When Daniel Bryan came out of retirement, fans had a long list of dream matches for the leader of the Yes Movement. Among them was Brock Lesnar, and the then WWE Champion ended up facing The Beast at Survivor Series in one of Lesnar's best matches during his recent WWE run.
Now, Bryan has reflected on that while talking to WWE's The Bump, and explains that he wanted to have Lesnar essentially "beat away" the Yes Movement to help his transformation into the "New" Daniel Bryan.
"I don't consider that I lost that match," he explained. "They never mention this on WWE TV at all, but if you watch that match, I never kicked out. The reason why was Brock never pinned me, until he pinned me. But also, I was transitioning from the old 'Yes' Daniel Bryan to the 'New' Daniel Bryan."
"I really wanted to antagonize Brock Lesnar, to beat me up as much as he could because I felt he needed to beat the old Daniel Bryan out of me, and I feel like he did a very good job at that," he concluded.
Bryan also addressed the possibility of a rematch somewhere down the line. "With Drew [Gulak] helping me train, I have no doubt that I - no one can defeat Brock Lesnar- but I believe, I would love to have another one [match]. And with Drew as my coach, I think I can come out on top this time, maybe."
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