WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan recently sat down with Wrestlezone parent-company CraveOnline.com for a very interesting interview. Featured below are a few highlights from the discussion, which you can read in its entirety at the link above.
What comes to mind when Bryan thinks about the Intercontinental title?
“I traditionally think of Bret Hart and I don’t know why that is… I think of Bret Hart as somebody who held the Intercontinental championship like it was the World Heavyweight championship. Every title match he was in felt important like it was the most important thing on the show. The way he carried himself and the matches he had, it was just everything I thought a champion should be.”
Do most wrestlers prefer to be addressed by their “stage name” or their given name?
“I think most guys prefer that fans call them by their WWE name. But with me, it doesn’t matter cause my real name is Bryan and my last name in WWE is Bryan so I hear people call me ‘Daniel’ and people call me ‘Bryan.’ The only weird thing would be if somebody would be like ‘Hey Danielson.’ [Laughs] ‘Oh, that’s weird, that he just did that.’ To me it doesn’t matter but I think a lot of guys prefer to be called by their WWE names.”
CM Punk was one of the more outspoken pro wrestlers in particular that preferred to be called by his wrestling moniker. You can check out CraveOnline for more of Joshua Caudill’s interview with WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan.
