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* Bryan vs Wrestling/WillOspreay at AEW Dynasty was another instalment in Danielson's "dream match" tour that overdelivered the promise. Thirty-two minutes of pure insanity which had the crowd on their feet as hot as a furnace, even going so far as to chant "[[Film/WaynesWorld we're not worthy!]]", including an absolutely ''filthy'' busaiku knee counter to the Oscutter. By the time Ospreay got the pinfall after a ''beautiful'' Tiger Driver '91/Hidden Blade combo (which Bryan sold to high heaven like only he could), fans were arguing the match was a solid contender for ''the best match of all time''. [[Magazine/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Dave Meltzer]] himself gave it '''[[BrokeTheRatingScale six and a half stars]]''', second only to the seven he gave to Wrestling/KennyOmega vs. Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada IV, and described it as best match he'd seen take place on American soil.
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* Bryan vs vs. Wrestling/WillOspreay at AEW Dynasty ''AEW Dynasty'' was another instalment in Danielson's "dream match" tour that overdelivered the promise. Thirty-two minutes of pure insanity which had the crowd on their feet as hot as a furnace, even going so far as to chant "[[Film/WaynesWorld we're not worthy!]]", including an absolutely ''filthy'' busaiku knee counter to the Oscutter. By the time Ospreay got the pinfall after a ''beautiful'' Tiger Driver '91/Hidden Blade combo (which Bryan sold to high heaven like only he could), fans were arguing the match was a solid contender for ''the best match of all time''. [[Magazine/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Dave Meltzer]] Meltzer himself gave it '''[[BrokeTheRatingScale six and a half stars]]''', second only to the seven he gave to Wrestling/KennyOmega Kenny Omega vs. Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada Kazuchika Okada IV, and described it as best match he'd seen take place on American soil.
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* At Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerrilla's ''Guerre Sans Frontières'' event, Danielson made his last appearance for the promotion due to signing with WWE[[note]]Outside of a one-off appearance at their seventh anniversary event less than a year later following his brief termination from the WWE[[/note]] and challenged Wrestling/ChrisHero for the latter's PWG World Championship. In a hard-hitting, brutal match that lasted over 43 minutes, Danielson defeated Hero to win the title for the second time (and vacated it immediately afterwards).
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* At Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerrilla's ''Guerre Sans Frontières'' event, Danielson made his last appearance for the promotion due to signing with WWE[[note]]Outside of a one-off appearance at their seventh anniversary event less than a year later following his brief termination from the after getting briefly released by WWE[[/note]] and challenged faced Wrestling/ChrisHero for the latter's PWG World Championship. In a hard-hitting, brutal match that lasted over 43 minutes, Danielson defeated Hero to win the title for the second time (and vacated it immediately afterwards).
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* '''WWE Raw, June 7 2010:''' The NXT Riot. All eight Season 1 ''NXT'' rookies laid waste to the entire show during a Wrestling/CMPunk vs. Wrestling/JohnCena main event, including beating up commentators, the timekeeper, and even Justin Roberts (whom Bryan was personally choking out with his own tie). After trashing the ringside area, they would proceed to gang attack Cena, brutalizing him with multiple finishers, including Bryan actually kicking John Cena's fucking head in. He preceded this kick by yelling "YOU ARE NOT BETTER THAN ME!!!" several times and then spit in Cena's face.
* '''WWE Wrestling/{{SummerSlam}}, August 15 2010:''' The show's main event is a seven-on-seven elimination match between a team of WWE all-stars and Wrestling/TheNexus, and Team WWE has a one-man deficit. Earlier in the show, Wrestling/TheMiz accepted Cena's offer of joining Team WWE; later, he comes out during the Team WWE entrances and looks to be the final man for the team. Cena stops him as he makes his entrance, however, and informs Miz that he took too long deciding whether or not to join the team, and that he'd found someone else in that time. Daniel Bryan comes out, and the cheers of millions of nerds causes the internet to explode. And in what was both his WWE return match and his WWE PPV debut (''in the main event of the second biggest show of the year'', no less!), "[=AmDrag=]" made sure to leave his mark - in this case, by completely owning both Darren Young and Wrestling/HeathSlater in about a minute each, and making it all the way to the final four.
