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| “ | It's your birthday, congratulations. You're stupid. | „ |
| ~ Daniel Bryan insulting a young fan in public, much to the audience's uproar. |
| “ | FICKLE! | „ |
| ~ Bryan's catchphrase. |
Daniel Bryan (real name Bryan Danielson) is a professional wrestler who has varied over his career from an anti-heroic figure to a heel (term for villain in wrestling). He is best known for his time WWE and is currently wrestling in AEW.
He was a member of the Wyatt Family until he turned face (term for hero in wrestling), attacking all members of the faction. After his face turn in 2013, the "YES" Movement began. On the November 13, 2018 episode of SmackDown Live, he defeated AJ Styles for the WWE Championship after a low blow. After the match, he shockingly turned heel by attacking Styles.
History[]
Wyatt Family[]
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Face Turn and the "YES" Movement[]
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Retirement and General Manager[]
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Heel Turn and New Persona (2018-2019)[]
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Move to AEW (2021-present)[]
Appearance[]
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Personality[]
During his reign as the World Heavyweight Champion, Daniel Bryan become more egotistical and more sociopathic. He would repeatedly gloat of his own importance and would repeatedly gaslight and manipulate AJ Lee (his then girlfriend) as a pawn in his schemes. After losing the World Heavyweight Championship to Sheamus, Daniel Bryan becomes malicious towards AJ Lee. He dumps her and then sometimes psychologically harasses her for his own amusement, degrading her sanity in the process.
During his storyline with CM Punk and Kane, he goes on to play mind games with her, Punk and Kane. He would also use AJ Lee and even sometimes Kane, as pawns in his war with CM Punk for the WWE Championship. After AJ Lee dumps him at the altar, Daniel Bryan becomes emotionally unstable and is forced to attend anger management classes with Kane. Overtime, he has developed somewhat of a tense and paranoid relationship with her since then, but develops a volatile friendship with Kane in the process. During his segment with Kane and Kaitlyn, he has even hinted that he is somewhat afraid of her and her excellence at mind games.
During his heel run from late 2018 into late 2019, Bryan has changed his personality into a dark, sinister and mentally unstable individual who mocks and hates his former fans - disavowing his hugely popular "yes" movement and losing touch with reality - believing himself to be the "new" Daniel Bryan and claiming his old persona was dead. He has also grown a malicious and narcissistic personality in which he scorns humanity for ruining the environment and culture, while holding himself as a superior being - despite engaging in petty and cruel behaviors himself (such as mocking a young fan on their birthday).
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