WWE website claims Daniel Bryan has been released

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WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross updated the blog section of JRsbarbq.com. The following items are among the highlights.

-Ross on WWE releasing Daniel Bryan: "I was surprised to get up Saturday morning and to read that Daniel Bryan or Bryan Danielson had been released from WWE. I am not sure of the exact circumstances and until that information is confirmed it's hard to make any definitive comments. Bryan is a talented wrestler who is not going to have any trouble finding work.

"His in ring style is unique, the young man has certainly paid his 'dues,' what ever that means now days, and he's arguably the most talked about performer on NXT. Certainly Bryan leaves WWE with momentum and with more fans knowing his name than at any point in his career. Plus, who is to say that Bryan will never return to WWE? There may be a great deal more to this matter than any of us know or, honestly, need to know at this time."
By Rich Twilling

Saturday, JUNE 12 - 5:38 P.M. (CT)

-Both WWE and TNA have wrestling fans buzzing over the past couple of days. First of all, Daniel Bryan has been released by WWE. Most everyone thought it was a work tied in with the current NXT angle. However, as of now, it looks like he might actually be gone.

Since Bryan's release was covered in the News section of WWE.com, it seemed to be the real thing. Some doubts were arisen when Bryan changed the name on his Twitter page to Bryan Danielson. I noticed on the WWE.com posting that it said both names. "Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson)..." is how it read.

I received emails from very observant fans who noticed Bryan's choking of ring announcer Justin Roberts was cut out of the footage of the attack. Word going around is that WWE felt that image was too violent and since the Chris Benoit murder-suicide, they want to keep choking images off of their television shows.

Personally, this is going way too far. WWE pushed the envelope as far as they have in a very long time and audiences loved the angle. It's hard to believe that WWE would single out this one image when the entire attack was beyond PG. It was violent, merciless, unforgiving, and fantastic.

Moving on from here, are WWE wrestlers going to be afraid of losing their jobs every single time they do something? It's hypocritical to tell them to go out there and do what they did, then punish one of them for "going too far."

Bryan and Justin Gabriel really stood out during the attack, but it was the entire group that looked strong during and after the angle. This made perfect sense. Bryan has the most experience of any of the NXT guys by far, so him taking charge and running the show during the attack was perfectly acceptable. Gabriel hit the big move at the end.

If Bryan really is gone from WWE, this angle will take a serious hit. Sure, Monday's attack was a great way to kick this thing off, but eventually, they need to wrestle matches, and that is where Bryan is more valuable than anyone in the angle. Him being gone will make this thing suffer.

Where do I stand? I think it's legit, and I think that sucks. I did receive an email from a Dot Net reader who suggested it could be a work because of the phrase "the winds of change." Wade Barrett used it twice in promos, and Bryan used the same phrase on his Twitter page. It could be reading too much into it, or it could be dead on. I hope it's a work.
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The hits keep on coming...

http://www.wrestlinginsider.org/?p=112

UPDATE: Further info on Triple H involvement with Danielson release
Saturday, June 12th, 2010

We can now confirm that our earlier info on Triple H being responsible for the firing of Bryan Danielson is indeed correct. Our source tells us that while watching Justin Roberts being choked by his own tie Triple H’s children became frightened and burst into tears.

Despite the incident being planned as part of the NXT rookie invasion, the sight of his children’s tears drove Triple H to action. The next day, Triple H confronted Danielson during the Smackdown! tapings and the two had to be torn away from each other. Triple H put a stop to another invasion that was planned for SD for fear of further scaring his kids and them having sleepless nights which would “ruin his weekend” in the words of our source. Triple H then told our source that he wanted Danielson out of the company as soon as possible and convinced Vince to finally terminate his contract.

Upon being told of his release Danielson stormed out of the building in a rage and spat on Eve Torres who had the misfortune of being near Danielson when he began to rage. The general locker room feeling is that Bryan’s firing was brought about solely from Triple H. Vince was reportedly disappointed that he had to release Bryan due to his involvement with such a large angle and this release has scuppered a lot of Creative’s plans.
 
