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Daniel Bryan Says He Had No Choice in Accepting SD! GM Role, Talks Hoping to Wrestle Again One Day, Why He Was Upset with Recent WWE Poll

September 13, 2016

By Nick Paglino

WWE Smackdown Live GM Daniel Bryan recently spoke with The Daily Progress and below are some interview highlights:

On hoping to wrestle again:

“I honestly do. All the real concussion specialists who deal with concussions every day, all of them think I am fine.”

On taking the role of WWE Smackdown GM:

“They didn’t give me a choice [laughing]. I’m under contract so they say ‘show up,’ and I show up.”

On being upset with a recent WWE poll asking who he should face if he could return to the ring:

“Don’t think for a second I’m not like, what are you guys doing? I know they won’t let me wrestle. Nothing has changed on their end.”

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.