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  • #402
    Diabhal Beag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,238 ✭✭✭✭Diabhal Beag


    When he got that ridiculous buzz after getting sacked I knew he'd be too big to be ignored.

    From then on in I knew in my gut he'd be a world champion at some point and it really has been the highpoint of my viewership to see him go from NXT fodder for heel Cole to beating HHH and the two boyos in a feckin main event of Mania. It vastly lessens my love of current and future WWE to know we won't likely ever see him wrestle again. A HOF career and hopefully he lives a long and healthy life.


  • #403
    Officer999
    Registered Users Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭Officer999


    That picture is heartbreaking....


  • #404
    Moneymaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭Moneymaker


    Christ I can't take that photo :(


  • #405
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,880 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    will he get a hall of fame induction in 2017 ???

    happy to see him in his last match in Dublin last april


  • #406
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    That photo has me haunted all night since seeing it


  • #407
    511
    Closed Accounts Posts: 532 ✭✭✭511


    This is my favourite Daniel Bryan moment ever. I've never seen to crowd chant and gesture in unison like that before:



  • #408
    J. Marston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,220 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    After that photo, I think we all need a laugh....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKvgCTdGMt0


  • #409
    A Brad Maddox Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,804 ✭✭✭A Brad Maddox Guy


    Only now finding out WWE put all of the Team Hell No videos into a playlist :cool:



  • #410
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Anyone catch the interview with the doctor on NewsTalk tonight? The Nigerian-American guy (Will Smith plays him in 'Concussion') who discovered CET in the first place was on. Reckons all the emphasis on concussions is missing the point, and that most of the damage in cases of CET (like Benoit's brain, for example) is caused by repeated blows, bumps, and sudden stops that don't necessarily cause concussions at all. Might have been something that contributed to Danielson's decision, I suppose, but sounds like the kind of thing that could affect the majority of wrestlers, hockey players, football players, rugby/boxing/MMA, even soccer players who head the ball a lot. Worrying stuff!


  • #411
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,282 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Is that the Bear video he was on about at the end of the backstage interview from last night?

    And who was the one that kicked the bear in the groin the first time?


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  • #412
    A Brad Maddox Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,804 ✭✭✭A Brad Maddox Guy


    CastorTroy wrote: »
    Is that the Bear video he was on about at the end of the backstage interview from last night?

    And who was the one that kicked the bear in the groin the first time?

    Renee Young, it was on the JBL & Cole show a few years ago


  • #413
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Can anyone post the JBL and Cole show with Regal and DB as Ninjas?? Sorry on my phone.


  • #414
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    I'm speechless...

    Bryan was on Sports centre and admitted to having had at least 10 documented concessions, and even had post concussion Siemens after some of them. He'd been hiding this info.



    http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14750304

    I'm so glad he's stepped away


  • #415
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,282 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    A Brad Maddox Guy wrote: »
    Renee Young, it was on the JBL & Cole show a few years ago

    Ah ok. I thought it might be but she looked different.


  • #416
    Edward Hopper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 713 ✭✭✭Edward Hopper


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Can anyone post the JBL and Cole show with Regal and DB as Ninjas?? Sorry on my phone.
    About 4 minutes in.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIoBF3l6M6I


  • #417
    Stereomaniac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭Stereomaniac


    I feel so lucky that I got to see him wrestle a few times, especially as part of Team Hell No.


  • #418
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,630 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    An File wrote: »
    Anyone catch the interview with the doctor on NewsTalk tonight? The Nigerian-American guy (Will Smith plays him in 'Concussion') who discovered CET in the first place was on. Reckons all the emphasis on concussions is missing the point, and that most of the damage in cases of CET (like Benoit's brain, for example) is caused by repeated blows, bumps, and sudden stops that don't necessarily cause concussions at all. Might have been something that contributed to Danielson's decision, I suppose, but sounds like the kind of thing that could affect the majority of wrestlers, hockey players, football players, rugby/boxing/MMA, even soccer players who head the ball a lot. Worrying stuff!

    There was a report a few days ago by scientists that said getting banged on the head playing sport can QUADRUPLE the risk of suicide.

    It's frightening stuff and I think over the next ten to twenty years we're going to hear a lot more about this.

    I would be particularly concerned about rugby. You take a guy like Johnny Sexton. This chap has endured a scary number of concussions in the last 18 months or so and is still playing at an intense level. Medical professionals will claim they are looking after him but how can they know for sure when the expert opinion is fluctuating all the time?

