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Real name: Bryan Danielson
Height: 5’10″
Weight: 210 lbs.
Date of birth: May 22, 1981
Hometown: Aberdeen, WA
Pro debut: October 4, 1999
Trained by: Shawn Michaels
Finishing move: LeBell Lock

Biography

- In 1999, Danielson graduated from Shawn Michaels’ Texas Wrestling Academy, having originally wanted to train under Dean Malenko
- In December 1999, Danielson began a tour of Japan for FMW, working as ‘American Dragon’
- On January 12, 2000, Dragon & Spanky defeated The Triad (Seven & Thrash) to win the MCW Southern Tag Team Titles
- On March 21, 2000, Dragon & Spanky defeated Ruben Cruz & Jeromy Sage to win the TWA Tag Team Titles
- On August 12, 2000, Dragon defeated Spanky to win the vacant MCW Light Heavyweight Title
- On September 1, 2000, Dragon defeated Pokerface to win the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title
- On April 7, 2001, Dragon & Low Ki defeated The Haas Brothers (Charlie & Russ) to win the ECWA Tag Team Titles
- On October 12, 2001, Danielson defeated Chance Beckett to win the NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Title
- On October 27, 2001, Danielson defeated Low Ki to win the APW King of the Indies Tournament
- At ROH’s first show, The Era of Honor Begins, Low Ki defeated Christopher Daniels and The American Dragon in the main event
- On June 16, 2002, American Dragon defeated Super Dragon to win the APW Worldwide Internet Title
- On July 7, 2002, Dragon defeated Christopher Daniels to retain the APW Worldwide Internet Title
- On August 3, 2002, Dragon defeated James Choi to retain the APW Worldwide Internet Title
- In May 2003, Danielson began a tour of Europe, working under both personas
- On May 6, 2003, Dragon defeated James Mason in the final of a tournament to win the ASW World Heavy-Middleweight Title
- On July 8, 2003, Dragon defeated Doug Williams & Jonny Storm in a 3-Way Ladder Match to retain the ASW World Heavy-Middleweight Title
- On March 12, 2004, Dragon & Curry Man defeated Gedo & Jado to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
- On March 21, 2004, Dragon & Curry Man defeated Hirooki Goto & Ryusuke Taguchi to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
- On April 16, 2004, Dragon defeated Rocky Romero to win the Best of the American Super Juniors Tournament
- On June 24, 2004, Danielson defeated Austin Aries, Colt Cabana, Homicide, Mark Briscoe & Samoa Joe in an Elimination Match to win the ROH Survival of the Fittest Tournament
- At ROH Glory By Honor IV, Danielson defeated James Gibson to win the ROH World Title
- On October 14, 2005, Danielson defeated Austin Aries to retain the ROH World Title
- On October 15, 2005, Danielson defeated Steve Corino to again retain the ROH World Title
- On October 29, 2005, Danielson defeated Roderick Strong to retain the ROH World Title
- On November 4, 2005, Danielson defeated Chris Sabin to retain the ROH World Title
- At ROH’s Eddie Guerrero Tribute Show, Danielson defeated Christopher Daniels to retain the ROH World Title
- On December 3, 2005, Danielson defeated Rocky Romero to retain the ROH World Title
- On December 17, 2005, Danielson defeated Naomichi Marufuji to retain the ROH World Title
- On January 14, 2006, Danielson defeated Homicide & Roderick Strong in a 3-Way Dance to win the FIP Heavyweight Title
- On January 28, 2006, Danielson defeated AJ Styles to retain the ROH World Title
- On February 17, 2006, Danielson defeated Matt Sydal to retain the FIP Heavyweight Title
- On February 25, 2006, Danielson defeated Jimmy Rave to retain the ROH World Title
- On March 11, 2006, Danielson defeated Alex Shelley to retain the ROH World Title
- On March 18, 2006, Danielson defeated Tony Mamaluke to retain the FIP Heavyweight Title
- At ROH’s 100th Show, Danielson defeated Colt Cabana & Delirious in separate singles matches to retain the ROH World Title
- On May 27, 2006, Danielson defeated Jay Lethal to retain the FIP Heavyweight Title
- On June 23, 2006, Danielson defeated BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs in a 3-Way Elimination Match to retain the ROH World Title
- On July 15, 2006, Danielson defeated Sonjay Dutt by referee stoppage to retain the ROH World Title
- On August 12, 2006, Danielson defeated Nigel McGuinness to unify the ROH World and Pure Titles
- On August 13, 2006, Danielson defeated SUWA & Roderick Strong in separate singles matches to retain the ROH World Title
- On August 18, 2006, Danielson defeated Martin Stone & Robbie Brookside in a 3-Way Battle of the Champions Match
- On September 16, 2006, Danielson defeated KENTA to retain the ROH World Title
- On October 7, 2006, Danielson defeated Austin Aries to retain the ROH World Title
