Daniel Bryan life and biography

Bryan Danielson is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where he wrestles on its Raw brand as Daniel Bryan. He is also known by his ring name, and later nickname, the American Dragon. He is the reigning WWE United States Champion.

2005
9/17 - Bryan Danielson beat James Gibson to win the Ring of Honor World Championship

2006
8/12 - beat Nigel McGuiness to win the Ring of Honor Pure Championship and unified title with his World Championship
12/23 - lost the title to Homicide

2010
2/23 - NXT Season 1 began with Daniel Bryan being mentored by The Miz
5/11 NXT - was the second man eliminated from the competition
6/12 - Bryan Daniels was released from the WWE
8/15 SummerSlam - Team WWE (John Cena, Bret Hart, Chris Jericho, Edge, John Morrison, R-Truth, and Daniel Bryan) beat The Nexus (Wade Barrett, Darren Young, David Otunga, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Michael Tarver, and Skip Sheffield) in an Elimination Match
9/19 Night of Champions - won the US Championship from the Miz
10/3 Hell in a Cell - beat The Miz and John Morrison in a Falls Count Anywhere Submission Match
10/24 Bragging Rights - beat Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler in a non-title match
11/21 Survivor Series - beat Ted DiBiase

Championships and accomplishments:

* All Pro Wrestling
o APW Worldwide Internet Championship (1 time)
o King of the Indies (2001)

* All Star Wrestling
o ASW World Heavy Middleweight Championship (1 time)

* East Coast Wrestling Association
o ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Low Ki

* Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling
o NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

* Full Impact Pro
o FIP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

* International Wrestling Association
o IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

* Memphis Championship Wrestling
o MCW Southern Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
o MCW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Spanky

* NWA Mid-South
o NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

* New Japan Pro Wrestling
o IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Curry Man
o Best of the American Super Juniors (2004)

* Pro Wrestling Illustrated
o PWI ranked him #13 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2008

* Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
o PWG World Championship (2 times)

* Pro Wrestling Noah
o GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

* Pro Wrestling Report
o Independent Wrestler of the Year (2006)

* Ring of Honor
o ROH Pure Championship (1 time)
o ROH World Championship (1 time)
o Survival of the Fittest (2004)

* Texas Wrestling Alliance
o TWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Spanky

* westside Xtreme wrestling
o wXw World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
o Ambition 1 (2010)

* World Series Wrestling
o WSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

* World Wrestling Entertainment
o WWE United States Championship (1 time, current)
o Slammy Award for Cole in Your Stocking (2010) – attacking Michael Cole on NXT
o Slammy Award for Shocker of the Year (2010) – the debut of The Nexus

* Wrestling Observer Newsletter
o Best Technical Wrestler (2005–2009)
o Match of the Year (2007) vs. Takeshi Morishima on August 25
o Most Outstanding Wrestler (2006–2009)
o Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Decade (2000–2009)

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