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Yeah, he talks about it in his book. He never finished college and always goes back to saying that wrestling is the only thing he knows what to do, is good at it and still feels a great deal of passion about it. The problem is that in his mind, he's in great shape. Even though he knows concussions are a big deal and he's had a number of them, not only does he feel fine but he's gotten confirmation from a renown doctor that he's in condition to perform. There's no "stop or you might die" advice, on the contrary, he's being told "you are fine, go back to doing it". It's gotta be hard as fuck not to listen to a legit doctor that is pretty much giving the green light to wrestle and shows you stuff that turns almost every optimistic wish you had about your injury true. I'm not saying I believe Bryan is really 100% -as it has been mentioned before, the more concussions you get, the more prone to get them you are, no matter how great your brain looks in a scanner - and I get people being worried about him but I also understand where he's coming from.

He pretty much confirms that he'll wrestle "somewhere" if WWE doesn't clear him (and has talked to Vince and Hunter about it), and he admits there's a real chance they never will. He also says he'll change his style - but who knows what that really means - and gives more details on his concussion and arm injury.

I guess it depends on when his deal expires. I don't see WWE paying him not to work for 2-3 years. At some point they'll probably strike a deal with him if he really wants out because he "needs" to wrestle to express all the ideas he has about wrestling. It was kinda crazy hear him tell the story about gardening his plants and coming up with a bunch of ideas he desperately wants to do in a ring. I think it's more likely they just cave in and let him wrestle in 6-7 more months if he's still "cleared with no limitations" and feeling good.

I've heard two Bryan interviews promoting his book. In the first he was asked about his health and he said he was feeling great and just trying to get cleared. The second one was on the Cheap Heat podcast (Grantland) were he went more in detail about it. He's been 100% cleared with no limitations by a doctor in Phoenix he called "the Superbowl neurologist" - I guess he was trying to say he was the best out there. Not sure it's the same guy he got Muscle Activation Therapy for his arm issue - but the WWE doctor is hesitant to clear him . He basically said the company was of the opinion of him not wrestling any more and there's a lot of "complicated stuff" for him to get back in the ring. He did admit it was good that the company was looking out for him (they are also looking after themselves but that's another story) but he didn't agree with what they thought was best for him. Not sure if it will lead to a Kurt Angle situation - minus the "crazy" part - but it seemed to me that if he can't wrestle for WWE anymore he'll just do it somewhere else. He also confirms once again he got the Wrestlemania Main Event thanks to Punk leaving. Link to the interview: http://espn.go.com/espnradio/grantland/player?id=13303418 edit: Now that I think about it, he might just end up in a Rey Mysterio situation.

Wasn't Galloway pretty much put permanently in the doghouse after he got supposedly beat up by his girlfriend??

After all the hope Brock re-signing gave me for fresh matches, we get another Taker match instead of the many options that are more compelling to watch. Meh.

Casas is the only guy that makes me forget how fucking horrible and distracting Lucha commentary is. I've already talked about how I can barely watch Lucha with how unbearable commentary is, so the guy who is able to make me enjoy the action and tune out play-by-play he gets my vote.

WWE treating Barclays like it's Sumo Hall.

Absolutely loved this. But did Will (or someone) fell asleep in the first 30-40 minutes? I could've sworn I was hearing someone snoring or doing some very heavy breathing for a long while. It was very distracting and very funny

Meltzer was saying on WOR how WWE tends to change their mind about the MITB winner at the last minute (Bryan, Sandow) and then Vince hating the winner the next day. Don't think he'll hate Fella but I agree that he will be sorry they gave the briefcase to him.

This is fucking bullshit RIP Dusty. True legend.

TEXAS DEATH MATCH. Gotta see it to believe it. But good lord I was sold just by Austin switching to Stone Cold at the end of the podcast. It was like he just went into promo mode for a future video package out of the blue, just in case.

Dusty Finish? Man I can't believe he actually won

How is it protecting a finisher by kicking out of it on a "debut" match? The fact that he still beat Cena with it makes it way less harmful but they could've done better job considering all the moves Owens did. I mean it wasn't that big of a deal but Cena kicking out of it was completely unnecesary.

Holy shit, he really is their new darling. Thank god he won, it got to annoying indy levels of kick outs but I'm happy with who won so I don't care

Cena's gotta be trolling with this loud ass spot calling. It's worse than ever.

Is Roman turning tonight?

So, it wasn't his neck and it wasn't a concussion. PWInsider is saying it's his shoulder that is causing him trouble. Dude is really breaking down, I still don't see him retiring but I hope he has a nice run in Tough Enough and then takes a year off to fully rest and only then see if his body can take a comeback.

I'm surprised Beadle didn't "turn off" her WWE card after learning Austin's history with DV. I mean, she so adamant on taking a stand and fight for those rights....just like when she sat next to Jim Lampley for an interview (another guy with DV problems). There's not a lot WWE can do with someone who picks and chooses like that.

How long was Dolph out when he had the concussion that ended up with him coming back and dropping the belt to Del Rio?

So Bryan has been pulled from every show/live event until June 28th.

R.I.P. Also looking forward for the career retrospective people will do about him. One of the people I kinda feel I should know more about.

Man, I hope not. Lana swerving Cena - who "quits" to save her from being hit by Rusev - to give Rusev the W, and then calling Cena (and all Americans) fools for falling for the damsel in distress would be so fucking money.

So they are going with the Melina/Foley finish for the I Quit match at Payback?