** What made this a particularly surprising moment was that almost ''nobody'' expected this; Bryan's initial firing had taken place only a few months beforehand, and the general consensus was that he'd maybe be back in late 2010 or worse (if he came back at all). The fact that ''none'' of the dirtsheets or news sites picked up on it makes it even more incredible. It would have been the perfect surprise... if WWE.com had not been updated with a story on Bryan's return a few minutes before the main event took place. He'd even done indy shows for Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}, Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla, [[Wrestling/DragonGate Dragon Gate USA]] and other promotions during the time between his firing and his return.
* '''WWE Wrestling/{{SummerSlam}}, August 15 2010:''' The show's main event is a seven-on-seven elimination match between a team of WWE all-stars and Wrestling/TheNexus, and Team WWE has a one-man deficit. Earlier in the show, Wrestling/TheMiz accepted Cena's offer of joining Team WWE; later, he comes out during the Team WWE entrances and looks to be the final man for the team. Cena stops him as he makes his entrance, however, and informs Miz that he took too long deciding whether or not to join the team, and that he'd found someone else in that time. Daniel Bryan comes out, and the cheers of millions of nerds causes the internet to explode. And in what was both his WWE return match and his WWE PPV debut (''in the main event of the second biggest show of the year'', no less!), "[=AmDrag=]" made sure to leave his mark - in this case, by completely owning both Darren Young and Wrestling/HeathSlater in about a minute each, and making it all the way to the final four.
** What made this a particularly surprising moment was that almost ''nobody'' expected this; Bryan's initial firing had taken place only a few months beforehand, and the general consensus was that he'd maybe be back in late 2010 or worse (if he came back at all). The fact that ''none'' of the dirtsheets or news sites picked up on it makes it even more incredible. It would have been the perfect surprise... if WWE.com had not been updated with a story on Bryan's return a few minutes before the main event took place. He'd even done indy shows for Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}, Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla, [[Wrestling/DragonGate Dragon Gate USA]] and other promotions during the time between his firing and his return.
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* '''WWE Raw, June 7 2010:''' The NXT Riot. All eight Season 1 ''NXT'' rookies (that would become known as Wrestling/TheNexus) laid waste to the entire show during a Wrestling/CMPunk vs. Wrestling/JohnCena main event, including beating up commentators, the timekeeper, and even Justin Roberts (whom Bryan was personally choking out with his own tie). After trashing the ringside area, they would proceed to gang attack Cena, brutalizing him with multiple finishers, including Bryan actually kicking John Cena's fucking head in. He preceded this kick by yelling "YOU ARE NOT BETTER THAN ME!!!" several times and then spit in Cena's face.
* During his return to the independent circuit after being released by WWE for the above incidents, Danielson takes on Wrestling/{{S|hingoTakagi}}HINGO in the main event of [[Wrestling/DragonGate Dragon Gate USA]]'s ''Enter the Dragon''. Danielson makes SHINGO submit in a match so acclaimed that it took third place in WON's Match of the Year award.
* '''WWE Wrestling/{{SummerSlam}}, August 15 2010:''' The show's main event is a seven-on-seven elimination match between a team of WWE all-stars andWrestling/TheNexus, The Nexus, and Team WWE has a one-man deficit. Earlier in the show, Wrestling/TheMiz accepted Cena's offer of joining Team WWE; later, he comes out during the Team WWE entrances and looks to be the final man for the team. Cena stops him as he makes his entrance, however, and informs Miz that he took too long deciding whether or not to join the team, and that he'd found someone else in that time. Daniel Bryan comes out, and the cheers of millions of nerds causes the internet to explode. And in what was both his WWE return match and his WWE PPV debut (''in the main event of the second biggest show of the year'', no less!), "[=AmDrag=]" made sure to leave his mark - in this case, by completely owning both Darren Young and Wrestling/HeathSlater in about a minute each, and making it all the way to the final four.
