A Look Back at What Daniel Bryan Had to Say About His Health Prior to WrestleMania 31

April 19, 2015

As conflicting reports continue to surface regarding the current health of Daniel Bryan, it is interesting to cite comments Bryan made on the “Talk is Jericho” podcast prior to WrestleMania 31.

As of now, WWE is denying Bryan suffered a concussion during his recent Smackdown match against Sheamus, but Bryan was sent home from WWE’s European tour as what WWE officially called a “precautionary measure.”

During the Jericho podcast, Bryan had the following to day regarding his neck and elbow issues from last year:

“We didn’t know how my neck was going to do when I came back. It’s the same with any injury, I think. If you have knee surgery, you don’t know how your knee is going to do until you actually start putting pressure on it and you can do as much rehab or whatever you want, and now it’s this thing of it being like getting pretty worn down, and I’ve never felt this way before.

But I’m also getting older. So I don’t know if it’s just [that], but sometimes when you’ve been off for nine or 10 months, then coming back takes maybe some getting used to, and I don’t know if I’m still in that adjustment process.”

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.