Daniel Bryan

Daniel Bryan is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to NLW, where he is a former NLW World Champion and former X-Division Champion.

X Division (2016-2017)
Bryan would debut on Episode 40, confronting then X-Division Champion, Austin Aries. Bryan would then challenge Aries to a match at WrestleMania II for the championship. At the event, Bryan would defeat Austin Aries to become the new X-Division Champion. On the episode following WrestleMania, a clock ticking down would reach zero, and Adam Cole would make his own debut, superkicking Bryan. On Metal Episode 30, Cole would challenge Bryan to a match at an upcoming PPV, Revenge. On the next episode, Cole would defeat Austin Aries, and a triple threat match was made for Revenge featuring Bryan, Cole, and Aries for the X-Division Championship. At Revenge, Cole would win defeat both of them to win the championship, ending Bryan's reign at 82 days (shortest reign at the time). On the next episode, Bryan would face the debuting John Morrison, but Adam Cole would attack both of them during the match, resulting in a DQ. On Episode 46, Bryan would attack Cole during a promo, and Morrison would hit a kick on him. Bryan would then recieve a match against Adam Cole for the X-Division Championship on the next episode, but Bryan would fail to win.

Feud with Kurt Angle and Kenny Omega (2017-2018)
After his match with Cole, Bryan would leave the X-Division and enter The King of The Ring Tournament. On episode 36 of Metal, he would face The Miz in a first round matchup, defeating him. On NLW episode 48, Bryan would challenge Kurt Angle to a match at NLW's next PPV, Insurgence. Angle would not accept. Later in the night, Bryan would prevent Angle from attacking Neville after the pair's match together. On the next episode, he would face Kevin Owens in the first round matchup, but would lose the match due to interference from Kurt Angle. The next week on episode 50, Angle and Bryan would come face to face with each other in the ring. During this, Angle would accidentally headbutt Daniel Bryan's wife, Brie Bella, who had come into the ring. At NLW Insurgence, Bryan would face Angle in a match. He would defeat Angle and end his 3-year undefeated streak.