"(MUSIC PLAYING)" "It's interesting because" "I always thought I would be here, but I never thought I would be here." "(CROWD CHEERING)" "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Hi, my name is Daniel Bryan, and I'm a WWE Superstar." "MICHAEL:" "What's Daniel Bryan gonna do here?" "Looking to pick up the pace, looking to electrify the WWE Universe." "That's what Daniel Bryan's all about." "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "MICHAEL:" "The "Yes!" Movement in full force." "I was born in Aberdeen, Washington in 1981." "Growing up in Aberdeen, I had a pretty normal upbringing." "My dad's a log scaler, and what that means is he measures and quantifies logs." "It's just a very humble town with a lot of very hardworking, humble people." "BRIE:" "Growing up in Aberdeen, Washington," "Bryan appreciated when the sun came out and what was growing in the garden." "Bryan appreciated when the sun came out and what was growing in the garden." "And I think because he lived so simple, it's just made him that." "That's all he knows." "BRYAN:" "I had so many interests." "I loved pretty much all sports." "I loved reading and being in nature." "And I loved wrestling." "I got into that when I was in first grade." "One of my buddies brought over a wrestling magazine, and I was just, like..." "I was hooked." "MICHAEL:" "And the Daniel Bryan "Yes!" Movement is winning over the entire world." "It is so surreal to see how the "Yes!" Movement has literally taken over the world." "Everyone is connected with it because you feel the passion from Daniel Bryan every time he says, "Yes!"" "You've seen this underdog go through every barricade, every obstacle, anyone in the world could relate." "And that's what's the greatest thing about the "Yes!" Movement." "The whole concept behind the "Yes!" Movement is very true." "The audience has a voice, the WWE Universe has a voice." "And he hasn't had that final chance to be a solidified champion with a legitimate reign." "And I think the audience truly wants that for him." "JERRY:" "Every single person in here is chanting, "Yes!"" "He has a good heart, he is a good human being." "And I think people attach themselves to that." "If you're a good human being with passionate intentions, man, you want to see that guy do well." "You know what I'm saying?" "It's nice to meet you, Stone Crusher." "Can you give me a high five?" "Yes." "All right." "What's going on?" "How are you?" "He has the biggest heart" "I've ever met out of any human in my life." "And, um, you just can't change that." "(GROANING)" "MAN:" "There you go." "That's pretty good." "SETH:" "He's very humble, very down to Earth, because for him, it was never about being famous." "It was never about making millions and millions of dollars, or being in movies or anything like that." "It was just about wrestling." "From day one, he just loved pro wrestling." "But if you look at the history of top guys," "Daniel Bryan does not fit that mold." "BRIE:" "The typical WWE character has always been a guy who is 6'5", huge, really built, very clean cut." "And, uh, that's exactly what Daniel Bryan isn't." "And I think that automatically made him an underdog." "Because I'm not the biggest," "I'm not the strongest," "I'm not the prettiest, but despite me not being any of those things, you people have believed in me and supported me." "(CROWD CHEERING)" "And you have no idea how much that means to me." "Everyone has always told him," ""You're too small, you're pale," ""you don't have the right look," ""you can't cut a promo." ""Yeah, you're a good little hand, you're a B+ player."" "Everyone has told him that his entire life." "Your reality is you're a B+ player." "(CROWD BOOING)" "I don't look at other people's expectations." "Like, you have your own expectations." "If you see something that you want to do, you go do it." "Just trying it means you've been successful." "Here's my Mania gear that nobody has seen yet." "I know." "I'm keeping it hidden." "I think people are gonna freak out when they see it." "I hope so." "Are you even nervous?" "I don't think they're gonna freak out." "I don't think they're gonna light buildings on fire or anything like that." "Well..." "(LAUGHS)" "Well, actually who knows, I think the fans are at this point where they might riot." "You never give up and you stay positive." "That's what made him so endearing to the fans, that he never gave up and he kept fighting." "Okay." "You tell people that you want to be a professional wrestler, and you're 13 or 14 years old, and you're not any sort of special athlete." "And most people are like, "Okay, that's..." ""That's a nice little dream you've got there."" "My heels are big." "Yeah." "Thanks for making me look short." "It's my heels." ""Hey, let's do a special on Daniel Bryan," ""and let's just have Brie walk around" ""being much taller than he is."" "Looking like a glamazon." "I like how you sit around trying to make me look as small as possible." "Well, maybe if you got me some new shoes, the kitten..." "I'm not buying you new shoes." "You have 1,000..." "Yeah, but..." "You have 1,000 pairs of shoes already." "I do not." "I have 20." "So, there was a time around 1996 when Dean Malenko and Rey Mysterio and all those guys were really hitting it big in WCW." "And people always told me I couldn't do it because of my size." "And then, so, seeing that, just made me think, like," ""Hey, why not give it a try?"" "What's up, guys?" "Learning and going to train with Shawn Michaels was very intimidating." "I hadn't really been much out of Washington State." "And to drive down to San Antonio, Texas, the night I graduated high school..." "I actually got to San Antonio, and I don't know anything about San Antonio and there's no GPS." "I just have the printed-out directions and I'm lost and confused." "And it's just..." "It's just a big city." "Man, San Antonio is big and especially when you haven't been in many big cities." "We showed up and went to training the first day." "And you think," ""Oh, my gosh, there's Shawn Michaels."" "And you just look at him as somebody who's just larger than life, and there he is." "But if there's a person who could teach me the right way But if there's a person who could teach me the right way to be a pro wrestler, it's Shawn Michaels." "SHAWN:" "I think he knew from the very beginning that he was gonna have to work harder than everybody else to even be noticed, and he did that willingly." "And I had mentioned at the beginning," ""In the world you're going into, and certainly in the WWE," ""you're gonna be fighting an uphill battle" ""simply due to your size."" "It didn't take very long to see that he was a special young man when it came to his in-ring talent." "He's 19 years old and not even old enough to have a beer yet." "when it came to his in-ring talent." "He's 19 years old and not even old enough to have a beer yet." "The fans are here to get to see this young man grow and become perhaps one of the greatest wrestlers of all time." "WILLIAM:" "He was really well trained when I met him, when he was with Shawn Michaels." "And he was fascinated with all the technical wrestling." "I can't imagine just to coming straight to WWE because there's an intense amount of pressure." "But to say," ""Okay, I needed the independents to get to where I'm at now,"" "that's not the case." "The independents were fun." "I am what I am." "And what I am is the best." "You see him, and he's not..." "He's not the most imposing guy, you know, he's not six feet, he's barely 200 pounds." "But it's what he does inside the ropes, you know what I mean?" "On the canvas, like, he's Picasso in there." "I went out there and I performed and I got to wrestle all these awesome wrestlers that most