• Old School Wrestler Celebrates His Birthday
Old School WWF developmental Wrestler Bryan Danielson (aka Daniel Bryan) celebrates his birthday today.
After coming out of “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michael’s wrestling school in 2000, Danielson was signed to a developmental contract by the World Wrestling Federation, where he went on to wrestle in occasional dark-matches, house-show matches and spent most of the time, wrestling for the WWF developmental promotion ‘Memphis Championship Wrestling’ (successor of the USWA), before being released in 2001.
Bryan returned to the now renamed WWE in 2002, though without a contract, doing jobs on smaller C-shows like HEAT & Velocity before leaving again in 2003.
After finding success on the independent scene (ROH, …) he finally received a WWE contract in 2010, starting as one of the NXT Season 1 rookies, but ended up last with a score of 0 wins and 10 losses.
In September 2021 Bryan joined Tony Khan’s All Elite Wrestling.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANIEL BRYAN / BRIAN DANIELSON!
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWE HISTORY (May 22, 2006) – WWE Monday Night RAW
On this day in 2006, World Wrestling Entertainment aired another LIVE episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWE Monday Night RAW’.
This episode was broadcasted from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and featured matches & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWE/ECW One Night Stand 2006’ PPV.
Here’s the card:
WWE Intercontinental Title: Shelton Benjamin vs. RVD
WWE Title: John Cena vs. Chris Masters
Kane vs. Trevor Murdoch
Mickie James vs. Torrie Wilson
Handicap Match: Shawn Michaels vs. The Spirit Squad
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• ON THIS DAY IN TNA HISTORY (May 22, 2008) – TNA iMPACT!
On this day in 2008 Total Nonstop Action! aired another episode of their weekly TV show ‘TNA iMPACT! Wrestling’.
This episode took place at the TNA Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida and featured matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the TNA Slammiversary 2008 PPV.
Here’s the official card from that night:
Brother Ray (Bubby Ray Dudley) vs. Homicide
ODB vs. Angelina Love
King Of The Mountain Qualifying Match: Robert Roode vs. Matt Morgan
Awesome Kong’s $25,000 Open Challenge
King Of The Mountain Qualifying Match: AJ Styles vs. Booker T
