Bryan Danielson
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: May 22, 1981 (43 years old)
Place of Birth: Aberdeen, Washington, USA
Bryan Lloyd Danielson is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the William Regal led stable Blackpool Combat Club, alongside Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta. He is also known for his time in WWE where he worked from 2009 to 2021 under the ring name Daniel Bryan. Danielson began his professional wrestling career in 1999 on the independent circuit, and signed an 18-month contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), in 2000; he later went on to make uncontracted appearances in WWE until 2003. He joined the Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion in 2002, wrestling in the main event of the promotion's first event, The Era of Honor Begins. Considered a mainstay of ROH, he stayed with the company until 2009 and, during his career, won the ROH World Championship and ROH Pure Championship once each, unifying them at one point, and was the inaugural winner of the annual Survival of the Fittest tournament. Due to his contributions to ROH, he was part of the inaugural class of the ROH Hall of Fame in 2022. Danielson also wrestled extensively in Japan, winning the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship in Pro Wrestling Noah and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (with Curry Man) in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Danielson also won numerous titles on the independent circuit, including two PWG World Championships and the FIP Heavyweight Championship and the wXw World Heavyweight Championship once each. In 2009, Danielson again signed with WWE, but was fired for three months in 2010. Upon his return, he went onto win the WWE Championship four times,[Note 1] the World Heavyweight Championship once, and the United States and Intercontinental Championships once each. Danielson also won the WWE Tag Team Championship as part of Team Hell No (with Kane) and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship (with Erick Rowan), thereby becoming WWE's 26th Triple Crown Champion and 15th Grand Slam Champion. He also won the Money in the Bank ladder match in 2011, won Superstar of the Year at the 2013 Slammy Awards, and headlined several major WWE pay-per-view events, including their flagship event, WrestleMania, in 2014 and 2021. Danielson retired from wrestling in 2016 due to injuries arising from multiple concussions, which led to seizures and a brain lesion. He then took on a non-wrestling role for WWE as the on-screen general manager of SmackDown. He remained in the role until 2018, when he was unexpectedly cleared by doctors to return to in-ring competition. After his WWE contract expired in May 2021, Danielson signed with AEW, debuting in September that year.
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18
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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
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AEW Revolution
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AEW Dynasty
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CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024
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NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
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AEW Double or Nothing
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AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door
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Biography: The Miz
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AEW All Out
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AEW WrestleDream
2023
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AEW Revolution
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The Bloodline: The Complete Story
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AEW Double or Nothing
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AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door
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NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall
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AEW All Out
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AEW WrestleDream
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ROH: Final Battle
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AEW Worlds End
2022
2021
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AEW All Out
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AEW Full Gear
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AEW Winter Is Coming
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ROH: Final Battle
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AEW Grand Slam
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My Way: The Life and Legacy of Pat Patterson
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WWE Elimination Chamber 2021
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WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 2
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Meeting Stone Cold
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WWE Royal Rumble 2021
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WWE Fastlane 2021
2020
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WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2020
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WWE Royal Rumble 2020
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WWE Elimination Chamber 2020
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WWE WrestleMania 36: Part 1
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WWE Money in the Bank 2020
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The Best of WWE: 10 Best Matches of 2020
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WWE Slammy Awards 2020
2019
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WWE Survivor Series 2019
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Chasing the Magic: The Nigel McGuinness Story
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WWE Elimination Chamber 2019
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WWE Royal Rumble 2019
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WWE Fastlane 2019
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WWE WrestleMania 35
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WWE Stomping Grounds
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WWE Extreme Rules 2019
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WWE Hell in a Cell 2019
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WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2019
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WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2018
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WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018
2018
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WWE Backlash 2018
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WWE Money in the Bank 2018
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WWE Extreme Rules 2018
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WWE SummerSlam 2018
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WWE Super Show-Down 2018
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WWE WrestleMania 34
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WWE Hell in a Cell 2018
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WWE Crown Jewel 2018
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WWE Survivor Series 2018
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WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2018
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WWE Greatest Royal Rumble
2017
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2015
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WWE Royal Rumble 2015
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WWE Fastlane 2015
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The Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!
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WWE WrestleMania 31
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WWE Hall of Fame 2015
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Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
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ROH: Year 5
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The Destruction of The Shield
2014
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WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
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WWE Payback 2014
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WWE Money in the Bank 2014
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WWE Elimination Chamber 2014
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WWE WrestleMania XXX
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WWE Extreme Rules 2014
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Superstar Collection: Daniel Bryan
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Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
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ROH: Year Four
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ROH: Creating Excellence
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WWE Royal Rumble 2014
2013
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WWE Tribute to the Troops 2013
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WWE WrestleMania 29
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WWE Royal Rumble 2013
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WWE Money in the Bank 2013
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WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
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WWE SummerSlam 2013
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WWE Battleground 2013
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WWE Survivor Series 2013
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WWE Night of Champions 2013
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WWE Hell in a Cell 2013
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WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013
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WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2013
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WWE: The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2012, Volume 1
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WXW Presents: The American Dragon Bryan Danielson
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Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
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ROH: Year Three
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AJ Styles: Styles Clash
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Austin Aries: The Greatest Man That Ever Lived
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Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown
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Bryan Danielson: World Champion
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Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
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Danielson vs The World
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Samoa Joe: A Championship Legacy
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ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
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PWG Sells Out: Volume 3
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WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
2012
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WWE Tribute to the Troops 2012
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WWE RAW 1000
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WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
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WWE Royal Rumble 2012
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WWE Extreme Rules 2012
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WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
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WWE Money In The Bank 2012
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WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
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WWE Over The Limit 2012
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WWE SummerSlam 2012
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WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012
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WWE Survivor Series 2012
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WWE Night of Champions 2012
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WWE No Way Out 2012
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CM Punk: Best in the World
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WWE: 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
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ROH: Bryan Danielson - The American Dragon
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WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012
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ROH: Nigel McGuinness - An ROH Career Retrospective
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ROH: Year One
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ROH: Year Two
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The Many Adventures of El Generico
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Austin Aries: Evolution of A-Double
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Chris Hero: Ring of Hero
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ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!