** What made this a particularly surprising moment was that almost ''nobody'' expected this; Bryan's initial firing had taken place only a few months beforehand, and the general consensus was that he'd maybe be back in late 2010 or worse (if he came back at all). The fact that ''none'' of the dirtsheets or news sites picked up on it makes it even more incredible. It would have been the perfect surprise... if WWE.com had not been updated with a story on Bryan's return a few minutes before the main event took place. He'd even done indy shows for Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}},Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla, [[Wrestling/DragonGate PWG, Dragon Gate USA]] USA, and other promotions during the time between his firing and his return.
* During his return to the independent circuit after being released by WWE for the above incidents, Danielson takes on Wrestling/{{S|hingoTakagi}}HINGO in the main event of [[Wrestling/DragonGate Dragon Gate USA]]'s ''Enter the Dragon''. Danielson makes SHINGO submit in a match so acclaimed that it took third place in WON's Match of the Year award.
* '''WWE Wrestling/{{SummerSlam}}, August 15 2010:''' The show's main event is a seven-on-seven elimination match between a team of WWE all-stars and
** What made this a particularly surprising moment was that almost ''nobody'' expected this; Bryan's initial firing had taken place only a few months beforehand, and the general consensus was that he'd maybe be back in late 2010 or worse (if he came back at all). The fact that ''none'' of the dirtsheets or news sites picked up on it makes it even more incredible. It would have been the perfect surprise... if WWE.com had not been updated with a story on Bryan's return a few minutes before the main event took place. He'd even done indy shows for Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}},
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* Bryan vs Wrestling/WillOspreay at AEW Dynasty was another instalment in Danielson's "dream match" tour that overdelivered the promise. Thirty-two minutes of pure insanity which had the crowd on their feet as hot as a furnace, even going so far as to chant "[[Film/WaynesWorld we're not worthy!]]", including an absolutely ''filthy'' busaiku knee counter to the Oscutter. By the time Ospreay got the pinfall after a ''beautiful'' Tiger Driver '91/Hidden Blade combo (which Bryan sold to high heaven like only he could), fans were arguing the match was a solid contender for ''the best match of all time''. [[TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter [[Magazine/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Dave Meltzer]] himself gave it '''[[BrokeTheRatingScale six and a half stars]]''', second only to the seven he gave to Wrestling/KennyOmega vs. WrestlingKazuchikaOkada Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada IV, and described it as best match he'd seen take place on American soil.
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* Bryan vs Wrestling/WillOspreay at AEW Dynasty was another instalment in Danielson's "dream match" tour that overdelivered the promise. Thirty-two minutes of pure insanity which had the crowd on their feet as hot as a furnace, even going so far as to chant "[[Film/WaynesWorld we're not worthy!]]", including an absolutely ''filthy'' busaiku knee counter to the Oscutter. By the time Ospreay got the pinfall after a ''beautiful'' Tiger Driver '91/Hidden Blade combo (which Bryan sold to high heaven like only he could), fans were arguing the match was a solid contender for ''the best match of all time''. [[TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Dave Meltzer]] himself gave it '''[[BrokeTheRatingScale six and a half stars]]''', second only to the seven he gave to Wrestling/KennyOmega vs. WrestlingKazuchikaOkada IV, and described it as best match he'd seen take place on American soil.
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* Bryan vs Wrestling/WillOspreay at AEW Dynasty was another instalment in Danielson's "dream match" tour that overdelivered the promise. Thirty-two minutes of pure insanity which had the crowd on their feet as hot as a furnace, even going so far as to chant "[[Film/WaynesWorld we're not worthy!]]", including an absolutely ''filthy'' busaiku knee counter to the Oscutter. By the time Ospreay got the pinfall after a ''beautiful'' Tiger Driver '91/Hidden Blade combo (which Bryan sold to high heaven like only he could), fans were arguing the match was a solid contender for ''the best match of all time''.