people who watch WWE have never heard of." "And to me, like, that was the dream." "SETH:" "The first time I ever saw Daniel Bryan was actually on DVD, first-ever Ring of Honor event." "BRYAN:" "My time in Ring of Honor is longer than my time in WWE." "It was, I would like to say, a breeding ground." "You have to go out there and try to prove that you're the best." "And that was kind of the idea with Ring of Honor." "COMMENTATOR:" "These great fans in Detroit showing their appreciation for the skills of American Dragon right here." "Yeah, that's what it's all about, you know, is your performance in the ring." "And guys like Daniel Bryan put that company on the map and really made it a destination for young, independent wrestlers like myself." "BRYAN:" "I got to wrestle a lot of people in Ring of Honor who ended up being big stars here in WWE, or who will be big stars in WWE." "ANTONIO:" "All the indie guys have kind of a pride." "And there's a few guys like Daniel Bryan, like Seth Rollins, like myself, that have traveled all over the world just to get better at what we do." "When you say that word, indie, it defines a certain look of character." "I hate that term." ""Well, he's an indie guy."" "No, he's either good or he's not." "And Daniel is very good." "He was different, man." "He just had something about him." "And he was just violent and fast." "And you could just tell he was putting his heart into every single thing he was doing in the ring." "I mean, let's face it, he was one of my idols." "So what do you got going on this week, anyway?" "Uh, nothing and everything." "Like, you know, just trying to get ready for the two biggest matches in my career, and also getting married the following week, and Brie and I also put an offer on a house that got accepted." "And also, I've got a million media appearances." "So, yeah, I'm just, you know, hanging out, doing my thing." "Just chilling?" "The thing is, you'd never know the difference." "Yeah." "Yeah." "You're the same all the time." "All the time." "There has not been one ounce of the fame or anything affect him." "And it blows me away." "I'm just like, "Just brag." ""Just do it, just give me one sentence of bragging, please?"" "I just truly believe that I am not a Superstar." "And, like, we'll be at, like, breakfast, and every time we're at breakfast, we hear "Yes,"" "someone will walk and go, "Yes!"" "And I'm always, like, somewhat bragging, I'm like, "Yeah."" "And Bryan's always like..." "Like, just, like, gets, like, nervous almost." "I'm like, "You could acknowledge it, it's okay."" "But he's humble." "You'll never, ever beat that out of him." "I've been wrestling all over the world for the last 10 years, and finally, finally, I have an opportunity here in the WWE." "WILLIAM:" "You only get good at this when you fall on your backside a thousand times." "And that's what made Bryan special." "When he got here, it doesn't matter what he was given, he was ready for it." "BRYAN:" "By the time I got to WWE," "I was pretty confident in what I did." "And it's just a matter of doing stuff that the boss likes, really." "I didn't know who Daniel Bryan was, so I looked up on the Internet, and found out that he is an Internet darling." "I am the Unified Tag Team and United States Champion, The Miz." "And I am one of eight NXT pros, and my NXT rookie is Daniel Bryan." "We were kind of told, "Okay, you guys would each have a pro."" "All that sort of thing." "And so they were gonna be your mentor." "And I got The Miz." "So, uh, yeah." "It all went kind of downhill from there." "(CHATTERING)" "What are you doing?" "MIZ:" "Looking good." "To be a star, you have to look like a star, act like a star, dress like a star, and then there's you." "You don't look that good." "Do you want to be a star or not?" "I want to be a star." "But I can get a..." "I can be a star on my own." "The NXT experience was very frustrating because they had us doing a lot of things that to me were just goofy things." "Like the..." "To make entertaining TV without worrying about the guys who are actually on NXT." "Like the..." "To make entertaining TV without worrying about the guys who are actually on NXT." "My emphasis is on wrestling." "MIZ:" "I wasn't quite sure how far he would come in the WWE, and I think a lot of people were like that." "BRYAN:" "I think the match with Chris really helped me and I think a lot of people were like that." "BRYAN:" "I think the match with Chris really helped me in the sense of that was my first time in front of the large WWE Universe, and gave me an opportunity to show them a little bit of what I can do." "MICHAEL:" "Daniel Bryan is rolling here, against the World Champion." "It's funny because Chris told me a story about him going back through the curtain, and he's like," ""That guy is gonna be a star, you know, he's a star."" "All that kind of stuff." "And then Vince just looks at him and goes, "Him?" ""He doesn't even eat meat."" "I mean, he gave me a match that I never expected to be that good." "And this is when I really felt that he was somebody." "MICHAEL:" "A performance like this by Daniel Bryan has got to be resonating in the minds of these NXT rookies watching in the back." "And after that, I didn't see him for a long time because he got fired." "So, essentially what happened with the whole Nexus beat down and me getting fired was" "I don't know what's PG was and what's not PG." "CENA:" "There was an incident where a group of guys were told, and I quote," ""Go out and raise hell."" "MICHAEL:" "There's chaos at ringside." "These are the rookies from the season of NXT out here." "JERRY:" "What are these guys doing here?" "What is this?" "And I thought they did." "And I thought it was wonderful." "BRYAN:" "We ripped Justin's jacket off." "Boom, he was still..." "He had his tie there." "I just wrapped it around like this, and boom, and I started choking him." "But apparently, people got upset about it." "and boom, and I started choking him." "But apparently, people got upset about it." "Daniel Bryan was using, I believe," "Justin Roberts, the ring announcer's, tie." "He was actually choking him, and that's a big no-no." "And when that happened, you know, the company had to crack down." "They made an example of Daniel." "I just think there should have been some sort of other reprimand." "You know, success has a weird way of working itself out." "But I believe Daniel would have been a standout in that group." "And I believe we made a mistake." "I just knew he had something and I was..." "I was ashamed that we let him go." "PATTERSON:" "So I don't remember how much time, maybe three months later," "I was telling Vince, you know," ""Why don't we rehire him?"" "He goes, "No." "No." "No." ""He did something bad."" "And, you know, "Everybody makes a mistake." ""So I think we should give him a chance."" "John Cena agreed with me, and that was just it." "The 7th member of team WWE is Daniel Bryan." "JERRY:" "Daniel Bryan?" "MICHAEL:" "You got to be kidding me." "Here we go, the American Dragon has arrived at SummerSlam." "When I came back, it was interesting because I hadn't been on RAW a lot." "So it's not like a huge part of the WWE audience knew who I was." "But I got a good reaction when I came back." "And then throughout the match, they were going crazy." "And so that really makes the people within WWE see," ""Wait a second." "Maybe we counted this guy out too soon."" "(CHATTERING)" "BRYAN:" "Anytime people react to me as being something special, it makes me uncomfortable." "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "That stuff makes me more nervous than wrestling in front of 70,000 people." "I have fun wrestling, I am comfortable wrestling." "You put me in some spandex underwear