    I remember listening to Chris Nowinski give a talk in Ireland on concussions. It might be up on Youtube. Anyway at one point he says that while the brain is resilient enough to recover from a concussion, the real danger is when you take ANOTHER blow while the brain is still trying to respond to the initial hit it sustained. It is these subsequent hits which do the enormous damage. At this talk, where he mainly discussed NFL, someone asked him about rugby and he basically just shrugged and laughed and said he was disturbed to think what these guys were doing to themselves, many without any head protection.


  • #419
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    This is really uncomfortable viewing, from 2 mins on, but it appears Bryan has a seizer mid match here

    https://youtu.be/zDZAQvc2pAE


  • #420
    IncognitoMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,603 ✭✭✭IncognitoMan


    gerrybbadd wrote: »
    This is really uncomfortable viewing, from 2 mins on, but it appears Bryan has a seizer mid match here

    https://youtu.be/zDZAQvc2pAE

    Jesus. I really hope that was just good acting but it looks really bad and then the finish seems to change on the fly as well because sheamus only acknowledges the count out late on


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  • #421
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,952 ✭✭✭Monokne


    That clip is doing the rounds in Gif's as well, Meltzer pointed out he is 100% just selling in it.

    Incidentally, the Observer has tremendous detail on the retirement story. Here is the key information, regarding the Evoke Neuroscience testing Bryan underwent in NYC on 21st January. Six days later, he got the results:

    "Danielson’s test showed a small subacute or chronic lesion in his temporal parietal region of the brain, the area of the brain that causes seizures. Danielson has had post concussion seizures for a long time and nobody could find any evidence as to why.

    What is key here is that Danielson made the decision on his own to retire after finding evidence that something was wrong. He was not told after getting the test results that he had to retire, and he will be undergoing more testing, but the damage was still in evidence more than eight months after his most recent concussion.

    The fact he still has a lesion on the brain this far removed from his last match is disconcerting. I hope his quality of life won't be strongly effected in the long term.


  • #422
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,952 ✭✭✭Monokne


    That clip is doing the rounds in Gif's as well, Meltzer pointed out he is 100% just selling in it.

    Incidentally, the Observer has tremendous detail on the retirement story. Here is the key information, regarding the Evoke Neuroscience testing Bryan underwent in NYC on 21st January. Six days later, he got the results:

    "Danielson’s test showed a small subacute or chronic lesion in his temporal parietal region of the brain, the area of the brain that causes seizures. Danielson has had post concussion seizures for a long time and nobody could find any evidence as to why.

    What is key here is that Danielson made the decision on his own to retire after finding evidence that something was wrong. He was not told after getting the test results that he had to retire, and he will be undergoing more testing, but the damage was still in evidence more than eight months after his most recent concussion.

    The fact he still has a lesion on the brain this far removed from his last match is disconcerting. I hope his quality of life won't be strongly effected in the long term.


  • #423
    Moneymaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭Moneymaker


    gerrybbadd wrote: »
    This is really uncomfortable viewing, from 2 mins on, but it appears Bryan has a seizer mid match here

    https://youtu.be/zDZAQvc2pAE

    Jesus Christ.


  • #424
    Rjd2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,156 ✭✭✭✭Rjd2


    Moneymaker wrote: »
    Jesus Christ.

    To be fair it has been pointed out above that Meltzer was saying it was just selling.:o


  • #425
    Moneymaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭Moneymaker


    Rjd2 wrote: »
    To be fair it has been pointed out above that Meltzer was saying it was just selling.:o

    I seriously doubt it. He's busted open hardway, looks absolutely out of it and he has a seizure. The match ends early(look at Sheamus trying to lift him up, he's totally dead weight) and then he's pulled from the tour and never wrestles again. And I can count at least three instances where he hits his head.

    I was surprised to hear Meltzer supposedly said that? Was he misquoted or something?

    Call it revisionist history that does not look like just selling to me.


  • #426
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Moneymaker wrote: »
    I was surprised to hear Meltzer supposedly said that? Was he misquoted or something?

    He wasn't misquoted but he does get an awful lot of stuff wrong. And I think he's wrong with this one too.


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  • #427
    beakerjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,753 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    Loughc wrote: »
    He wasn't misquoted but he does get an awful lot of stuff wrong. And I think he's wrong with this one too.

    While Metlzer has a lot of credibility, he can get things wrong and hes not beyond doubt.