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* Bryan taking on his idol Blue Panther in an incredible match in Arena Mexico on the April 5, 2024 edition of CMLL Super Viernes which Danielson came out victorious in.
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* Bryan realizing his dream of wrestling in Arena Mexico when he teamed up with Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and Matt Sydal to take on his wrestling idol Blue Panther, Mistico, Ultimo Guerrero and Volador Jr in an absolutely fantastic eight man tag at CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024.
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* Bryan making his long awaited [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]] debut at the end of All Out 2021 by confronting Wrestling/TheElite.
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* Bryan having his long awaited rematch with Zack Sabre Jr after their technical wrestling master class at WrestleDream at NJPW New Beginning 2024. This was another technical wrestling master class that arguably even topped their previous encounter. In the end, ZSJ managed to overcome Bryan brutally attacking his knee to pick up the win via a roll-up in a match that Dave Meltzer once again gave 5.5 stars.
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* Bryan having his long awaited rematch with Zack Sabre Jr after their technical wrestling master class at WrestleDream [=WrestleDream=] at NJPW New Beginning 2024. This was another technical wrestling master class that arguably even topped their previous encounter. In the end, ZSJ managed to overcome Bryan brutally attacking his knee to pick up the win via a roll-up in a match that Dave Meltzer once again gave 5.5 stars.
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* Bryan taking on Eddie Kingston for the Continental Crown one more time at Revolution 2024. Bryan spent the whole match brutalizing Kingston's arm but in the end, Eddie managed to survive and hit a folding powerbomb to defeat Danielson again and finally earn The American Dragon's respect in an excellent match.
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* Bryan taking on CMLL's best technical wrestler, Hechicero, on the February 3, 2024 Collision. Danielson spent the whole match flummoxed by Hechicero's technical wizardry and was unable to get any sustained advantage in the match. Despite this, Bryan managed to sneak away with the win via a roll-up in an incredible match.
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** Even more so for Bryan as, for the first time in his 20+ year career, he's ''finally'' awarded his first 5-star match by Dave Meltzer.
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* Bryan having his long awaited rematch with Kazuchika Okada inside the Tokyo Dome at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom XVIII. Bryan went into this out for blood as he spent basically the entire match targeting Okada's arm and eye as revenge for him injuring Danielson's earlier. In the end though, Okada managed to survive Bryan's brutal attacks and hit a Landslide and a Rainmaker to put Danielson away in an incredible match that Dave Meltzer would give 5.25 stars.
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* Bryan taking on his Blackpool Combat Club teammate Claudio Castagnoli at AEW Holiday Bash 2023 in the Blue League of the Continental Classic Tournament. The match started off very respectfully as the two men exchanged holds on the mat. However, Claudio got increasingly desperate as he needed a win to advance in the tournament where as Bryan only needed a draw including going after Danielson's injured eye. In the end, Bryan managed to survive Claudio hitting him with a flurry of offense to secure a draw and advance in the tournament in a great match.
* Bryan taking on his old rival Eddie Kingston once again at AEW New Year's Smash 2023 in the Blue League Final of the Continental Classic Tournament. This time around, Bryan spent the whole match attacking Eddie's historically bad knee and trying to goad him into making a mistake with mind games. However, Kingston did not fall for it and managed to win a slugfest with Danielson and hit him with a folding powerbomb to beat Bryan for the first time ever and advance to the finals.
* Bryan taking on his old rival Eddie Kingston once again at AEW New Year's Smash 2023 in the Blue League Final of the Continental Classic Tournament. This time around, Bryan spent the whole match attacking Eddie's historically bad knee and trying to goad him into making a mistake with mind games. However, Kingston did not fall for it and managed to win a slugfest with Danielson and hit him with a folding powerbomb to beat Bryan for the first time ever and advance to the finals.
