There’s a contingent of people who view Bryan Danielson’s decade plus tenure in WWE as a waste of time and something that keeps him from being viewed seriously as candidate for the greatest wrestler ever. And while I do think that sort of thinking is extremely narrow and puts unrealistic expectations as to what a […]
One does not need the WWE to become the greatest pro wrestler of all time. That being said, having an extended run in the most culturally ubiquitous promotion in the history of the sport presents fascinating insights into the work of any pro wrestler. Certainly with a wrestler like Bryan Danielson, who saw great commercial […]
I still have a lot to learn about professional wrestling and myself. Kids in elementary school are mean My love of wrestling died in 2011. Now that is a strong statement but you have to understand I was a coward at the young age of nine years old. I would constantly talk up my dream […]
I need to kick off this special edition of Rotten Rewatch by discussing a writer far superior to myself. JR Goldberg is the mind behind Meth Lab Battlarts, which you can read some here and buy the zine version here. JR is the first person I remember extolling and cheerleading Ian Rotten’s grappling. He also […]
Original Art courtesy of Elicia Mccoy My choice of 2010 was two-fold. Firstly I wanted to cover the brief departure from WWE. Secondly to revisit winning the inaugural wXw Ambition. Bryan’s release was stemmed from being deemed too violent. Let me add some background, Bryan Danielson had been signed and released by WWE at least […]
What is Bryan Danielson’s biggest weakness? Readers of this site may come to differing conclusions, but among the more critical and tenured fans out there, the most hotly debated topic is match length. As covered in Violent People co-founder and overall stud Tanner’s 2006 article Dragon by The Numbers, Bryan Danielson likes to go long. […]
2007 was not a great year for Bryan Danielson. He lost the chance to become the first ever two time ROH world champion, got his retina detached mid-match, and had to take a good chunk of time off because of said injury. This was all thanks to one single man, the roadblock our hero has […]
Bryan Danielson is a great promo. Now granted Bryan Danielson is also my favorite wrestler of all time and I’m one of over two dozen people writing a long form essay about the guy for this blog, so maybe that take won’t knock your socks off with the kind of umph I was hoping for […]
So when I first sat down and came up with the concept of doing this summer long project covering the twenty-five year career of legitimately one of the greatest of all time, I was so excited to write about Danielson’s match with Necro Butcher in Pro Wrestling Guerilla where the long standing legend has been […]
In April of last year, I decided to start binging 2005 Ring of Honor. At the time, I really wanted to expand my wrestling viewing and see stuff that I wasn’t as familiar as I would have liked to be at the time. Additionally, considering how renowned peak ROH is in wrestling circles, especially 2005, […]