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Who cares he a nobody and his ass gone now its his fault he shoulve kept it normal.. they acting like cena or one the name brand wrestlers got fired. dude is another brian kendricks he will be in tna soon get his ass handed to him by desmond wolf, aj styles or kurt angle.
 
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Upon being told of his release Danielson stormed out of the building in a rage and spat on Eve Torres who had the misfortune of being near Danielson when he began to rage. The general locker room feeling is that Bryan’s firing was brought about solely from Triple H. Vince was reportedly disappointed that he had to release Bryan due to his involvement with such a large angle and this release has scuppered a lot of Creative’s plans.


that shit sounds fake right there. I beat he just got fired for spitting on cena then choking teh announcer thats it. bc cena dosent deserve that type of treatment like him or not.
 
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WTF?^^

ANYWAYS THIS SHIT IS GETTIN DEEP, I BET IF TNA HURRY UP AND SWOOPS HIM AND STARTS THEIR OWN ANGLE ON THIS IT WOULD REALLY GIVE THEM SOME MOMENTUM AND TAKE AWAY FROM WWE
they cant "hurry up and sweep him up"... he's still subject to the same rules as anybody else who's been released from their WWE contract... 90 days I think it is? so it'd be a while
 
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lol yeah that article had to be bullshit...aint HHH's kids only like a few years, (3 or 4 yrs old)? so they cried seeing a guy get choked but there was no complaints i guess from his kids when he was handcuffed to a turnbuckle while their mother was being fucked up by orton lol yeah that has to be BS
 
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I dont see him ending up in TNA I dont think WWE wants to let another super talented guy go to TNA. Im sure they are still kicking themselves about not signing Mcguinness fast enough
 

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Within WWE, the word has been sent out internally that the Bryan Danielson firing is legitimate the same way any other firing would be done. All the higher-ups in the company were informed that he was gone before the item that everyone assumes to be a work was put on the web site. It's difficult to believe given the timing that it could possibly be legitimate. The idea they would work their own employees on a wrestling angle is also hard to fathom given the history of companies that have done that.

The creative team was also told today that he's gone.

The people who needed to know were told that Bryan Danielson was fired for choking ring announcer Justin Roberts with his tie during the angle on Monday night. That shot was edited from replays of the show. It's not known why this would lead to someone getting fired and from all accounts, Danielson was described as the type of person you want a dressing room filled with.

The choking with a tie was described as being too violent for what is allowed on WWE television.

-- As noted in today's breaking news update, Daniel Bryan was fired after pressure was put on Vince McMahon from an outside source based on the angle on Monday night where Bryan choked out Justin Roberts with his tie. The choking was edited off all of the replays, as was the shot of Daniel spitting in John Cena's face. He can't show up on TNA tomorrow due to his 90 day no-compete. We've got far more info on the radio show that went up this morning, but again, it appears almost certain that this isn't an angle since everyone in a position of power in WWE was told he was gone for real, which would mean lying to numerous employees on a grand scale, plus there are indy promoters who have been given word that he'll be available soon

-- As of last night at 1 AM Pacific, Bryan choking out Roberts was still on WWE's Youtube page. It's gone now.

Credit www.wrestlingobserver.com
 

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im pretty sure they showed it on smackdown prime time, WWE would be genius if it was all a work
 
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I dont see him ending up in TNA I dont think WWE wants to let another super talented guy go to TNA. Im sure they are still kicking themselves about not signing Mcguinness fast enough
Actually they had already signed Nigel but he didnt pass some tests due to injuries, I guess WWE doesn't want a risk like that in having a worker with serious past injuries. That's the only reason TNA got him
 
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if that was the case they wouldnt of signed most of the wrestlers they have now so thats complete bullshit

+ tna wouldnt have been able to get him if he was signed

"had to be someone with a lot of influence to get a name like Danielson released. There’s speculation that it could be anyone from Mattel to people in Linda McMahon’s Senate campaign. Vince McMahon called WWE’s partnership with Mattel a game-changer and it’s possible that we’re really seeing Mattel’s influence now. It’s important to note that Mattel making the complaint is not confirmed."