and put me in a ring, in front of a group of people," "I'm 100% fine." "If you put me in a suit in a room with 50 press people, and I get really, really nervous." "So I feel like I did it." "This is my second time doing it." "So I feel like I did it." "This is my second time doing it." "I did it at SummerSlam." "And I felt like SummerSlam was a fail." "This, I feel like I did very well." "So, um..." "So, yeah." "So it's always good when you can do something that puts you out of your comfort zone." "And you..." "And you improve at it so it was good." "We welcome you to the WrestleMania XXX press conference live on the WWE Network." "He's not necessarily comfortable in the spotlight, and he's..." "He doesn't embrace superstardom the way a lot of guys do." "MICHAEL:" "Our next guest is one of the fastest rising Superstars in WWE history." "Please welcome" "WWE Superstar" "Daniel Bryan." "(FLIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES PLAYING)" "Ever since I was a little kid, man, all I thought about and wished for when I laid in bed at night was to be a wrestler, you know." "And not just be a wrestler, but to be the best." "And not just to be the best, but to headline WrestleMania." "Today I'm fighting Sheamus in my first-ever WrestleMania." "I'm just really excited." "And so to be here in a company that's always been known for their big guys, for the Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giants, for The Rock and Steve Austin, you know," "I just didn't think I'd be here, but now I am and it's pretty awesome." "He was so excited." "He was so excited." "He had been waiting for that moment for 12 years." "SHEAMUS:" "We were ready to go out there and prove a point and, you know, kind of smash that glass ceiling even a little bit and prove that, you know, we could hang with the big boys." "We were in a talent relations meeting for WrestleMania XXVII, and what they said is," ""Okay, guys just want to let everybody know" ""that the opening match for WrestleMania XXVII, "Okay, guys just want to let everybody know" ""that the opening match for WrestleMania XXVII," ""the dark match, it's gonna be a Lumberjack Match." ""So all of you guys will be out there for" ""Sheamus and Daniel Bryan's U.S. Title Match."" "And I could see Sheamus," "I could just see him." "And he was like this, and all of a sudden he realized what that meant, is that we weren't gonna be on the pay-per-view, and all of a sudden he realized what that meant, is that we weren't gonna be on the pay-per-view," "and he just goes like this." "(SIGHS)" "SHEAMUS:" "We got that bombshell of being pushed onto the pre-show." "Huge disappointment for me and for Daniel Bryan." "(GRUNTS)" "It was so incredibly disheartening." "SHEAMUS:" "Something I've tried hard to forget about, to be honest with you." "It's honestly, to me, the lowest point of my career." "After the show, we went straight to our hotel room." "And I was just thinking like, "Oh, man." After the show, we went straight to our hotel room." "And I was just thinking like, "Oh, man."" "Like, it's sad to see it happen to someone who worked so hard." "There's just an overwhelming sense of frustration, of just being like," ""When are we gonna get an opportunity" ""on the biggest stage to show people what we can do?"" "SHEAMUS:" "Both of us talked to each other before, "on the biggest stage to show people what we can do?"" "SHEAMUS:" "Both of us talked to each other before, and I think we just were determined to use that as fuel to fire ourselves up and to go into the new year." "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "So I started doing the "Yes!" thing when I had won the World Heavyweight Championship." "Yes!" "(CROWD CHEERING)" "I was trying to be obnoxious, is how it all started." "I was really excited about being the champion, and I would come to the ring and just be really excited." "And, "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!"" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "I would start noticing it in pockets at the live events and stuff like that." "And then it all exploded at WrestleMania XXVIII." "(CROWD CHEERING) And then it all exploded at WrestleMania XXVIII." "(CROWD CHEERING)" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "MICHAEL:" "And look at all the yeses in the WWE Universe here." "BRIE:" "He wanted to show that crowd." "I mean, you heard them on his entrance." "They were so excited for the start of that match." "I thought, "Oh man, here's an opportunity They were so excited for the start of that match." "I thought, "Oh man, here's an opportunity" ""for us to go out there and steal the show."" "(BELL DINGING)" "(CROWD CHEERING)" "MICHAEL:" "A good luck kiss from AJ to Daniel Bryan." "Oh, man!" "A Brogue Kick by Sheamus." "A hook of the leg." "And he did it." "Oh, my God!" "Sheamus is the World Champion!" "And not so much." "Sheamus is the World Champion!" "And not so much." "When they saw it was over in 18 seconds, it was just like, "No, they're kidding, right?"" "BRYAN:" "You can understand why they're upset." "You can understand why they're angry." ""Here's the guy that we like that we're not supposed to like." ""That he..." "Wait, he didn't do one thing." ""He didn't do one single thing." ""He just gets out there and gets kicked and then leaves." ""And, like, that was something we were really excited about."" "MICHAEL:" "That may be one of the fastest title changes in the history of WrestleMania." "I had gotten some special gear made for WrestleMania." "I was like, "Oh, I'm going to be in" ""a World Heavyweight Championship Match at WrestleMania."" "And so I got this awesome gear made, and then when I got it, there were rhinestones on my kick pads." "and then when I got it, there were rhinestones on my kick pads." "And I was like, "Oh, I can't kick anybody with this." ""It's gonna scratch them to death." "It's going to be..."" "And then it turns out I didn't need to do any of that." "So, I guess there's a bright side." "But in a very bittersweet way, it made him." "It was like that sacrifice of that match it made him." "It was like that sacrifice of that match made Daniel Bryan the biggest underdog in WWE history." "CENA:" "That match did more for him than anything." "It aligned his future in just a few seconds." "I'll never forget the day after." "I don't even think he was on RAW, and literally the entire crowd is just chanting," ""Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!"" "(CROWD CHANTING)" "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes." "Daniel Bryan, you owe me one." "(LAUGHS)" "Sometimes you can't fight the biggest Superstar in the WWE, and that's the WWE Universe." "And that's them expressing their voice of" ""Hey, we're in, we like this kid." ""We want to see him wrestle."" "Probably one of the coolest things was we did the dark match after the show, and it was a Six-Man Tag." "(FLIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES PLAYING) (CROWD CHEERING)" "JUSTIN:" "Being accompanied to the ring by AJ, from Aberdeen, Washington, weighing 210 pounds," "Daniel Bryan." "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "And the crowd just gave me just a standing ovation." "MICHAEL:" "You know how WWE fans are." "When they feel like somebody's getting a "raw deal,"" "they rally behind them, and they started doing that then." "CROWD: (CHANTING) Daniel Bryan!" "I will only say one word right now." "(LOUD CHEERING)" "But somehow it seems inadequate." "Last night was the worst night of my wrestling career." "(CROWD BOOING)" "But thanks to you people here, thanks to everybody here chanting, "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!"" "(CROWD CHANTING)" "I think..." "I think you people have finally