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WWE Move Daniel Bryan To ‘Alumni’ Section Of WWE.com
Following his loss against Roman Reigns this past Friday on SmackDown, Daniel Bryan has been “banished” from the blue brand.
WWE took his exit from SmackDown one step further, adding him to the alumni section at WWE.com.
In storyline, details on what’s next for Daniel Bryan have yet to be revealed, there is always a chance he could show up on RAW or NXT, but those plans have yet to be confirmed.
Daniel Bryan’s WWE contract is expiring this year, he has been tight-lipped about the actual date.
During a recent interview with TVLine ahead of SmackDown, Bryan was asked if what his plans were after September.
With your contract expiring in September, you’ve previously talked about plans for becoming a part-time wrestler. What does that look like? Do you see yourself shifting to a backstage role, or occasionally appearing in the ring?
It’s funny that people gravitate towards the date “September,” and I think it’s because that’s when my last contract ended, but it doesn’t end in September. [Note: Bryan was tight-lipped about when his contract actually runs out.] I’m still trying to figure out what that looks like… I had a tag team match on SmackDown last Friday, and it was a lot of fun, but my neck was just wrecked. I’m going to be 40 in May and my daughter likes to get on my shoulders to pick leaves from a Japanese maple in front of our house [and he couldn’t this time due to the pain]. You get to that point where it’s like, how long can I do this full-time and still be able to do those kinds of things with my daughter? What’s the right balance between part-time and that sort of thing? It may be that it’s just every once in a while when the urge strikes, or maybe like a schedule where it’s like eight months on, these months off.
As more details are known on his future in both storyline and real-life, an update will be posted.