In an interview with The Trentonian, Daniel Bryan spoke about the possibility of returning to the ring as a wrestler in the WWE or elsewhere. He has been out of action since 2015 when concussions forced him to retire. Since then, he’s been the general manager of Smackdown Live, with rumros that once his contract with WWE expires he will return to the ring on the independent circuit. He has been cleared by several doctors but WWE hasn’t taken the risk.

Bryan said: “I’m trying to get cleared as we speak. All my tests have come back fantastic, better than people who have never had any concussion-type stuff. But it’s a weird thing. We’re in a weird situation politically with the climate around concussions; right now, it’s very difficult. WWE would love to have me back, but is that the smart thing for me as a business to bring me back? If I was to come back, and they let me back, would they get a lot of flak for it? They have a ton of stockholders that they’re responsible for. It’s more than just, ‘Is he healthy to do it?’ But there’s more than that to the whole situation. All the concussion doctors think that I’m healthy enough to do it, and that I should be able to do it — well, I don’t want to say all of them, I’m sure there’s somebody out there who doesn’t think that — but there’s a lot more than goes into it than just that. That’s the unfortunate situation with giant corporations and big business in the United States.”“