Daniel Bryan Talks His Popularity, John Cena, and More

Digital Spy recently talked to the number one contender for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam, Daniel Bryan. Many topics were discussed including John Cena’s mixed reaction, Bryan’s popularity, Paul Bearer, and many others.

Here are the highlights:

On his increasing popularity:

“I don’t know! I have no explanation for it. I worked really hard to get where I’m at, but a lot of people worked really hard. I’m not really sure why the fans took to me as opposed to taking to someone else, I have no idea. I just feel really fortunate and lucky to be put in the position that I’m in.”

On John Cena dividing opinion:

“I think it’s because he’s been on top for so long. If Man United won the championship every single year people would be like, ‘I hate Man United’. People would be so sick of them, even if they’re really good. It’s one of those kind of things. You see him and he’s everything the WWE wants as a WWE Champion. He’s been able to hold up his end on the performance aspect of it. People are always wanting something new, wanting something different, and that’s where the divisiveness comes in.”

On who he would wrestle if he could wrestle anyone in history:

“Oh my gosh [laughs]. That’s a very interesting question. I suppose the logical choice would be – even though everybody would know that I’d lose – would be Jesus. It would just be so interesting. But I’d also like to wrestle Genghis Khan. It’s such an incredible part of human history… there’s so many people that you’d love to meet and wrestle and I’m sure Genghis Khan would chop my head off.”

On his favorite memories of the late Paul Bearer:

“I was here during some of the wacky skits with Edge and Kane where Edge was pushing Paul Bearer around in the wheelchair and that kind of stuff. I just remember what a good human being he was and how he loved coming to work. He was always fun to be around and always had good advice for younger guys. He was just an incredibly nice man.”

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