convinced them to make me a new T-shirt." "(CROWD CHEERING)" "MICHAEL:" "That's when it did start." "That's when we started to hear the rumblings, and fans started wanting more of Daniel Bryan, and they started chanting more." "We finally realize what this kid had and the potential he had, not only as an in-ring performer, but as an entertainer." "Miami, Florida, and to everybody who came to WrestleMania and is here tonight, yes, yes, yes!" "(CROWD CHANTING)" "(FLIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES PLAYING)" "(WHOOPING)" "So this Sunday," "I actually have an opportunity to truly go out there and live the things that I thought about and wished for." "Now, can I do that?" "the things that I thought about and wished for." "Now, can I do that?" "I've got a one word for you." "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Thank you, guys." "WrestleMania XXX is gonna be awesome." "BRIE:" "I thought your speech was fantastic." "BRYAN:" "Thank you, I was very nervous." "BRIE:" "I actually watched from the crowd, and I felt like a proud mother." "(LAUGHS)" "I was, like, smiling so big and clapping and, like, laughing." "That's weird." "I know." "Like a mother?" "Oh..." "He's become this giant Superstar, and it's just been a crazy ride." "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "WOMAN:" "I love you guys, thank you." "BRIE:" "Thank you." "I love being a wrestler." "I'm not sure I love being a WWE Superstar." "For us, it's very busy and sometimes very stressful, you know, and it involves, like," ""Oh, you got this appearance until 11:00 at night."" "And, "Oh, then you've got an 8:00 a.m. signing,"" "and all that kind of stuff." "GIRL:" "Hi." "Hi." "BRYAN:" "But some of the awesome things I've been able to do," "I wouldn't be able to do if I weren't a WWE Superstar." "BRIE:" "Bryan." "(CHANTING) Yes, yes, yes." "BRYAN:" "There's this whole cult of celebrity that I just don't understand." "We're all just dudes." "Like, if I'm at Whole Foods and, you know, I'm just trying to pick out some good organic blueberries or something, and somebody comes up to me and goes," ""You're Daniel Bryan, can I..." "Can I get a picture?"" "Can I get your autograph?" "BRYAN:" "Yeah, absolutely." "And it just..." "It makes me very uncomfortable because, like, I just happen to wrestle for a living, and I happen to be good at it, and but that doesn't make me any more special than anybody else." "And people have specific memories of something." "That, to me, is really awesome." "Like, for me, my specific memory was when I was in third grade, we went to a show in the Tacoma Dome, and Ravishing Rick Rude was wrestling the Ultimate Warrior." "The Ultimate Warrior sunset flipped" "Ravishing Rick Rude, and he started pulling his pants down." "And we were on the side that exposed" "Ravishing Rick Rude's butt." "My sister..." "That is probably the first male butt she ever saw in her life." "My sister..." "That is probably the first male butt she ever saw in her life." "And my dad, to this day, talks about it, about how her eyes just went this..." "Like this big, like, "Whoa."" "And, like, just little things like that." "And, like, I still remember it." "That's one of my earliest memories." "So whenever anybody can go," ""Oh, man, I was here when you did this," ""like, and that was awesome,"" "like, I understand that because I have those moments in my life that relate to wrestling that are significant, not just for..." "Because I remember, and it was..." "And it was cool, but it's a family moment." "It's something our family talks about." ""Remember when my sister reacted like this?"" "You know?" "And I always think stuff like that is really cool." "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "BRIE:" "That's what the biggest connection with the WWE Universe and Daniel Bryan is, is that they're on the same page." "They both show the same passions, is that they're on the same page." "They both show the same passions, and they both come from the same world, and so they connect with him because they look at him and they see them." "and so they connect with him because they look at him and they see them." "He looks like the every man, the every guy, you know, I think that's why he's so wildly popular, is that, when you look at him, you can see yourself, you know, being that guy." "He is the true, in fact, underdog." "The connection between any Superstar and the audience, um, is different every single time." "But when it seems like one of your own is fighting for you, that's a pretty passionate connection." "When I watch on TV and see all those fans chanting," ""Yes, yes, yes,"" "I feel like I should be there." "(CHANTING) Yes!" "MICHAEL:" "Daniel Bryan calls it the "Yes!" Movement that's sweeping the world." "Someone was like, "You're kind of like a pop culture, like, icon."" "And I was like, "Did they just say 'Daniel Bryan'" ""and 'pop culture' in the same sentence?"" "Like, what?" "MICHAEL:" "Daniel Bryan and the "Yes!" Movement taking over much more than just WWE." "And now you'll literally see in basketball stadiums, in football stadiums in arenas all over the world, you'll see people doing, "Yes, yes, yes!"" "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "There's no doubt about that, the crowd's behind him." "They love him." "They believe in him, they're livin' in him right now." "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "SETH:" "The fact that these people are that behind him, and everywhere you go and every town we're in, fingers are in the air and they're chanting," ""Yes, yes, yes,"" "that's not because it's one syllable word and it's easy to do, that's because they love Daniel Bryan." "People love Daniel Bryan, and they're willing to fight for him to be the top guy in this company." "JERRY:" "I've never seen anything like this in my life." "People are shouting, "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" JERRY:" "I've never seen anything like this in my life." "People are shouting, "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!"" "BRYAN:" "So when people are chanting, "Yes,"" "and there's so many people behind me, it makes you wanna go out there, and I have to live up to these expectations, and not only that, it makes you wanna go out there, and I have to live up" "to these expectations, and not only that," "I wanna surpass them." "MAN 1:" "Yeah, Bryan." "MAN 2:" "Now point." "Now point your toe out this way." "MAN 1:" "You're killing it." "MAN 2:" "Stretch it out, yeah." "I am hoping for just working on technique and just keep my hips warmed up and everything." "Jab, boom." "Left hook, boom." "Right uppercut, boom." "Left hook, boom." "Right hand, boom, good." "BRYAN:" "This is exactly what I want, just working techniques, just keeping light, keeping fluid, getting a good sweat in, keeping my hips warm." "All that kind of stuff." "And I'm learning some new stuff." "I've never really done elbow-type stuff before, and especially the straight stuff." "So that's stuff that I can incorporate maybe on Sunday." "and especially the straight stuff." "So that's stuff that I can incorporate maybe on Sunday." "MAN:" "Oh, yeah, really nice." "Ooh, it is so nice out." "It is nice." "Do we, uh, walk up here?" "I guess." "We just kind of go in where I see the lights." "You okay?" "(BOTH LAUGH)" "Nice." "(INDISTINCT)" "Get all this lipstick off him." "Yeah." "All right." "I actually framed something from the magazine that I thought was so cool, and he's like, "You're not gonna hang that up in our house."" "And I'm like, "Yeah, this is, like, yeah, iconic," ""like, this is, like, big."" "He goes, "I will not have" ""a picture of me up in our house."" "He's so humble, it's ridiculous." "BRYAN:" "This is the most