– Daniel Bryan’s decision to retire from pro wrestling was closely guarded until Bryan made the announcement. According to PWinsider.com, only high ranking WWE officials knew that he was retiring. WWE’s production team had to scramble on Monday afternoon to create the video packages that were shown on RAW.
– Samoa Joe and CM Punk commented on Bryan’s retirement via Twitter:
As I sit here tonight, I do so with a mix of emotions. Everything from selfishly profound sadness to relief tinged.. pic.twitter.com/i63PWnaHds
— Samoa Joe (@SamoaJoe) February 9, 2016
— player/coach (@CMPunk) February 9, 2016
– “#ThankYouDanielBryan” was the #1 Twitter trend after RAW went off the air on Monday night.
