Bryan Danielson

**Bryan Danielson** (born May 22, 1981) one-time World Heavyweight Champion. He has won the ROH World Championship in Ring of Honor (ROH) once. Also, Danielson has won the PWG World Championship in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) twice, the FIP Heavyweight Championship once in Full Impact Pro and the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship once in Pro Wrestling Noah. He was the last ROH Pure Champion. He combined the Pure title with the ROH World Title in 2006. He also won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in New Japan Pro Wrestling with Curry Man. He also competed in a some matches in WWE before signing an actual contract with the company in 2009. In June 2010, shortly after the end of the first season of the *WWE NXT* show which Danielson was in, WWE announced that he had been released from his contract. But, at SummerSlam, he returned.

On October 12, 2024 at WrestleDream, Danielson lost the AEW World Championship to Jon Moxley and then retired from full in-ring competition.

## In wrestling 
 Lock* on Ted DiBiase]]
* on Bad News Barrett at WrestleMania 31]]
* on Chris Hero]]
* to Triple H's chest at WrestleMania XXX]]
 on Dean Ambrose]]
* **Finishing moves**

** **As American Dragon/Bryan Danielson**
*** *Arms Across America*/*Cattle Mutilation* (Bridging double chickenwing)
*** Bridging dragon suplex
*** Crossface chickenwing, sometimes with bodyscissors
*** Crucifix position followed by multiple elbow strikes to the side of the opponent's head
*** Double wristlock to a grounded opponent followed by multiple stomps to the opponent's chest, face and head
*** *LeBell Lock* (Omoplata crossface) – 2011
*** *LeBell Lock*/*"Yes!" Lock* (Omoplata crossface)
*** Running single leg high knee – adopted from Kenta
* **Signature moves**

** *Air Goat* (Suicide dive)
** Ankle lock
** Arm trap seated abdominal stretch followed by a crooked arm lariat
** Cobra clutch to a facedown opponent
** Discus elbow smash (WWE)
** Dragon screw
** Dragon sleeper
** Drop toe-hold into the turnbuckles, sometimes followed by kicking the second rope into the opponent's throat
** European uppercut
** High knee from the apron to the outside of the ring
** Indian deathlock
*** Running big boot
** Multiple suplex variations
*** *Danielson Special* (Double underhook floated over into a cross armbreaker) – innovated
*** German
** Single leg Boston crab
** Surfboard,
* **Managers**
** AJ Lee
** Brie Bella
** Bray Wyatt
** Dave Prazak
** The Miz
* **Nicknames**
** **As American Dragon/Bryan Danielson**
*** "The American Dolphin"
*** "The American Dragon"
*** "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt"
*** "The Master of the Small Package"
*** "The Dazzler"
*** "Goat"
*** "The King of Beards"
*** "Mr. Small Package"
*** "The Submission Specialist"
*** "The World's Toughest Vegan"
*** **"The Yes!" Man"**
* **Entrance themes**
** "Self Esteem" by The Offspring (independent circuit)
** "Obsession" by Animotion (independent circuit)
** "The Final Countdown" by Europe (ROH/independent circuit)
** "The Rage (WWE Edit)" by Hermann Langschwert, Wolfgang Killian (WWE; August 15, 2010 – September 13, 2010)
** "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner (WWE; September 20, 2010 – July 29, 2011)
** "Big Epic Thing" by Jim Johnston (WWE; August 5, 2011 – November 4, 2011)
** **"Flight of the Valkyries"** by Jim Johnston (WWE; November 11, 2011–present)
** "Live in Fear" by Mark Crozer (December 30, 2013 – January 13, 2014; used as a part of The Wyatt Family)

### Wrestlers trained 
* Alex Payne
* Reno
** Men’s Owen Hart Cup (2024)
** AEW Dynamite Awards (2 times)
*** Biggest Beatdown (2022) – 
*** Biggest Surprise (2022) – 

* **All Pro Wrestling**
** APW Worldwide Internet Championship (1 time)
** King of the Indies (2001)
* **All Star Wrestling**
** ASW World Heavy Middleweight Championship (1 time)
** Comeback Wrestler of the Year (2018)
* **Full Impact Pro**
** FIP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Memphis Championship Wrestling**
** MCW Southern Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **New Japan Pro Wrestling**
** IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time)
* **Pro Wrestling Illustrated**
** PWI ranked him #**13** of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2008
* **Pro Wrestling Guerrilla**
** PWG World Championship (2 times)
* **Pro Wrestling Noah**
** GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Ring of Honor**
** ROH Pure Championship (1 time)
** ROH World Championship (1 time)
** Survival of the Fittest (2004)
** Ambition 1 (2010)
* **World Series Wrestling**
** WSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE**
** World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
** WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship  (3 times)
** WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) (with Kane)
** WWE United States Championship (1 time)
** Money in the Bank (SmackDown 2011)
** Slammy Award for Cole in Your Stocking (2010) ()
** Slammy Award for Shocker of the Year (2010) ()
** Best Technical Wrestler (2005–2009)
** Match of the Year (2007)

## References
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