nerve-wracking part." "Getting all dressed up and having to walk down these red carpets and do all these interviews and stuff, but I can't wait to get back in my spandex and go out there in front of 70,000 people." "It's gonna be awesome." "BRIE:" "And our lives have just gotten so crazy." "It's like we're never home." "We're always doing appearances." "This is an opportunity that I've been looking forward to ever since I was a young kid, to main event WrestleMania." "And I've got my opportunity, I'm gonna take the most of it." "I think Daniel has taken this not as an opportunity to be the face of the company, as an opportunity to go and showcase his skill." "And I hope he just keeps that in perspective." "And that's with media, for wrestling, with anything, just..." "It's an opportunity to go and showcase your skill." "Yeah, it's 5:30 in the morning." "Um, just got in." "We got in late last night from the, uh, Drew Brees charity deal." "And, uh, yeah, we're here to do five hours of radio interviews." "So it's..." "It's real exciting, it's gonna be a lot of fun." "And if you do really good, they'll ask you back." "You do..." "You do this stuff knowing that this is what comes with the job, and if you want this job..." "Mmm-hmm." "...you need to be able to it." "MAN:" "How do you feel mentally about, you know, really running the gamut?" "I actually feel pretty good." "Um, the nice thing is that I've been able to go back and relax, get my..." "Get my 10 minutes, 15 minutes here and there, and just sit, lay down and breathe." "And sometimes that's just all you need, is just a moment to just be like..." "And then that really helps you appreciate all this." "Do you have another shirt besides that or you just wash that every night?" "No, I have 17 different" "Seahawks shirts." "Because we're the Super Bowl Champions." "How do you wear those without throwing up every time you put it on?" "Why?" "Do you get a nauseated feeling in your stomach?" "We dominated every game we were a part of." "When we..." "When we played the 49ers, how many interceptions did we get?" "I blanked out, Yeah, you..." "I don't even remember." "Yeah." "So many that you can't even count." "Listen." "(BOTH LAUGH)" "Is this where we go in?" "I would've never found this place on my own." "So I've got the biggest match of my career at WrestleMania, and maybe two of the biggest matches of my career." "And I'm so busy," "I don't have time to stress out about it." "(LAUGHS)" "CENA:" "Daniel Bryan's going to be busier than he's ever been, CENA:" "Daniel Bryan's going to be busier than he's ever been, and he is up against, if I'm a betting man, some pretty unsurmountable odds." "BRIE:" "You know, I think for Daniel the fact that," ""Okay, I'm taking on Triple H at WrestleMania XXX," ""but if I beat him," ""I get to go into" ""the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match."" "I think that has to be a lot of pressure." "If anyone could handle it," "Daniel Bryan is the only one who could handle it." "The secret, which took me years to learn, of your protein not exploding in your bag is to tape it." "It's the only way your clothes will survive." "Tape your protein jugs, people." "A lesson I learned the hard way." "But what this is doing is it's strengthening all the smaller muscles in my shoulder." "(STAMMERS) I've been very fortunate," "I haven't had a lot of injuries, but a lot of the injuries" "I've had have been shoulder related." "Uh..." "In 2006, actually, the first shoulder injury" "I had was actually in 2000." "I had a second-degree separation of my shoulder in Texas." "And then in 2006," "I wrestled Colt Cabana in a long match and separated my shoulder five minutes in." "And it was a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match so it went in an hour, so it was, like, 55 minutes with my arm just hanging by my side." "So, uh, I've had problems ever since." "So it's important when I'm doing upper body stuff for me to really take care of my shoulders." "I train for function, so what I'm doing is I'm working on my mobility." "I'm working on my explosiveness." "I'm working on my stamina." "You know, I'm expecting to be out there for a while." "You know, if I beat Triple H, I'll be doing two matches." "So just keeping my body fluid, keeping my body liquid, getting ready for Sunday." "Start like this." "Okay." "keeping my body liquid, getting ready for Sunday." "Start like this." "Okay." "I want you to drop that elbow down." "I just had that ART appointment and, uh, man, you just need stuff like that." "Like, what he does is he digs into the muscle and then stretches your arm out and all that kind of stuff, and so it loosens up all that tightness that just forms throughout your entire body, really." "MAN:" "How often do you get that stuff going down the arm?" "Uh, about daily." "MAN:" "Does it really?" "Yeah." "Mornings are worse?" "Um, no, not really." "It's, uh, like..." "It could just be anytime." "Yeah." "There's not a specific time that it's worse." "Like, a lot of times when I'm sleeping and it's interrupting my sleeping, and all that stuff." "Have, like, a tough time finding a comfortable position for the arm and stuff?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "We worked out a lot of muscles in his neck, his upper back, his shoulder, his hip flexors." "So, yeah, he was..." "He was kind of messy." "Thank you very much." "Nice meeting you." "I appreciate it." "Thanks, man." "If I can speak candidly, his first match is gonna be his toughest." "Triple H calls himself The Game because he knows everything inside that 20 by 20 ring and everything outside the 20 by 20 ring." "And this is a guy who puts a lot of weight into legacy." "And if you don't think he wants to be the WWE World Heavyweight Champion again, then you're an idiot." "That's a WrestleMania moment for him, that's another one." "He's gonna wanna be at the end of the night doing his thing on the..." "On the ropes with the..." "With the championship." "That's why he's The Game." "The match with Triple H at WrestleMania," "I'm expecting to be..." "To be a brawl, and I'm expecting it to be a war, and I'm expecting it to be one of the toughest matches in my career." "And it should be, it has every right to be, because it is the biggest match of my career." "If you win that one, you get to go on to main event WrestleMania." "That's a lot of pressure, but it's a good pressure." "I was doing an interview with a guy the other day, and he asked me, he said, "You seem like you kind of" ""feel guilty about your success."" "And I do, and the reason why is because, yes," "I've worked very, very hard, but lots of people have worked hard." "And what's guided me here as opposed to what hasn't guided them there is just a series of mysterious circumstances." "Tonight, the "Yes!" Movement is in full effect, and tonight, we are going to occupy RAW." "BRIE:" "The Occupy RAW was just... (GROANS) I mean, I get goose bumps thinking about it." "I'm not gonna leave this ring until I get what I want, which is a match with Triple H at WrestleMania." "(CROWD CHEERING)" "Watching that just kind of, like, made you stop breathing." "You were just, like, "Whoa." Like..." ""I'm watching history be made right now." You were just, like, "Whoa." Like..." ""I'm watching history be made right now."" "I am going to fill this arena," "I'm gonna fill this whole place with the "Yes!" Movement right here." "CENA:" "I think everyone who flooded the ring had the same passion and message." ""Just give this guy a chance." ""We're not gonna break anything." ""We're just gonna hold the show up until you say yes." ""Give this guy a chance."" "We are not leaving!" "We are going to be here all night!