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* Bryan taking on Daniel Garcia on the December 8, 2023 Rampage in the Blue League of the 2023 Continental Classic Tournament. Garcia, desperate to avoid elimination in the tournament, shed his sports entertainer tendencies and reverted back to his original "Red Death" persona for this match. Garcia managed to hold his own on the mat with Danielson and even looked like he had the match well in hand at points. However, Garcia was unable to resist the urge to dance when he was in control and it resulted in The American Dragon hitting the Busaiku Knee and locking in the LeBell [=LeBell=] Lock to pick up the win in a great match.
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* Bryan making his return to Ring of Honor after 15 years away teaming up with his Blackpool Combat Club teammates Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli to take on Mark Briscoe and FTR in a match to honor Jay Briscoe at Final Battle 2023. The match started as a very good six man tag that ended surprisingly with a double countout. Then, Mark Briscoe got on the mic and announced that the match will be restarted as a Fight Without Honor! The six men then proceeded to absolutely brutalize each other leading to Mark Briscoe shockingly pinning Danielson following a Jay Driller.
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* Bryan making his return to Ring of Honor after 15 14 years away teaming up with his Blackpool Combat Club teammates Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli to take on Mark Briscoe and FTR in a match to honor Jay Briscoe at Final Battle 2023. The match started as a very good six man tag that ended surprisingly with a double countout. Then, Mark Briscoe got on the mic and announced that the match will be restarted as a Fight Without Honor! The six men then proceeded to absolutely brutalize each other leading to Mark Briscoe shockingly pinning Danielson following a Jay Driller.
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* Bryan making his return to Ring of Honor after 15 years away teaming up with his Blackpool Combat Club teammates Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli to take on Mark Briscoe and FTR in a match to honor Jay Briscoe at Final Battle 2023. The match started as a very good six man tag that ended surprisingly with a double countout. Then, Mark Briscoe got on the mic and announced that the match will be restarted as a Fight Without Honor! The six men then proceeded to absolutely brutalize each other leading to Mark Briscoe shockingly pinning Danielson following a Jay Driller.
* Bryan taking on Brody King on the December 16, 2023 Collision in the Blue League of the Continental Classic Tournament. With this match taking place the day after the Final Battle match, Bryan was already fighting an uphill battle in this match and it was made even worse by Brody absolutely brutalizing Bryan's injured eye throughout the entirety of the match. Bryan managed to fight from underneath and upset the giant following four Busaiku Knees.
* Bryan taking on Brody King on the December 16, 2023 Collision in the Blue League of the Continental Classic Tournament. With this match taking place the day after the Final Battle match, Bryan was already fighting an uphill battle in this match and it was made even worse by Brody absolutely brutalizing Bryan's injured eye throughout the entirety of the match. Bryan managed to fight from underneath and upset the giant following four Busaiku Knees.
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* Bryan taking on Daniel Garcia on the December 8, 2023 Rampage in the Blue League of the 2023 Continental Classic Tournament. Garcia, desperate to avoid elimination in the tournament, shed his sports entertainer tendencies and reverted back to his original "Red Death" persona for this match. Garcia managed to hold his own on the mat with Danielson and even looked like he had the match well in hand at points. However, Garcia was unable to resist the urge to dance when he was in control and it resulted in The American Dragon hitting the Busaiku Knee and locking in the LeBell Lock to pick up the win in a great match.
* Bryan taking on Andrade El Idolo on the December 9, 2023 Collision in the Blue League of the 2023 Continental Classic Tournament. Danielson and El Idolo were having a great back and forth match when Bryan reinjured his eye following an errant headbutt. Andrade, desperate to break the deadlock at the top of the league standings, relentlessly targeted the eye. Bryan fought back valiantly but in the end succumbed to a hammerlock DDT to end his undefeated streak in the tournament.
