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Bryan Danielson

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Bryan Danielson
Biographical information
Real name:

Bryan Danielson

Height:

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Weight:

185 lb (84 kg)

Born:

May 22, 1981
Aberdeen, Washington

Resides:

Las Vegas, Nevada

Wrestling information
Names:

American Dragon
Bryan Danielson

Billed from:

Aberdeen, Washington

Trained by:

Texas Wrestling Academy
Shawn Michaels
Rudy Boy Gonzalez
William Regal
Tracy Smothers
Bobby Eaton
Masato Tanaka
Grant McKee

Wrestling debut:

1999

Currently:

Ring of Honor
Pro Wrestling NOAH
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

Ring of Honor
Debut:

The Era of Honor Begins
February 23, 2002

Full Impact Pro
Debut:

New Dawn Rising
February 11, 2005

Departure:

Florida Rumble 2006
December 16, 2006

SHIMMER Women Athletes
Deubt:

N/A

Bryan Danielson (born May 22, 1981 in Aberdeen, Washington) is an American professional wrestler. Danielson currently competes for several promotions around the world, including Ring of Honor, where he is a founding father of the promotion, former trainer of the ROH Wrestling Academy and is a former ROH World Champion. Danielson previously competed for ROH’s sister promotion Full Impact Pro, where he held the FIP Heavyweight Championship.

Less than ten years as a professional wrestler, Danielson has won several championships and accolades, including winning the Wrestling Observers “Most Outstanding Wrestler” award two times and “Best Technical Wrestler” three times.

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[edit] Career

[edit] In wrestling

  • Finishing and signature moves
    • Cattle Mutilation (Bridging grounded double chickenwing)
    • Crossface chickenwing, sometimes with a body scissors
    • Repeated elbow strikes to the head
    • Triangle choke, sometimes with repeated elbow strikes to the head
    • Small package
    • Airplane spin
    • Belly to back suplex, sometimes from the top rope
    • Cravate suplex
    • Diving headbutt
    • Dragon suplex
    • European uppercut
    • German suplex
    • Indian deathlock
    • Roaring elbow
    • Rolling fireman’s carry slam
    • Roll-through counter into a single leg Boston crab
    • Springboard senton onto an opponent in the crowd
    • Surfboard
    • Tiger suplex
    • Tornado DDT into a Fujiwara armbar
    • Underhook suplex
  • Nicknames
    • "American Dragon"
    • "Mr. Small Package"
    • "The Best Wrestler in the World"
  • Theme music
    • "Self Esteem" – The Offspring
    • "Lysergik Funeral Procession" – Down
    • "Dragon Empire" – DJ AlKohal
    • "The Final Countdown" – Europe
    • "Obsession" – Animotion

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

  • All Pro Wrestling
    • APW Internet Championship (1 time)
    • King of the Indies tournament (2001)
  • All Star Wrestling
    • ASW Heavy Middleweight Championship (1 time)
  • East Coast Wrestling Association
    • ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Low Ki
  • Memphis Championship Wrestling
    • MCW Southern Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
    • MCW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Spanky
  • National Wrestling Alliance
    • NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
    • NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • New Japan Pro Wrestling
    • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Curry Man
  • Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
    • PWG World Championship (1 time)
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • Ranked #13 in the PWI 500 for 2008
  • Texas Wrestling Alliance
    • TWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Spanky
  • World Series Wrestling
    • WSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Westside Xtreme Wrestling
    • wXw World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Wrestling Observer
    • Best Technical Wrestler (2005 – 2007)
    • Most Outstanding Wrestler (2006, 2007)
    • Match of the Year (2007) – vs. Takeshi Morishima (August 25)

[1] Danielson won in a Title Unification match. After the match, the ROH Pure Championship was retired.

[edit] See also

[edit] Media

  • World’s Finest: The Best of Bryan Danielson

[edit] References

[edit] External links