It seems like yesterday when Daniel Bryan shocked the world to win the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania. Since then, the perennial underdog has had to vacate his title after an injury and rehab his way back into the ring.
After some time, Bryan won the Intercontinental Championship at this year’s WrestleMania. But unfortunately, the wrestler suffered another injury and had to vacate that title as well.
WWE fans wait for any update as to Daniel Bryan’s condition and whether he will return to the ring to wrestle -- recently, Bryan was one of the judges in the latest season of WWE’s Tough Enough.
And in a talk with IGN -- via SE Scoops -- to promote the upcoming WWE 2K16, Daniel Bryan opened up about what he has had to deal with while trying to get back into the ring and even divulged some potentially devastating news.
“One neurologist who specializes in concussions — who was the neurologist for the Super Bowl last year — cleared me with no limitations. All my testing came back excellent,” he said. “But the WWE’s medical doctor [Joe Maroon] is skeptical, because of my history of concussions and that sort of thing. So they will not clear me.”
“They’re going to send me to a third doctor at some point in the near future and that doctor will decide my fate. ”
Bryan, who is itching to get back into the ring, knows that it may not be the smartest thing to go against doctors and specialists for his future but the wrestler reiterated that.
"The WWE doctor Joe Maroon [is] amazing and highly respected in the concussion field, and if they send me to a third neurologist who's also highly respected in the concussion field and they say literally no...well, then is it really smart to go against two doctors? I get all fired up...and then I'm like, maybe that's not the best thing for me and my family going forward."
Daniel Bryan has been on-record to stay in the WWE in some capacity if he is not cleared to wrestle. As was mentioned above, Bryan was the judge for the latest season of WWE’s Tough Enough but Bryan could also be an announcer or trainer for up and comers.
We shall find out soon enough what the status of Daniel Bryan’s career but in the meantime we want to know what you want Bryan to do if he can’t wrestle in the WWE down in the comments section below.
