Daniel Bryan Reveals His Favorite Moment as a Wrestler So Far

In a recent interview with The Asbury Park Press, former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan reveals his favorite moment as a wrestler so far, and it wasn’t winning the WWE title at WrestleMania XXX. Bryan claims that his favorite moment in wrestling was during an edition of “Monday Night Raw” in December, 2013.

Bryan took place in a segment that would feature many WWE superstars and legends who had previously held the WWE or World Heavyweight Championship prior to both belts being unified in a Ladder Match between John Cena and Randy Orton. Bryan states that the interview segment was to just showcase Cena and Orton, before imploding in the ring, however the fans in Seattle, Washington that night changed everything.

He recalls that moment, saying,

“It was just supposed to be an interview between (on-air authority figure) Triple-H, Randy Orton and John Cena, but the fans there weren’t having it. They just started chanting ‘Yes!’ and ‘Yes!’ and ‘Yes!’ and ‘Daniel Bryan!’ and ‘Yes!’ and more Yes-ing to the point that they were ruining the segment.

John Cena is so smart and so quick on his feet, he pulls me forward and asks me something to the effect of ‘What’s your name?’ I said, ‘Daniel Bryan,’ and everybody cheers. ‘Where are you from?’ ‘Aberdeen, Washington.’ Everybody cheers louder. ‘Were either your mom or dad a WWE superstar?’ I said that no, my dad is a log scaler and logging is big in the area, so then everybody cheered.

It’s mostly special because that was the last time my dad got to see me wrestle before he passed away. And not only that, but he got mentioned. For me, that’s a very special moment. That’s my favorite, even more so than WrestleMania XXX.

If you were to ask me my favorite moment in wrestling, that’d be it.”

Bryan also discusses his thoughts on the late WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes, getting started in WWE, his “Yes” movement taking off, and more. You can read the entire interview here.

Editor’s Note:

I freaking love Daniel Bryan. He is just so down to Earth. Much, MUCH respect for that man.