Bryan Danielson

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Bryan Danielson is an American independent professional wrestler, also known as American Dragon. He is widely regarded as one of the best independent wrestlers in the world. Danielson's wrestling ability, technical skill, and style have earned frequent comparisons to WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, which Benoit himself acknowledges.

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Career

Ring of Honor

Danielson is acknowledged as one of the "Founding Fathers" of Ring of Honor (ROH), along with Low Ki and Christopher Daniels, being one of the wrestlers who made the company famous during its inception in 2002. On February 22, 2002, he main-evented ROH's debut show, "The Era of Honor Begins" in a 3-way match between himself, Low Ki, and Daniels, which quickly put the company on the map.

Danielson was for long regarded as the best wrestler in ROH to never have held a title belt. Despite winning the company's inaugural "Survival of the Fittest" tournament in 2004, defeating Austin Aries in the finals, championship gold constantly eluded Danielson's grasp.

In January 2005, Danielson would embark on a bitter feud with Homicide, culminating in a best-of-five series of stipulation matches. Homicide dominated early as Danielson lost the first two matches, a Submission match and a Taped Fist match. However, Danielson emerge victorious in the remaining three matches, winning a Falls Count Anywhere match, a Lumberjack match, and finally defeating him and winning the series in a cage match at The Final Showdown on May 13, 2005.

In mid-2005, an ROH Newswire announced that American Dragon had quit ROH after being frustrated by inability to defeat Austin Aries for the ROH World Championship. Danielson had in fact become frustrated in general with professional wrestling and planned to take time off to evaluate his career options. However, his official website revealed that Danielson had several dates booked in Europe, indicating that he was not done in the world of pro wrestling, and that the ROH Newswire was likely an excuse for Danielson's absence during his tour of Europe.

In May 2005 rumors started that Total Nonstop Action Wrestling was interested in signing Danielson, Samoa Joe, and CM Punk to contracts. A memo was allegedly put out to WWE head of Talent Relations, John Laurinaitis, telling him to sign the three before TNA did. Since then Samoa Joe signed with TNA and CM Punk signed with WWE. However, Danielson has not committed to either promotion.

Danielson would eventually make a triumphant return to Ring of Honor, where on September 17, 2005, he defeated James Gibson for the ROH Heavyweight Championship.

Profile

Finishing and signature moves

Championships and accomplishments

  • 1-time ROH Heavyweight Champion
  • 1-time ASW Heavy Middleweight Champion
  • 1-time TWA Tag Team Champion (with Spanky)
  • 1-time MCW Light Heavyweight Champion
  • 1-time MCW Southern Tag Team Champion (with Spanky)
  • 1-time NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Champion
  • 1-time BCW Heavyweight Champion
  • 1-time APW Internet Champion
  • APW King Of The Indys Tournament Winner (1999)
  • 1-time NJPW IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion (with Curry Man)
  • 1-time ECWA Tag Team Champion (with Low Ki)
  • 1-time MSW Junior Heavyweight Champion

External links


ROH Heavyweight Champions
Low-Ki | Xavier | Samoa Joe | Aries | Punk | Gibson | Danielson

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