    This surely is one of them though. All signs point to the logical explanation of it being legit.


  • #428
    Pentecost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,865 ✭✭✭Pentecost


    Yeah there's no way the match was supposed to finish like that with Sheamus trying to pick him up and dropping him again. Bryan was out of it.


  • #429
    Bandana boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,335 ✭✭✭Bandana boy


    Where was Kane , surprised he wasn't there , I always believed they were real life friends and he was a huge part of DB getting over.


  • #430
    Moneymaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭Moneymaker


    Bandana boy wrote: »
    Where was Kane , surprised he wasn't there , I always believed they were real life friends and he was a huge part of DB getting over.

    Probably the first guy waiting for him in gorilla.


  • #431
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,952 ✭✭✭Monokne


    Pentecost wrote: »
    Yeah there's no way the match was supposed to finish like that with Sheamus trying to pick him up and dropping him again. Bryan was out of it.

    Bryan said himself his last seizure was in 2012. But ok then.


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  • #432
    Pentecost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,865 ✭✭✭Pentecost


    Monokne wrote: »
    Bryan said himself his last seizure was in 2012. But ok then.

    Fair enough I didn't see that but it still looked like a ridiculous finish. Sheamus didn't know what to do.


  • #433
    beakerjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,753 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    He propably said it was a seizure in order to get WWE to take a chance on him wrestling again. Id say Bryan was hellbent on wrestling again and it makes sense for him to deny it was a seizure in order to keep going


  • #434
    gnfnrhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,478 ✭✭✭✭gnfnrhead


    beakerjoe wrote: »
    He propably said it was a seizure in order to get WWE to take a chance on him wrestling again. Id say Bryan was hellbent on wrestling again and it makes sense for him to deny it was a seizure in order to keep going

    Bryan told every doctor (including WWE) he seen about the seizures. He wouldn't lie about something like that if he was willing to disclose it to every doctor he went to. He wanted to wrestle but he also isn't stupid enough to lie about something that serious. Telling the doctors is likely the reason WWE wouldn't clear him despite him passing every other test they gave him.


  • #435
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,952 ✭✭✭Monokne


    Interesting sidenote to this story is what may happen to the stiffer guys in the locker room, who are known for giving concussions in light of the seriousness of them in 2016. Lance Storm spoke to Bryan Alvarez this week and specifically intimated Seamus may be in trouble as he is known for being reckless and hurting dudes.


  • #436
    kksaints
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,929 ✭✭✭kksaints


    buckfasterer wrote: »
    Raws rating tonight are gonna be massive cause of this. Imagind the reaction, especially with all the coverage that it's getting.

    Do not put this past Vince as a work.

    And yes.....I'm in denial.


    http://www.wrestlingnewsworld.com/raw-audience-comes-roaring-back/

    A surprise but the ratings actually went down hugely for Daniel Bryans retirement section.


  • #437
    Legend_DIT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 753 ✭✭✭Legend_DIT


    In fairness, that doesn't tell the full story. When Bryan's speech started it was actually in the overrun.

    http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/02/10/feb8rawquarterhours/


  • #438
    DM_7
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 18,406 Mod ✭✭✭✭DM_7


    Concussion is even getting football players now

    https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/700804385660649473



    Also saw this earlier,from 2007 when they had the HBK concussion story. Could easily be the Bryan story only with Bryan instead of Shawn and Sheamus for Randy.

    https://twitter.com/mookieghana/status/700733325116223488



    Snippet
    According to Dr. Rios, HBK will have to be out of action for an undetermined amount of time due to the concussions. Shawn Michaels has battled back from numerous injuries before, including a severe back injury that cost him four years and nearly ended his career … but this is different. The brain is perhaps the most vital part of a sports-entertainer's body, and if brain function is impaired, a Superstar could put himself into a dangerous position by stepping back into the ring.

    HBK may never be 100 percent again, and speculation is rampant that this may be the straw that finally breaks the proverbial camel's back


  • #439
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,630 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    Yeah I listened to Andy Wilkinson on Sky Sports News earlier and when he spoke about his concussion problems and headaches and mentioned dealing with anger and depression it reminded me all too well of what we've been hearing about in wrestling.

    The scary thing about Wilkinson's case is it all came from being struck at close range in the temple by a volley from an opposition player. It has affected his vision and he's still seeing specialists and getting headaches and having to deal with his mental health.

