Jim Ross Blogs About Daniel Bryan's Retirement, Trying To Protect Talents, More
Jim Ross posted his latest blog at JRsBarBQ.com. Here are some highlights of his blog about Bryan.
Trying to protect talents:
"During my tenure as EVP of Talent Relations in WWE, dealing with injuries was a ongoing occurrence in my office. How those matters were handed continued to be refined over the years all the while keeping the talent's health in mind as always being our number one priority. When a decision to return someone to the ring who had been away for injury issues, those decisions had to be made carefully and always erring on the side of caution each and every time out. In essence, we had to do our best to often times protect the talents from themselves."
Talents milking injuries:
"Unfortunately, some talents have been known to 'milk' an injury to be able to sit home and collect a pay check. In Daniel Bryan's case, that latter issue was never in question as he's a man of integrity and professionalism who would never attempt to work the system. Having said that, I feel that WWE would be best served here to keep Bryan Danielson on the staff and put him in a position to help young talents adjust to life in the WWE not only from an in ring standpoint but from life away from the ring as well."
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Bryan moving on:
"Perhaps in some crazy way, the sting of 'retirement' will fade once Daniel Bryan aka Bryan Danielson begins the next, exciting chapter of his career in WWE."
Much more is contained in Ross' latest blog, including his thoughts on concussion issues, Daniel Bryan's decision and much more. You can check out the full entry by clicking here.
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