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KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
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Kevin Steen: Ascension to the Top
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WWE Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!
2011
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WWE Money in the Bank 2011
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WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
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WWE SummerSlam 2011
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WWE Royal Rumble 2011
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WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History
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WWE WrestleMania XXVII
2010
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WWE Night of Champions 2010
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WWE Bragging Rights 2010
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WWE Hell In A Cell 2010
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WWE Survivor Series 2010
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CHIKARA We Must Eat Michigan's Brain
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WWE SummerSlam 2010
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WWE Tribute to the Troops 2010
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PWG: SEVEN
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EVOLVE 4: Danielson vs. Fish
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EVOLVE 5: Danielson vs. Sawa
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Dragon Gate USA Enter the Dragon 2010
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Dragon Gate USA Way of the Ronin
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CHIKARA Faded Scars and Lines
2009
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DGUSA Untouchable 2009
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Chikara King Of Trios 2009 - Night 2
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ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Chicago
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The Wrestling Road Diaries
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ROH: Eliminating The Competition
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PWG: Guerre Sans Frontières
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PWG: Speed of Sound
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PWG: Threemendous II
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PWG: DDT4
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PWG: One Hundred
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PWG: Ninety-Nine
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PWG: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
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Dragon Gate USA: Untouchable 2009
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Dragon Gate USA: Open the Untouchable Gate
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ROH: 7th Anniversary
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PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
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ROH: Glory By Honor VIII - The Final Countdown
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ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Boston
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ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Dayton
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ROH: Contention
2008
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ROH: Proving Ground
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ROH: Without Remorse
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ROH: Eye of The Storm
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ROH: The Tokyo Summit
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ROH: Rising Above 2008
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ROH Bound By Hate
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ROH: Take No Prisoners
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ROH: The French Connection
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ROH: Southern Navigation
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ROH: Night of The Butcher II
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PWG: All Star Weekend 6 - Night One
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PWG: All Star Weekend 6 - Night Two
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PWG: 2008 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 1
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PWG: 2008 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 2
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ROH: Fueling The Fire
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ROH: Death Before Dishonor VI
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ROH: Northern Navigation
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ROH: Best In The World
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ROH: Greatest Rivalries
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NOAH: European Navigation 2008
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ROH: Transform
2007
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NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12
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PWG: DDT4 - Night One
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PWG: DDT4 - Night Two
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PWG: Roger Dorn Night
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PWG: Giant-Size Annual #4
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PWG: European Vacation II - England
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PWG: European Vacation II - Germany
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PWG: The High Cost of Doing Business
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ROH: Driven
2006
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PWG: (Please Don't Call It) The O.C.
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PWG: Enchantment Under The Sea
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ROH: Hell Freezes Over
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ROH: Death Before Dishonor IV
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ROH: Tag Wars 2006
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ROH: Dissension
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ROH: Arena Warfare
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ROH: Best In The World
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ROH: The 100th Show
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ROH: Better Than Our Best
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ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two
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ROH: Supercard of Honor
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ROH: Fourth Anniversary Show
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ROH: Destiny
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ROH: In Your Face
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ROH: Chi-Town Struggle
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ROH: Generation Now
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ROH: Gut Check
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ROH: Epic Encounter II
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ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
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ROH: Motor City Madness
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ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2006
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2005
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FIP New Dawn Rising
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ROH: The Final Showdown
2004
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IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 1
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PWG: Free Admission (Just Kidding)
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PWG: Uncanny X-Mas
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PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night One
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PWG: Taste The Radness
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PWG: 88 Miles Per Hour
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PWG: Kee_ The _ee Out of Our _ool
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PWG: The Musical
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PWG: The Reason For The Season
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ROH: The Battle Lines Are Drawn
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2003
2002
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ROH: Final Battle 2002
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ROH: The Era of Honor Begins
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ROH The Round Robin Challenge
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ROH: Honor Invades Boston
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ROH: Night of The Butcher
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ROH: All Star Extravaganza
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ROH: Ring of Hardcore
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Alex Shelley: Made in Detroit
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American Wolves: The Hunt Never Dies
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Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel
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Danielson vs McGuinness
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ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
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PWG Sells Out: Volume 1