WWE Smackdown live general manager Daniel Bryan recently took part in an interview with The Kingston Whig-Standard to promote this weekend’s WWE Summerslam event. The former World champion discussed many subjects in the interview and the major highlight was when Bryan revealed the one match he wanted so badly before being forced to retire. His choice was none other than the Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar.
Bryan spoke about his fearless mentality following his return from neck surgery. He said, “When I came back from my neck surgery — and I have this really bad habit, it’s like I’m a glutton for punishment — I was like, ‘OK, I’m going to see how strong my neck is and to see if it can still take some of this stuff.’ ”
Bryan continued by saying that his main aim was to compete against Lesnar, however, he was also not sure of how his injured neck would have reacted to Lesnar’s destructive suplexes.
“What I really wanted was, I wanted a match with Brock Lesnar, that was my thing. But I didn’t want to go into the match with Brock Lesnar (having) that be the first time I ever take a German suplex (following) my neck surgery. So, I wrestled Luke Harper and he German suplexed me on my head and everybody was like, ‘Oh my gosh, why did you do that?!’ It’s because I have this mentality of, ‘well,” he said.
“I don’t want to go in there against Brock knowing he’s probably going to give me one zillion German suplexes and not having taken a German suplex before and not having known that my neck was going to be ok.” he concluded
Daniel Bryan had an opportunity to face Lesnar for the World Championship match at last year’s Wrestlemania, but he failed to beat Roman Reigns in the No.1 contenders match at Fast Lane and missed a chance to compete against the beast on the grandest stage in WWE.
Since the early retirement, Bryan has occupied a few different roles within the WWE. Initially, he was a judge on Tough Enough, before becoming a commentator for the Cruiserweight Classic. He is now the Smackdown live general manager, working alongside Shane Mcmahon.
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