* Bryan taking on Andrade El Idolo on the December 9, 2023 Collision in the Blue League of the 2023 Continental Classic Tournament. Danielson and El Idolo were having a great back and forth match when Bryan reinjured his eye following an errant headbutt. Andrade, desperate to break the deadlock at the top of the league standings, relentlessly targeted the eye. Bryan fought back valiantly but in the end succumbed to a hammerlock DDT to end his undefeated streak in the tournament.
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* Bryan showing up at NJPW Power Struggle 2023 with his eye still bandaged following Okada injuring it with a Rainmaker to challenge Okada to one more match at Wrestle Kingdom XVIII to finally determine who the better man is.
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* Bryan continuing his streak of fantastic matches on his retirement tour as he took on Andrade El Idolo on the October 21, 2023 Collision. The two traded stiff shots while also showcasing their technical wrestling expertise as they dug deep into their arsenal of submission holds and counters until in the end, Bryan managed to put Andrade away.
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* Bryan taking on Christian Cage for the TNT Championship in an excellent match on the October 14, 2023 Collision. Both men spent the match showcasing their technical prowess as they went after each other's arms. In the end though, just as it looked like Bryan was going to win his first championship in AEW, Ricky Starks got involved to screw Bryan out of the TNT title.
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* Bryan Danielson's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-tcrmjagG0&t=3591s ROH World Title/ROH Pure Title unification match with Nigel [=McGuinness=]]]. A brutal war in Wrestling/{{Nigel|McGuinness}}'s hometown, with Danielson bringing home the gold thanks to a seemingly endless flurry of elbows to the head of a bruised and bleeding [=McGuinness=]. [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Dave Meltzer]], who rated the match 4.75, admitted that, if it were not weren't for Danielson repeatedly ramming [=McGuinness's=] head on the ring post, he would've rated it 5 stars.
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* Bryan Danielson's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-tcrmjagG0&t=3591s ROH World Title/ROH Pure Title unification match with Nigel [=McGuinness=]]]. A brutal war in Wrestling/{{Nigel|McGuinness}}'s hometown, with Danielson bringing home the gold thanks to a seemingly endless flurry of elbows to the head of a bruised and bleeding [=McGuinness=]. [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Dave Meltzer]], who rated this 4.75, admitted that, if it were not for Danielson repeatedly ramming [=McGuinness's=] head on the ring post, he would've rated this 5 stars.
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* Bryan Danielson's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-tcrmjagG0&t=3591s ROH World Title/ROH Pure Title unification match with Nigel [=McGuinness=]]]. A brutal war in Wrestling/{{Nigel|McGuinness}}'s hometown, with Danielson bringing home the gold thanks to a seemingly endless flurry of elbows to the head of a bruised and bleeding [=McGuinness=]. [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Dave Meltzer]], who rated this the match 4.75, admitted that, if it were not for Danielson repeatedly ramming [=McGuinness's=] head on the ring post, he would've rated this it 5 stars.
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* Bryan taking on Swerve Strickland for the first time ever at Title Tuesday 2023. This match, unsurprisingly, absolutely delivered as the two men traded bombs for nearly the entirety of the match's 15 minute runtime. In the end though, it was a surprising assist by Bryan's old rival, Hangman Adam Page, that managed to seal the win for Danielson.
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* Bryan taking on Swerve Strickland for the first time ever at Title Tuesday 2023. This match, unsurprisingly, absolutely delivered as the two men traded bombs for nearly the entirety of the match's 15 minute runtime. In the end though, it was a surprising assist by Bryan's old rival, Hangman "Hangman" Adam Page, that managed to seal the win for Danielson.
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* Bryan taking on Kyle Fletcher on the October 7, 2023 Collision. Fletcher proved himself as one of the best young wrestlers in the world as he pushed Danielson to his absolute limit before eventually succumbing to one of the American Dragon's many submission holds in an awesome match.
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* Bryan taking on Kyle Fletcher of Aussie Open on the October 7, 2023 Collision. Fletcher proved himself as one of the best young wrestlers in the world as he pushed Danielson to his absolute limit before eventually succumbing to one of the American Dragon's many submission holds in an awesome match.