    I remember years ago reading a football article where it mentioned a proposal from the US to have all football players wear protective headgear a la Petr Cech. At the time I thought the idea was preposterous. But now with everything we're learning about the severity of head trauma, and even how heading a ball can be dangerous, it would not surprise me to see measures like that introduced over the next twenty years or so to try and better protect the brain.


  • #440
    Palo Alto
    Registered Users Posts: 908 ✭✭✭Palo Alto


    The problem is headgear doesn't really help, it won't stop the brain rattling around inside the head.


  • #441
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,485 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Lord TSC wrote: »
    Speaking of pregnancies, Brie Bella confirmed today she and Bryan are expecting :)

    Hope all goes well for them, Id say this baby has been longed for quite a while
    https://forumofgames.com/




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  • #442
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    http://www.wwe.com/shows/totalbellas/article/brie-bella-daniel-bryan-baby-gender-reveal?sf39469104=1


  • #443
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,485 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Lithium93_ wrote: »
    http://www.wwe.com/shows/totalbellas/article/brie-bella-daniel-bryan-baby-gender-reveal?sf39469104=1

    Their daughter Birdie Joe Danielson arrived May 9th
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #444
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,485 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    sky88 wrote: »
    Brie and Bryan had a boy
    https://www.instagram.com/p/CDZbd7UBdSg/?igshid=dbl0z0sqo3op

    Birdie a big sister
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #445
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,602 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    Both Nikki AND Brie had their kids today, lol.


  • #446
    beakerjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,753 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    1 day apart I believe, with Nikki giving birth on 31st.


  • #447
    The White Wolf
    Registered Users Posts: 5,253 ✭✭✭The White Wolf


    Lord TSC wrote: »
    Both Nikki AND Brie had their kids today, lol.

    That is some weird ass coordinating....congrats to them!


  • #448
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,485 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Buddy Dessert Danielson
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #449
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,485 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Nearly three years after making his return to the ring following a career-threatening neck injury, Daniel Bryan is looking to take a step back in his WWE career.

    In an interview with BT Sport (h/t H Jenkins of Ringside News), Bryan said he likely won't keep wrestling full-time when he signs his next contract:

    "So now I'm switching priorities in my life where for years wrestling has been the key focus. Like my contract is coming up soon, and we're looking at me transitioning to maybe less than a full-time wrestler. My time of being a full-time wrestler are numbered. I'm more going to be like a full-time dad, part-time wrestler. Wrestling is my side job, daddy is my most important job."

    Bryan and Brie Bella welcomed their second child, a son, in August. He took time off television during Bella's pregnancy before returning to television in October.

    Recently, Bryan has been involved in a feud with Jey Uso that could potentially be used to set him up for a universal title match against Roman Reigns at the Royal Rumble.

    Regardless of the booking plans for Bryan, having him on the roster in any capacity is a huge boon for WWE. His in-ring work and natural ability to connect with crowds have made him one of the most popular superstars for years.
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #450
    oldtimeyfella
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 382 ✭✭oldtimeyfella


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Nearly three years after making his return to the ring following a career-threatening neck injury, Daniel Bryan is looking to take a step back in his WWE career.

    In an interview with BT Sport (h/t H Jenkins of Ringside News), Bryan said he likely won't keep wrestling full-time when he signs his next contract:

    "So now I'm switching priorities in my life where for years wrestling has been the key focus. Like my contract is coming up soon, and we're looking at me transitioning to maybe less than a full-time wrestler. My time of being a full-time wrestler are numbered. I'm more going to be like a full-time dad, part-time wrestler. Wrestling is my side job, daddy is my most important job."

    Bryan and Brie Bella welcomed their second child, a son, in August. He took time off television during Bella's pregnancy before returning to television in October.

    Recently, Bryan has been involved in a feud with Jey Uso that could potentially be used to set him up for a universal title match against Roman Reigns at the Royal Rumble.

    Regardless of the booking plans for Bryan, having him on the roster in any capacity is a huge boon for WWE. His in-ring work and natural ability to connect with crowds have made him one of the most popular superstars for years.


    It says a lot about how little they've done with him that i genuinely thought that has has been back for maybe a year, tops.


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  • #451
    The White Wolf
    Registered Users Posts: 5,253 ✭✭✭The White Wolf


    oldtimeyfella wrote: »
    It says a lot about how little they've done with him that i genuinely thought that has has been back for maybe a year, tops.

    Yeah 3 years knocked me sideways, then again Bryan's ascendancy started around time I started working in my current job so that does feel like an age ago. :pac:


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