Daniel Bryan

Stats

• Height: 5’10”
• Weight: 210 pounds
• From: Aberdeen, WA
• Career Highlights: World Heavyweight Champion; United States Champion; 2011 SmackDown Money in the Bank winner

Signature Moves

Rapid Kicks to Chest 1

Standing front

Cattle Mutilation

Grounded opponent near upper body

Finishers

Yes Lock

Standing front or Irish Whip rebound

Front Necklock

Standing front

DDT 1 (ALTERNATE)

Standing front

Attributes

• Strike Power: 80
• Grapple Power: 80
• Submission: 95
• Strike Defense: 85
• Grapple Defense: 95
• Speed: 85
• Jump: 85
• Agility: 85
• Adrenaline: 85
• Recovery: 85
• Toughness: 85
• Durability: 80
• Charisma: 80
• Tag Team: 75
• Overall: 91

Abilities

• Comeback
• Outside Dives
• Leverage Pin
• Springboard Dives
• Hammer Throw
• Ring Escape

WWE Bio

Daniel Bryan is no up-and-comer. Trained by WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels, Bryan competed on the indie wrestling circuit for more than 10 years. Honing his craft on multiple continents, Bryan became well known for his hybrid of Japanese and American offensive styles that made good use of vicious elbow strikes, precise kicks, spine-jarring suplexes and various torturous submission maneuvers like the “No!” Lock, formerly named after martial art specialist Gene LeBell. First coming to WWE as part of the inaugural season of WWE NXT, Daniel Bryan soon made it clear that he was destined for great things. After shaking the drama of The Nexus—which formed out of WWE NXT season one contestants—Bryan refocused his efforts on a solo career, exciting the WWE Universe with his unique in-ring style and bone-snapping artillery. Eventually, the determined Superstar’s efforts came full circle, when he enjoyed his first (vegan) taste of gold in WWE from then-United States Champion The Miz, his former WWE Pro. In the summer of 2011, Bryan proved he had more tricks up his sleeve when he won the Money in the Bank Ladder Match, which propelled the skilled grappler to his greatest achievement: the World Heavyweight Championship. After Bryan cashed in at WWE TLC 2011, the weightier prize around his waist wasn’t the only difference in the typically humble competitor. The “American Dragon’s” vast accomplishment seemed to change him and even though Bryan’s in-ring performance only got better while holding the World Title, his attitude distanced him from the WWE Universe that once pulled for the indie underdog in his toughest bouts within the sports-entertainment juggernaut, WWE. After losing the World Heavyweight Title at WrestleMania XXVIII in record-breaking time, the former champ broke up with longtime girlfriend AJ Lee. The spunky Diva remained in the former champion’s life and a love triangle emerged between the two and WWE Champion CM Punk. Bryan came up just short in several opportunities for Punk’s title, but prepared to wed AJ at Raw 1,000. The ceremony went awry with AJ leaving Bryan at the altar, instead electing to becoming the Raw General Manager. A frustrated Bryan launched into a tirade that resulted in being called an Oompa-Loompa by The Rock and being challenged by Raw’s Social Media Ambassador Charlie Sheen. AJ began her tenure as Raw General Manager by having Bryan taken away by men in white coats for a psychiatric evaluation. Although he was diagnosed with no official mental ailments, Bryan’s behavior has become increasingly erratic. The struggles of the former NXT Rookie continued to affect his winning ways, but the self-affirming Superstar may have finally turned a corner at The 25th Anniversary of SummerSlam. He bested another competitor with anger management issues, Kane, and the two attended anger management classes prior to the August 27 edition of Raw. As Bryan’s short fuse persists, attempts to calm him down have been met with belligerent cries of “No!” With or without the support of WWE fans, Daniel Bryan strives to force the arms of every opposing Superstar tap out so that only his may be raised with a triumphant and self-aggrandizing “YES!”

Breakdown

Daniel Bryan is a 5-foot-10 powerhouse. In just a few years, he has already become one of the elite Superstars and his in-game persona got a huge bump to a 91 Overall rating this year. He’s over an 80 in every category except for Tag Team and he’s got the Comeback ability if you do get into trouble. His Finisher submissions are awesome and attack the head, which should be easy to get into the critical with running grapples Float Over Neckbreakers and One-Handed Bulldogs. Use the Rapid Kicks to Chest Signature Move to damage the head and follow with either submission Finisher. Keep the pressure on! If you can’t finish the submission mini-game, use LB or L1 to cancel the attempt before they reverse it.

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