during the Nexus beatdown of Cena two years ago that he was a LEVEL ahead of everyone on the show just by the little things he did....it's not hard to understand why he is what he is today. He's on the cusp of being the biggest WWE presence in the business.

Shawn got him those initial bookings that made his name. Neither Regal or Shawn had anything to do with his charisma and talent. Regal taught him some moves that he never uses in WWE. He's Shawn's prized student, and will be so when it's all written down. Regal can open his own school and put his own money into an indy promotion if he wants that kind of credit.

Bryan's never said anything negative about Shawn, which is amazing because indy guys usually have to bash the guy to get ahead, considering all the bitter indy promoters out there.

Testament to Bryan and his talent no doubt. But believe me, he will never forget those months that he worked for Shawn.

And on Shawn's part, he's not a William Regal. He's not desperate to take credit for anything Bryan ever did. He doesn't have that Bret Hart, insecure "it's all about me" mentality. Shawn is fine with marks thinking that he had nothing to do with Bryan's rise. Regal on the other hand has been outspoken in declaring his tutelage of young Bry, when the fact of the matter is all he did was show him some in-ring techniques that had little to nothing to do with his actual success in the business.

Nah, it's truth, believe what you need to go to sleep tonight, but it's truth.

No evidence whatsoever, but okay...

 

[R=G]

Shawn got him those initial bookings that made his name. Neither Regal or Shawn had anything to do with his charisma and talent. Regal taught him some moves that he never uses in WWE. He's Shawn's prized student, and will be so when it's all written down. Regal can open his own school and put his own money into an indy promotion if he wants that kind of credit.

Bryan's never said anything negative about Shawn, which is amazing because indy guys usually have to bash the guy to get ahead, considering all the bitter indy promoters out there.

Testament to Bryan and his talent no doubt. But believe me, he will never forget those months that he worked for Shawn.

And on Shawn's part, he's not a William Regal. He's not desperate to take credit for anything Bryan ever did. He doesn't have that Bret Hart mentality. Shawn is fine with marks thinking that he had nothing to do with Bryan's rise. Regal on the other hand has been outspoken in declaring his tutelage of young Bry

You're proud of the initial booking thing again. You thought that was instrumental in how he progressed to this level? A guy like Daniel Bryan is the type of cat that, even if it took longer, he would get over because he has the ring ability to get fans into matches no matter how they perceive him via height or weight.

As for moves being used? You know why that is. The WWE main event moveset restrictions. shyt, look at what Sin Cara was in Mexicao compared to now. Watered down. Evan Bourne was too. And Danielson's whole steez is being coped by the Rebel every week...dude actually was in the a segment with Rock and Bryan and did Danielson's "BEST IN THE WORLD" yell

He's not desperate to take credit for anything Bryan ever did. He doesn't have that Bret Hart, insecure "it's all about me" mentality

Didn't seem that way on the Raw after Summerslam 2005.

 

[Henzo]

You're proud of the initial booking thing again. You thought that was instrumental in how he progressed to this level? A guy like Daniel Bryan is the type of cat that, even if it took longer, he would get over because he has the ring ability to get fans into matches no matter how they perceive him via height or weight.

As for moves being used? You know why that is. The WWE main event moveset restrictions. shyt, look at what Sin Cara was in Mexicao compared to now. Watered down. Evan Bourne was too. And Danielson's whole steez is being coped by the Rebel every week...dude actually was in the a segment with Rock and Bryan and did Danielson's "BEST IN THE WORLD" yell

The thing is though, Bryan would be overlooked if he didn't have that Shawn connection.My point is, stop denying that connection. I'm taking nothing away from his talent. Maybe I should put it in bold letters. (i just did) Moral of the story though, he'd be doing PWG shows every other month if Dean Malenko's school hadn't closed down.

Didn't seem that way on the Raw after Summerslam 2005.

I'm talking real life, not kayfabe and/or Vince McMahon directed promos

 

[R=G]

Bah. That's all just speculation. London and Spanky came from that Michaels school too? How did they turn out? All they ever did, in the end, was bytch on shoot interviews that not even 100k probably has listened to.

 

[Henzo]

Bah. That's all just speculation. London and Spanky came from that Michaels school too? How did they turn out? All they ever did, in the end, was bytch on shoot interviews that not even 100k probably has listened to.

Again, that's not Shawn's fault. He's not like Regal where he's not remotely a top guy. A guy like Regal can spend his time worrying about others, and doing interviews with Colt Cabana putting himself over with smarks. God rest his soul, Lance Cade didn't make it, but Shawn's not a babysitter. He started them out, he put in a good word, but that's that. He's not responsible for their actions. However, that good word goes much farther than Regal's, and at the end of the day, even Daniel Bryan has (tentatively, in political correctness and to not offend manic depressive Regal ) admitted that Shawn was a key influence on his career.

 

[The Great One]

 

[Henzo]

Shawn's retired and set for life. Regal needs to wrestle. If the shoe was on the other foot, Shawn would be jobbing to Bryan.

 

[R=G]

Again, that's not Shawn's fault. He's not like Regal where he's not remotely a top guy. A guy like Regal can spend his time worrying about others, and doing interviews with Colt Cabana putting himself over with smarks. God rest his soul, Lance Cade didn't make it, but Shawn's not a babysitter. He started them out, he put in a good word, but that's that. He's not responsible for their actions. However, that good word goes much farther than Regal's, and at the end of the day, even Daniel Bryan has (tentatively, in political correctness and to not offend manic depressive Regal ) admitted that Shawn was a key influence on his career.

Daniel Bryan will never say that Shawn Michaels meant more to his career than Regal. No chance.

 

[Henzo]

Daniel Bryan will never say that Shawn Michaels meant more to his career than Regal. No chance.

If he doesn't, it's just to not offend Regal. Because Shawn doesn't care. Regal not only cares, he needs it.

 

[R=G]

 

[The Great One]

TWA shows in 2000 drew bigger numbers than Superstars, so what

Just a bunch of you stuff you said was speculation, I don't dwell on that. Bryan has said himself on Colt's podcast that Regal helped him the most as far as wrestling goes, he went to Michael's school, because Michaels could have been an "in" in the WWE. It wasn't at the time, because about 8 years later he earned a contract based on his talent and Regal pushing hard for him.

Don't come in here and say he was pushed right away when he debuted, citing a feud with the Miz lol. Balls Mahoney got pushed and feuded with Miz right away too.

I think Michaels may have had something to do with the his real push, when we won Money in the Bank, because it sure was out of the blue and people who you think are "kliq affiliated" like Batista, shytted on it at the time.

But then I think Michael's has his reasons for probably not getting him a push too. His rep was at stake. Like when Spanky got a huge push when he debuted then failed. Then he got re-pushed, as the Brian Kendrick (booked JUST like Michaels by the way) and then he failed. And then Garrison Cade who he vouched for, fizzled out and then died.

So to me it's hard to say, like I said, I know I heard Dave talk about it on an Observer but I don't care that much to find it.

Believe what you need to, it's not a big deal to me.

Edit: Just read the Ian Rotten shot:
You can fukk off, I bounced fagats out of locker rooms I carried no one's bag. I was actually security that worked a show that Scott Hall was on, and I had a chance to talk to him for like a half hour. Coolest thing ever. Was on SOHH, I posted pics and shyt. So I don't have to make up shyt and you don't have to shyt on it because you are trying to be funny, I wasn't going at you personally. I understand your fandom, and I am not mad at you about it.