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Daniel Bryan On Wanting To Wrestle The Best: ‘Some Of Those Best Guys Are On 205 Live’

Daniel Bryan had an interview with Yahoo Sports last week and “The Planet’s Champion” talked about how he “selfishly” wants to wrestle the top talent in the sport today and talked about how a good deal of said talent is on the WWE 205 Live roster, even saying he’d love to have a hair vs. mask match against Gran Metalik. Bryan also went on to talk about the change in perception over the years when it comes to body size difference in the world of wrestling and how it was a natural progression. Quotes are below:

Daniel Bryan on wanting to wrestle the best talent:

“It’s not this selfless thing, it’s actually a selfish thing,” Bryan said. “I want to wrestle the best guys on the planet. Some of those best guys are on ‘205 Live.’ We have Gran Metalik here and he’s one of the best luchadors in the world and he’s on that show. Man, would I love to wrestle that guy in a mask vs. hair match. That’s sometimes where my passion gets ahead of me.”

On the perception of smaller guys in wrestling:

“Some things were gonna happen naturally. Realistically, Rey Mysterio was doing this in 1996. Rey, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, they were changing perceptions of size back then. For a while, that whole movement took a step backwards before moving forward again like it is now, but it was going to happen anyway.

“We have five hours of live television every week and who are the best people to fill that time? It’s going to be the people who can wrestle in the best and most entertaining ways. We live in a society where people don’t pay attention to something for long if it doesn’t interest them. Smaller guys are generally more exciting.”

You can read the entire interview by going here.

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