News broke earlier today when an email was received by a variety of wrestling fans, including myself, about how Daniel Bryan would NOT be appearing for WWE at Madison Square Garden this Friday night for “Daniel Bryan Appreciation Night.” They sent out the following email:
Dear WWE Ticket Holder:
Due to a scheduling conflict, the ceremony to honor former WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Daniel Bryan on March 25, 2016 has been postponed.
While this honoring may occur at a later date, WWE Live – Road to WrestleMania, this Friday at Madison Square Garden, will still take place as scheduled. The event will feature many of your favorite WWE Superstars. After nearly 5 years, Triple H returns to action in the ring in the worlds most famous arena, Madison Square Garden! Also see Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Ric Flair, Sheamus, AJ Styles, Bray Wyatt, Kevin Owens and many more!
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and look forward to your continued support of the WWE and Madison Square Garden.
Sincerely,
The Madison Square Garden Company
After receiving this email, I took to Facebook and noticed that RF Video’s Rob Feinstein had posted that Bryan is now off of all live events in the immediate future, including WWE’s annual post-WrestleMania European tour.
This all seemed quite odd to our entire PWPNation.com Community. Of course, we always theorize that the worst case scenario has gone down, but as it turns out, Daniel Bryan asked for the time off of these dates. He was supposed to appear at a variety of live events to say his farewell to the WWE Universe.
We still don’t know why, but either way, it’s an odd “out of nowhere” story. He will still be appearing at WrestleMania Weekend for an autograph signing and pictures with fans.
We’ll keep you posted on any further developments.