Jiji Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Doesn't Bryan want to end up in one of those rad looking earthships? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I would imagine he'll have a nice hefty check coming his way from all the shirts that fans are buying now that they know he's leaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Browsing this thread again, and there's some bad info out there: Bryan's last WWE match wasn't against Sheamus on Smackdown. It was a tag team match, with John Cena, against Tyson Kidd and Cesaro. And it's pretty fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Brie's still working and they both have Total Divas. He can still make good money for years off of appearances and merch. And I'm sorry but if WWE can't find a way to use the wrestling brain Bryan Danielson possesses, then they aren't trying. I don't see any reason to think they're going to have money troubles going forward. He rejected the non-wrestling positions they offered him before. Hopefully the retirement changes his mind on other potential roles in the company. Browsing this thread again, and there's some bad info out there: Bryan's last WWE match wasn't against Sheamus on Smackdown. It was a tag team match, with John Cena, against Tyson Kidd and Cesaro. And it's pretty fantastic. I thought his last match was the house show match he got injured in against Sheamus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Doesn't Bryan want to end up in one of those rad looking earthships? He might. Brie, it might take some convincing. You know if they cover this on Total Divas with him going to the doctors and all that stuff, if done right this could finally get the WWE an honest to God Emmy nomination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 *raises hand* I'd be glad to take six million and see how long I could live off of it. Y'know. For an experiment. At my current rate I will have made six million dollars in about 130 years. If I'm getting by parsing it out like that, he can scrape by with his only online subscriptions being 1) WWE Network 2) Cider-Press.com Gold Premium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 They should have a Bryan retirement shirt. I'd get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 *raises hand* I'd be glad to take six million and see how long I could live off of it. Y'know. For an experiment. At my current rate I will have made six million dollars in about 130 years. If I'm getting by parsing it out like that, he can scrape by with his only online subscriptions being 1) WWE Network 2) Cider-Press.com Gold Premium Brie still gets an employee discount on the Network at least. So there's that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTNW Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 *raises hand* I'd be glad to take six million and see how long I could live off of it. Y'know. For an experiment. At my current rate I will have made six million dollars in about 130 years. If I'm getting by parsing it out like that, he can scrape by with his only online subscriptions being1) WWE Network 2) Cider-Press.com Gold Premium Brie still gets an employee discount on the Network at least. So there's that.Don't employees get it for free? Bryan needs New Japan World and nwaclassics anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 They should have a Bryan retirement shirt. I'd get one. http://shop.wwe.com/Daniel-Bryan-"Thank-You"-T-Shirt/W10948,default,pd.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph2112 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 6 million is 100,000 dollars a year for 60 years. That's without any interest or investments. Plenty of families live forever on less then 100,000 dollars a year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 They should have a Bryan retirement shirt. I'd get one. http://shop.wwe.com/Daniel-Bryan-"Thank-You"-T-Shirt/W10948,default,pd.html That's a power I didn't even know I had.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 This is a silly argument in general because it's not like he couldn't make money at Wizard World Signings or whatever, too. Being famous is pretty much all you need to make money in 2016. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 And let's not forget prospecting and trapping. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 They should have a Bryan retirement shirt. I'd get one. http://shop.wwe.com/Daniel-Bryan-"Thank-You"-T-Shirt/W10948,default,pd.html That's a power I didn't even know I had.... The power to look for things on the internet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 After going to WM 30, I thought to myself "Even if Bryan retires tomorrow, I'll always have this." Unfortunately, he might as well have retired that very next night, but I still feel the same way. If there was one show I could re-live over and over, it will always be WM 30. Even though I will miss his matches and presence, I'm happy that he's getting out with his health after seeing so many other favorites suffer fates substantially worse. I am grateful that he was a part of my wrestling life for the last 15 years. He was one of my all-time favorites and I wish him nothing but the best going forward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogwelder Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 In his interview on ESPN tonight he said he's hidden post-concussion seizures. That's...not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 They probably showed up on his scans if the med tech is even a little good at their job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Lesions on his brain too. Fuck. I hope he'll be ok going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Between Bryan and Nigel's concussion issues, I think we're also learning just how stupid and reckless the 2000s indy style was. Sadly, it looks like the new generation of indy talent didn't learn from that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Bottom line: Using the flying headbutt over an extended period has ended well for exactly no one. Even stuff finally caught up to Harley. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Between Bryan and Nigel's concussion issues, I think we're also learning just how stupid and reckless the 2000s indy style was. Sadly, it looks like the new generation of indy talent didn't learn from that Wasn't 2000's Indy basically an American tribute of sorts 1990's Japan with all the head dropping and stuff? Now you want to talk about concussions I hate to think what some of those guys who wrestled in say All Japan in some of those five star classics that people seem to love and what their brains what look like on one of these scans. If anything I think this is proof that the WWE needs to rethink their entire structure. I mean do they really need to run 300 shows a year and run these guys into the ground? At these shows do they need to do the same exact match where they do the same exact moves? I mean that house show here in Brooklyn I went to I guess it was two years ago (Orton was still champion) and he was facing Bryan. Why was Bryan wrestling a PPV style match in a half full building? Granted that's more on him than the WWE. But point is 300 shows a year doing the same stuff. Like look at Rollins doing a hardcore match with Kane. Why was he doing a Hardcore match Kane on a house show? If they wanted to cute down on injury and actually see ticket sales go up they should cut down on shows. It would never happen, but it's something that someone should consider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 *raises hand* I'd be glad to take six million and see how long I could live off of it. Y'know. For an experiment. At my current rate I will have made six million dollars in about 130 years. If I'm getting by parsing it out like that, he can scrape by with his only online subscriptions being 1) WWE Network 2) Cider-Press.com Gold Premium Brie still gets an employee discount on the Network at least. So there's that. And thus the evil of them being Independent Contractors is truly known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagan Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Truly horrifying ESPN interview there. Anyone still want him in G-1 next year? On the Rollins thing, didn't he break his leg just leaping over Kane? Pretty fluke thing. Good point, however, on there not needing to be so many shows but that's just business. You can't realistically ask a company to set out to make less money. That's not a moral judgment, just being realistic. Now, the mentality of working through injuries needs to change. Japan and Mexico are still awful with that and WWE is a little better but what you're having now is due to WWE's reticence towards injury prone-guys you're seeing a lot more paranoia in the company. I mean, fact is after the great neck-breaking German suplex era of the mid-2000s they did drastically start to minimize the wrestling style and re-train the audience about high spots. This is what lead us to Cena's fireman carry, Big Show's punch and a Mark Henry powerslam being devastating finishing moves (all I'm in favor of). Maybe you limit move sets again? But, oh the complaints that will flow then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Between Bryan and Nigel's concussion issues, I think we're also learning just how stupid and reckless the 2000s indy style was. Sadly, it looks like the new generation of indy talent didn't learn from that I guarantee you that only speaks to better diagnostics. The 80s and 90s don't have a stellar track record for wrestler health either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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