5 things you might not know about Daniel Bryan's WWE career
Before he became the General Manager of SmackDown Live, Daniel Bryan was one of the most universally popular WWE Superstars of his generation.
Formerly known as “The American Dragon”, Bryan built up a cult following during his time on the independent scene and it didn’t take long for him to earn a new set of loyal supporters when he joined WWE in 2010.
He became a Grand Slam Champion during his time with the company, with his most memorable moment coming at WrestleMania XXX when he overcame The Authority to win the WWE Championship.
In this article, we take a look at five things you might not know about “The Leader of the Yes Movement” and his WWE career.
#5 His first televised WWE match was in 2003
It’s been mentioned multiple times throughout the years on WWE programming, most notably during their rivalry in 2013, that Daniel Bryan lost a match to John Cena on an episode of Velocity in February 2003.
That match is often wrongly assumed to be Bryan’s first one on WWE television. However, his first televised match actually came a month earlier, also on Velocity, in a losing effort against Jamie Noble.
D-Bry, then going by the names American Dragon and Bryan Danielson, also appeared in multiple dark matches for WWE early on in his career, including one against Sean O’Haire before an episode of Sunday Night Heat in December 2002.