- On October 14, 2006, Danielson defeated Davey Richards to retain the FIP Heavyweight Title
- On November 3, 2006, Danielson defeated Delirious to retain the ROH World Title
- On December 8, 2006, Danielson defeated Samoa Joe in a Cage Match to retain the ROH World Title
- On June 1, 2007, Danielson defeated Nigel McGuinness to win the vacant WSW (AWF) Heavyweight Title
- On July 29, 2007, Danielson defeated El Generico to win the PWG Heavyweight Title
- On October 14, 2007, Danielson defeated Roderick Strong to retain the PWG Heavyweight Title
- On October 27, 2007, Danielson defeated Martin Stone to retain the PWG Heavyweight Title
- On November 11, 2007, Danielson defeated Jack Evans to retain the (now-renamed) PWG World Title
- On December 19, 2007, Danielson defeated Greg Symonds to win the vacant TWE Heavyweight Title
- Danielson was voted the 2007 GERWECK.NET Independent Wrestler of the Year
- On July 6, 2008, Danielson defeated Metal Master to win the ICWA Expo 2008
- On September 14, 2008, Danielson defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
- On September 20, 2008, Danielson defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
- On March 7, 2009, Danielson defeated Bad Bones to win the wXw World Title
- On March 8, 2009, Danielson defeated Absolute Andy, Adam Polak & Tyler Black in a Four-Way Elimination Match to retain the wXw World Title
- On May 1, 2009, Danielson defeated Claudio Castagnoli to retain the wXw World Title
- On August 23, 2009, it was reported that Danielson had signed with WWE
- On September 4, 2009, Danielson defeated Chris Hero to win his second PWG World Title
- On September 12, 2009, Danielson defeated Chris Battle to win the CTWE Heavyweight Title
- On January 4, 2010, Danielson made his in-ring debut for WWE, defeating Chavo Guerrero in a pre-Raw dark match. Later that week, Danielson requested to go to FCW to re-adjust to the WWE style
- On January 14, 2010, Danielson made his FCW debut, losing to Kaval
- On February 11, 2010, Danielson adopted the ‘Daniel Bryan’ persona
- On February 16, 2010, Bryan was announced as one of the rookies for the first season of WWE NXT, with The Miz as his mentor
- On February 23, 2010, Bryan made his NXT debut, losing to Chris Jericho
- On May 11, 2010, Bryan was eliminated from NXT
- On June 7, 2010, the NXT rookies invaded Raw, interfering in the main event and decimating the ringside area
- On June 11, 2010, Bryan was fired from WWE, reportedly for choking ring announcer Justin Roberts with his tie during the NXT invasion segment, which went against WWE’s PG guidelines
- On July 17, 2010, Danielson defeated QT Marshall to win the IWA Puerto Rican Heavyweight Title
- At SummerSlam 2010, Bryan returned to WWE, competing as part of Team WWE in a win over The Nexus
- At Night Of Champions 2010, Bryan defeated The Miz to win the WWE United States Title
- At Hell In A Cell 2010, Bryan defeated John Morrison & The Miz in a Triple Threat Submissions Count Anywhere Match to retain the WWE United States Title
- At Bragging Rights 2010, Bryan (for Raw) defeated Dolph Ziggler (for Smackdown)
- On November 3, 2010, Bryan defeated William Regal to retain the WWE United States Title
- At Survivor Series 2010, Bryan defeated Ted DiBiase to retain the WWE United States Title
- On November 30, 2010, Bryan was announced as the mentor of Derrick Bateman for NXT Season 4
- On January 8, 2011, Bryan defeated Ted DiBiase & Primo in a Triple Threat Match to retain the WWE United States Title
- On February 13, 2011, Bryan defeated Tyson Kidd to retain the WWE United States Title
- On April 26, 2011, Bryan was drafted to Smackdown
- At Money In The Bank 2011, Bryan defeated Cody Rhodes, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Kane, Sheamus, Sin Cara & Wade Barrett to win the Smackdown Money In The Bank Ladder Match
- At TLC 2011, immediately following the Mark Henry-Big Show match, Bryan cashed in his Money In The Bank on Show to win the World Heavyweight Title
- On January 3, 2012, Bryan defeated The Big Show by DQ to retain the World Heavyweight Title
- At Royal Rumble 2012, Bryan defeated Mark Henry & The Big Show in a Triple Threat Cage Match to retain the World Heavyweight Title
- At Elimination Chamber 2012, Bryan defeated Cody Rhodes, Santino Marella, The Big Show, The Great Khali & Wade Barrett in an Elimination Chamber Match to retain the World Heavyweight Title
- At Summerslam ’12, Bryan defeated Kane.
- At Night of Champions ’12 in Boston, Bryan and Kane defeated Kofi Kingston and R-Truth to win the WWE Tag Team Championship.
- At Wrestlemania 29, Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan) defeated Dolph Ziggler and Big E Langston to retain the WWE tag team titles.