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 |
| Resides: |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Wrestling information | |
| Names: |
American Dragon |
| Billed from: |
Aberdeen, Washington |
| Trained by: |
Texas Wrestling Academy |
| Wrestling debut: |
1999 |
| Currently: |
Ring of Honor |
| Ring of Honor | |
| Debut: |
The Era of Honor Begins |
| Full Impact Pro | |
| Debut: |
New Dawn Rising |
| Departure: |
Florida Rumble 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
- Managers
- 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
- Ring of Honor
- ROH World Championship (1 time)
- ROH Pure Championship (1 time) [1]
- Survival of the Fittest winner (2004)
- 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