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "BRIE:" "Having the WWE Universe just tell The Authority on their own, not being provoked, like," ""Yes, he is the top guy." ""Yes, he's the face of the company." ""Yes, he's everything you don't think he is." ""Yes, yes, yes."" "How do you not stop and be like, "Oh, my gosh."" "Like, "This is what the fans want?" ""Okay, maybe we're wrong."" "You wanna fight me at WrestleMania?" "(CROWD CHEERING)" "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Then be careful what you wish for." "You're on." "(LOUD CHEERING)" "If I beat you at WrestleMania XXX," "I get added to the WWE" "World Heavyweight Championship Match, so that then the main event would be Randy Orton versus Batista" "(CROWD BOOING) versus Daniel Bryan." "(LOUD CHEERING)" "It represented people taking over the show, (LOUD CHEERING)" "It represented people taking over the show, which is kind of what people had been doing as of late." "The Slammy show in Seattle, where they're supposed to be focusing on John Cena and Randy Orton, and the whole crowd is chanting, "Daniel Bryan."" "CROWD: (CHANTING) Daniel Bryan!" "TRIPLE H:" "Tonight, all of you are here to witness a ceremony that symbolizes an epic moment in time." "to witness a ceremony that symbolizes an epic moment in time." "A game-changing moment in time." "(CHANTING CONTINUES)" "MIZ:" "I will never forget." "I was in the ring in Seattle, and the entire time, they were just chanting for Daniel Bryan and chanting "Yes!"" "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Daniel has won people over with his work, his ability in the ring, and his ability to persevere." "MICHAEL:" "Over 15,000" "WWE fans chanting," ""Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!"" "BRYAN:" "The fans at the Royal Rumble wanted to see me in the Royal Rumble, and when I didn't come out at number 30, and it was Rey Mysterio, they booed Rey Mysterio." "(CROWD BOOING)" "MIZ:" "I have never heard Rey Mysterio booed like that in my entire career, and I was amazed and I was..." "I was in shock because I couldn't believe that they chose not to put" "Daniel Bryan in the Royal Rumble." "SETH:" "I know, knowing him as a..." "As a friend," "Daniel Bryan is my friend, he's got a chip on his shoulder, man." "Like, he's got a fire in him and it's there and you got to believe." "You know what I mean?" "Like, when he gets in the ring, he's just a different person, he's just a different animal, man." "And you can't control that and you can't hold him down forever." "A lot of times, when someone has so much desire to achieve something, you got to kind of throw the odds out the window." "So, I think even if he goes into April 6th on no sleep and signing autographs when he does shut his eyes," "I think we will get the best of him." "I don't get tired, I don't get worn down and I don't give up." "All right, I need some private non-camera time with Brie." "(CHUCKLES)" "Brie has been amazing, and one of the things people don't understand is how long Brie and I have been together, because Brie was..." "She was with me when nothing was going on." "because Brie was..." "She was with me when nothing was going on." "BRIE:" "I will never forget the night I won the Divas Championship, and Bryan was not even on the card." "He did the dark match and we were in the car afterwards, and he was so bummed because he was like," ""I just can't get on TV."" "And I remember feeling like, "Man, here I just won" ""the Divas Championship," ""and, like, I just really want Daniel" ""to get something too." "and, like, I just really want Daniel" ""to get something too."" "BRYAN:" "In 2011 were some of probably the darkest days of my career were some of probably the darkest days of my career as far as, like, me just being like," ""Oh, gosh, what am I even doing wrestling?"" "Brie was very, very, very supportive during all that time." "That was the start." "And then now, it's so funny just to see, like, how our lives have become in this business." "She's always been there to be..." "To be, like," ""Hey, well, if this is as good as it ever gets," ""you know, this is still pretty good."" "When are you getting married then?" "Right after?" "Friday." "What?" "Friday." "This coming Friday." "Oh my God, I had no idea." "In six days." "BRIE:" "So, for some reason," "Daniel and I thought it would be a great idea to get married" "Friday after WrestleMania." "We thought, "Oh, we're guaranteed days off," ""this will be awesome."" "I wish someone would have told us, like, bad idea." "I have to show you the list that the, uh..." "The wedding planner sent." "For what?" "This gave me a heart attack today." "This is the email." "Here's where the list starts." "Not done yet, not done." "That's the wedding list." "That's what we need to do?" "Yes." "Brie and I are getting married the Friday after WrestleMania, like, we're in the process of buying a house, like, all this stuff, and we just decided to pile it all in at the biggest, most busiest time of the year" "for a WWE Superstar." "Even if it's supposed to be fun, it doesn't matter." "Our schedules are crazy." "Like, we..." "If it's not fun, then we'll have somebody else do it." "(CHUCKLES)" "Let somebody else deal with it." "And to be honest, at the end of the day, all I care about is walking down the aisle to you." "Yeah." "Like, that's all I care." "I just can't wait to, like, see you at the end of the aisle." "Yeah." "Bryan and I are both very laidback." "We're like, "We're not gonna let this stress us out." ""We are just gonna, you know, go with the flow and do it."" "It's nice, though, that we're able to do this amid all the chaos." "Honestly." "BRYAN:" "I honestly have no idea what I'm doing right now." "Yeah, I'm doing a..." "I'm going to Axxess and I'm doing a VIP signing." "I think WrestleMania Axxess is awesome, because these are the people who come out and support you and all that kind of stuff." "And not only that, like, man, they're excited about it." "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "One of the greatest things that we get to do is talk to people who are fans and, like, see the smiles on kids' faces when they come up and they want an autograph or take a picture or that sort of thing." "Sat on the table so I can get close." "Yeah." "Pleasure to meet you." "Nice to meet you." "Good luck tomorrow." "Yeah." "Pleasure to meet you." "Nice to meet you." "Good luck tomorrow." "Thank you very much." "BRYAN:" "You take away a lot from wrestling when you get a chance to compete at this level." "And that's one of the things that I'll never forget when I'm done." "Do we have a pen?" "Do we have a pen?" "I don't even know where I am in this thing." "(STAMMERING)" "You're near the front." "I'm near the front." "There we go." "This is what happens when you become a main eventer." "You're right." "To go and do the autograph signings and all that kind of stuff, those are really special because it feels like you're giving back to the people who come and give you all this energy at all these shows." "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "It's, uh..." "It's a lot of fun, and there's nothing else like it." "I'm here at Axxess." "I just finished doing the signing." "I'm finishing up some autographs I just finished doing the signing." "I'm finishing up some autographs in case some people come late, and yeah." "And then pretty soon, I'm gonna be heading back to the hotel and then getting ready for the Hall of Fame." "MAN:" "Go to the loading dock." "Uh, I don't know where I'm going." "I just follow the people." "Okay." "Oh, I'm going this way." "(LAUGHS)" "Follow Daddy." "You know, the day-to-day life of a Superstar, it's crazy, specially WrestleMania week." "We're doing Fan Axxess, you know, our days just pack