Professional wrestling takes a toll on a person's health. After missing from WWE's roster since April of last year, 34-year old Daniel Bryan retired Monday night on RAW. The reason? Too many concussions over the years, and a risk for serious brain injury if he has any more.
He didn't wrestle long enough on the big stage to be considered the greatest wrestler of all-time. He only held the world title twice. His career was much shorter than John Cena's, Hulk Hogan's, Steve Austin's, The Rock's, Ric Flair's, Brett Hart's, the Undertaker's, and Shawn Michael's, but he was my favorite wrestler of all-time. Shawn is still a close second, but I've never enjoyed a wrestling performer more than Daniel Bryan. No matter how bad a gimmick or storyline they threw at him (and there were many bad storylines) he came out shining like their brightest star. His talent rose to the top.
And smart wrestling fans appreciated that.
I've been watching much less wrestling since he was hurt. I don't see that changing much in the near future. Sami Zayn is showing real potential down in NXT, but he's not on the main roster yet. I hope he's given the chance to succeed soon. He may not be Bryan, but he's the best chance WWE has to succeed him. Sadly, I don't think the braintrust at WWE realizes that. They were awfully slow at pulling the trigger on Byran, too.
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