While reports from Dave Meltzer and The Wrestling Observer, as well as a WWE.com produced video featuring an interview from Daniel Bryan claim that Bryan was cleared to return to in-ring action on Monday, our own Brad Shepard as well as PWInsider’s Mike Johnson report differently.
We reported earlier in the week that Mike Johnson claimed in an audio update for PWInsider Elite that despite Meltzer’s report, that Daniel Bryan was actually cleared to compete a couple weeks ago. This report from Johnson goes along with what we had also been told.
Johnson’s report stated, “I have some news for you, he [Bryan] was cleared a couple of weeks ago. That was the word backstage at SmackDown last night.”
Bodyslam.net‘s Brad Shepard discussed the news of Daniel Bryan’s medical clearance on the latest episode of “Backstage in WWE with Brad Shepard and Jon Fisher” and he revealed that his source has also confirmed that Daniel Bryan was cleared a couple weeks ago, although he did not reveal an exact date.
Shepard said, “Yeah, it’s definitely not him being cleared the night before. It’s been confirmed not just by my source.. workers in the industry, let’s just put it that way, and I can’t elaborate anymore. I’ll just leave it at that.”
You can listen to Brad’s remarks regarding Daniel Bryan’s medical clearance embedded in the audio below:
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