up." "Is there anything I can help you with, because we're running late." "We're already, like, five minutes late." "I can't wear this necklace, right?" "Is it bad that I'm bringing my water bottle?" "Yeah." "I have to bring it." "Or else I'm gonna die of thirst." "You're so crazy." "Should I wear something like that or no?" "Yeah, that's looks nice." "Okay." "Oh, and this doesn't match, does it or does it?" "Are you worried about yourself not matching and you're not worried about me not matching?" "Is that the deal?" "Bryan, you look adorable." "Just stop." "You look adorable too." "Thank you." "Oh, wait." "We need to get going." "Okay." "Come here, no." "Come here, right here, right now." "You look great, okay?" "Let's go." "Do I?" "Mmm-hmm." "You look great, let's go." "Okay." "But you have to be in a good mood." "BRYAN:" "Okay." "I'll be in a good mood." "(CROWD CHEERING)" "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Okay." "This is the crown jewel here." "BRYAN:" "She's my mom." "Oh, my God." "This is the crown jewel here." "BRYAN:" "She's my mom." "Oh, my God." "Hi." "How are you?" "It's been a busy week." "I would imagine so." "Yeah, yeah, so..." "I kept seeing your name everywhere." "Yeah, oh, my gosh." "You're trying to kiss me with your lipstick." "When I met you, you were such a meek fellow." "Now I see you on TV." "(LAUGHS)" "And then I think we need to do the last one." "Okay." "So you look forward and be just smiling." "Yeah, that's good." "And then I'm going to kiss you on the cheek." "Okay." "This is strange." "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella just walked out here and the place went bonkers, as it always does every time you walk out through the crowd." "How does it feel to just be at the WWE Hall of Fame for somebody has worked so hard for everything you have?" "It's fun." "I mean, and this is gonna be a great year." "I can't wait for the speeches." "The Ultimate Warrior is gonna be great." "Jake Roberts is gonna be great." "It's gonna be a lot of fun." "(CROWD CHEERING)" "Heyo." "(CROWD CHEERING)" "May I present Warrior." "(CHEERING)" "No, no." "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Well, you just taught me something." "I've been out of the business way too long." "CENA:" "My conversations with him are very simple." "I ask him how he's doing." "I ask him if he's healthy." "I ask him if he's taking care of himself." "And he answers in typical Daniel Bryan fashion, yes, yes." "This weekend, how are you doing, man?" "I'm doing well." "Yeah?" "Yes." "Things going okay?" "Yes." "Your family is here?" "Yes." "My mom is here and my sister comes in tonight so..." "CENA:" "I'm very proud of you." "BRYAN:" "Thank you very much." "I hope you enjoy tomorrow for everything that it's supposed to be." "Thank you very much." "I thought I, you know..." "You think you'd be a little bit more nervous." "Like, about something like this, but I'm not." "I'm just, like, I woke up and I just feel..." "It feels really good, so..." "So that's nice." "MAN:" "I thought..." "(KNOCKING)" "Hi." "Hey." "Hey, How are you?" "Baby, who is it?" "Hi." "Hey." "Hey, How are you?" "Baby, who is it?" "GIRL:" "It's Uncle Bryan." "Yeah." "It's Uncle Bryan." "That's right." "Sorry, they're doing, like, a diary type thing of me." "Oh, yeah, cool." "So, yeah." "But Brie said we should actually try to get you guys a new T-shirt because I didn't know, because I've never had anybody at WrestleMania before, so..." "All right." "Actually, I have get going now." "Do you?" "Okay." "All right." "Sorry." "Yeah, it took us..." "We were there longer than I thought we would be." "It's okay." "It's okay." "So, okay." "Okay." "So we will see you when we see you." "Yup." "And then I'll try to..." "I'll text you the information." "Okay." "As far what time you guys need to be down there and that kind of stuff." "Okay." "That would be great." "We're really looking forward to it." "MAN:" "Daniel, Daniel." "WOMAN:" "Daniel Bryan." "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "(WHOOPING)" "(SIREN WAILING)" "MAN:" "Daniel, I didn't see you out there." "Yeah, here I am." "Really well rested." "Oh, my gosh, I can't even imagine, uh, what it would mean to me to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, uh, at WrestleMania XXX of all of things, like..." "The biggest WrestleMania in history, you know." "It's the 30th anniversary of it." "MATHEWS:" "After months of anticipation and build-up, we now sit just two hours from WrestleMania." "For Daniel Bryan, it has been a long journey." "Will Daniel Bryan get his WrestleMania moment here tonight?" "PATTERSON:" "Can you imagine how good it is for him, working so hard, dedicate himself to the business and wrestling at WrestleMania in a big main event?" "My God, he deserves it." "He deserves it." "If he wins, I know I'm gonna cry." "And you know what, if he doesn't win," "I know I'm gonna cry too." "Because he's gonna entertain me, and that's all I need." "In three." "Joining me at this time, Daniel Bryan." "Hi, Tom." "Daniel, tonight, potentially, you could be competing in two matches." "Not potentially." "I will be in two matches." "MATHEWS:" "Does Daniel Bryan's Cinderella run to the championship end tonight?" "MATHEWS:" "Does Daniel Bryan's Cinderella run to the championship end tonight?" "It all happens live at WrestleMania." "CENA:" "If Daniel Bryan, on the same night, were to defeat Triple H in singles competition at WrestleMania, and then go on into a Triple Threat versus Randy Orton and Dave Batista and walk out the WWE World Heavyweight Champion," "it would truly give a definite message that anything is possible." "Who wants it more?" "That's what's gonna happen tonight." "And the guy that I think wants it more is Daniel Bryan." "I mean, he's fighting for a whole lot." "He's fighting for the "Yes!" Movement." "When you are sitting in your bed as a 15-year-old, and you want to be a wrestler and that's all you wanna be, what you dream about is you dream about main eventing WrestleMania." "MATHEWS:" "Settle in, ladies and gentlemen." "is you dream about main eventing WrestleMania." "MATHEWS:" "Settle in, ladies and gentlemen." "WrestleMania is just moments away." "I can't imagine thinking you might have two of the biggest matches in your career in one night on the biggest stage." "(CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "And he just don't wanna fail the WWE Universe." "You know, a lot of the things that Daniel Bryan is going through, I had to go through." "You know, it's just like everything from top to bottom." "They throw everything at you but the kitchen sink." "Or sometimes they throw that at you to stop you, to try to derail you, to try to slow down your progress." "And I'm looking for big things from him here tonight and to see, you know, can he get the job done on the biggest stage?" "The biggest night of his life, will he do it?" "He asked for opportunity." "Okay, man, you got it." "(CROWD CHEERING)" "MICHAEL:" "This is WrestleMania, then, now and forever." "BRYAN:" "I'm ready." "I'm just excited." "You can hear the crowd out there now." "Those people are into it." "Seventy-plus thousand people who love professional wrestling." "MICHAEL:" "A huge way to start WrestleMania, because the winner of this match will battle for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship later tonight." "The butterflies aren't necessarily there." "I'm excited." "I feel..." "The butterflies aren't necessarily there." "I'm excited." "I feel..." "You know, you hear people say," ""The day that you stop being nervous, you should quit."" "I don't believe that." "I have always tried to go out there and have fun, and that's what I'm gonna do tonight." "MICHAEL:" "The "Yes!" Movement takes over in full force." "BRYAN:" "Not a lot of sleep, haven't eat a whole lot, but I feel good." "ROCK:" "Good luck, man." "Thank you very much." "I deal with everything as it comes." "I take one step at a time." "I have to focus on this first." "(TRIUMPHANT MUSIC PLAYING)" "(CROWD CHEERING)" "(FLIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES PLAYING)" "(LOUD CHEERING)" "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "JERRY:" "WrestleMania had just turned into CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "JERRY:" "WrestleMania had just turned into" "YestleMania." "MICHAEL:" "Oh, that's what Daniel Bryan thinks about it." "Looking to put him away early, and a kick-out at two." "And look at Triple H going right after the injured arm." "Oh, man." "Oh, my Lord." "He got caught in a spinebuster." "Going for the Pedigree." "JBL:" "Good night, Daniel." "The "Yes!" Movement just died." "What?" "What?" "MICHAEL:" "Yes." "(CROWD CHEERING)" "What's he gonna do here?" "Up over the top, sunset flip." "JBL:" "Oh, man." "(CROWD CHEERING)" "(CROWD COUNTING)" "(BELL DINGING) (RAUCOUS CHEERING)" "(FLIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES PLAYING)" "MICHAEL:" "One of the biggest upsets in WrestleMania history." "Yes." "Brie, that's so awesome." "Oh, my God, look at the crowd go nuts." "BRYAN:" "It was fun." "And unfortunately, you can't trust everybody else" "(STAMMERS) to play fair, and clearly they didn't." "They don't want me to win this title match." "They did a number on my arm, but I've fought through worse." "I'll fight through worse tonight." "If it weren't for the people, I wouldn't be here." "If it weren't for the people, you wouldn't be able to fight through all that stuff." "We've got over 70,000 people here in the Superdome." "And they were awesome out there." "I got one more match." "I got to make sure that this thing is taken care of, and that's the only thing I'm worried about right now." "Great match." "Yeah, and one more." "You were amazing." "Thank you, babe." "MICHAEL:" "And we're ready for our WWE" "World Championship Match." "This is a Triple Threat Match, and here are the rules." "First man to gain pinfall or submission will become champion." "There are no disqualifications." "There are no count-outs." "JBL:" "Can the "Yes!" Movement will him to another miracle?" "MICHAEL:" "There's no way that he can be 100% for this match after the beating by Triple H earlier tonight." "And Daniel Bryan trying to come out of the gates early." "He's gotta feed off this early adrenaline from the crowd." "Daniel Bryan, top rope, double missile dropkick." "Daniel Bryan pulling out all the stops." "JBL:" "He feeds off this "Yes!" Movement." "Daniel Bryan pulling out all the stops." "JBL:" "He feeds off this "Yes!" Movement." "MICHAEL:" "Wait, wait, wait, wait." "Who the..." "That's Triple H and Stephanie." "What is it?" "What..." "Oh, come on now." "Now, this is ridiculous." "JBL:" "I think he's doing what's best for business." "MICHAEL:" "Batista off the distraction, and a spinebuster to Bryan." "What the..." "Who the hell?" "What?" "Oh, come on." "That's that crooked referee, Scott Armstrong." "And now a Batista Bomb." "JBL:" "There will be a fast count." "One, two." "MICHAEL:" "And Bryan kicks out." "The fix was in." "Oh!" "Daniel Bryan has been wanting to do that for months to that crook." "And now Daniel Bryan taking out all The Authority." "for months to that crook." "And now Daniel Bryan taking out all The Authority." "Bryan's got the sledgehammer." "Right to The Game!" "To The Game!" "Randy Orton and Batista, they both had to dig deep throughout their careers, but they haven't had to dig as deep as I have." "They haven't been..." "I've gone all the way to the fault line." "MICHAEL:" "Batista Bomb into an RKO." "Oh, my God!" "JBL:" "Oh, my God." "No." "I think Daniel Bryan is out." "Completely out." "MICHAEL:" "And now we have the ringside doctors over here." "Daniel Bryan is being rolled onto a backboard here at ringside." "He's in a neck brace." "He hasn't moved since he was put through the table." "Wait a minute." "Daniel Bryan is trying to get up off that stretcher." "That gives you an inner strength that other people don't have." "MICHAEL:" "Daniel Bryan trying to stay in this match." "Is he nuts?" "He can't even stand up." "JBL:" "Doctors begging him not to go back." "MICHAEL:" "Daniel Bryan, knee to Batista!" "Knee to Batista!" "Come on, Bryan, come on, Bryan." "Tap out, Batista, tap out, Batista, tap out, Batista." "JBL:" "No way, no way." "MICHAEL:" "Batista is gonna tap." "Batista is gonna tap." "JBL:" "He tapped." "MICHAEL:" "Batista is gonna tap." "Batista is gonna tap." "JBL:" "He tapped." "MICHAEL:" "He did it." "He did it." "He did it." "(BELL DINGING)" "Daniel Bryan did it." "JBL:" "You got to be kidding me." "(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)" "MICHAEL:" "The impossible dream has become reality." "Daniel Bryan has done it." "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "MIZ:" "Daniel Bryan goes in there, beats Triple H, beats Batista and Randy Orton to become the WWE World Heavyweight Champion." "That's a hell of a story." "CENA:" "Speaking from a guy who quotes "never give up" all the time, it's pretty damn cool to see him do what he's doing and just keep going, keep going no matter what." "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "MICHAEL:" "Tonight marked one of the most incredible performances in the history of WrestleMania." "JERRY:" "I hope he savors this moment." "Drink it in, Daniel Bryan." "BRIE:" "To be honest, this is Bryan's, like, day he's been dreaming of since he's been a little boy." "And it's gonna be the biggest day, besides our wedding, in his life." "MICHAEL:" "Think about what that young man accomplished tonight." "Think about what he did to win the championship." "(APPLAUSE)" "I love you." "I love you too." "You did amazing." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "It was a beautiful match." "Thank you." "Great effort." "(INDISTINCT)" "It's like the world's longest walk." "MAN:" "Can you get a locker room closer?" "(CHUCKLES) MAN:" "Can you get a locker room closer?" "(CHUCKLES)" "At least they could've gotten me one of those carts." "How are you?" "Did you have fun tonight?" "Yeah." "All right." "Give me a high five." "All right." "Thank you." "BRYAN:" "It's just crazy." "It's just crazy how things work out." "Like, you would have never thought in 2009, when I got signed by WWE that here it is, just..." "Gosh, it's only been, like, a little over four years." "Four years I had the opportunity to main event WrestleMania." "But my career has been, like, two steps forward, one step back." "Two steps forward, maybe two steps back, and all that kind of thing." "And now it feels like I'm getting to a point where, um, I'm getting everything I ever wanted." "Daniel Bryan is a regular guy, you know, from, really, all standpoints." "I mean, he's not a super big guy." "He's not an outlandishly..." "He's not a cartoon, he's not a character, he's Daniel Bryan." "He's almost the working man." "The crowd believes in him." "They're living vicariously through what he's doing." "Tonight is his night." "BRYAN:" "To me, WrestleMania XXX, this is the biggest moment of my life and the biggest..." "The biggest dream I've ever had." "So it would be kind of the end of a dream, but a beginning of, hopefully, a new and better dream." "The interesting thing is what you do after." "Your goal is to main event WrestleMania." "This is the biggest goal you've ever had, and you just accomplished it." "Now what are you going to do?" "Um..." "Try to do it again?" "CROWD: (CHANTING) Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!"