It was during this time that Danielson adopted his well-known moniker "American Dragon". Danielson debuted in Michaels' promotion, the Texas Wrestling Alliance (TWA), and on March 21, 2000, he won his first professional wrestling championship, when he teamed with Spanky to win the TWA Tag Team Championship by defeating Jeromy Sage and Ruben Cruz.Īs Danielson continued to tour the country, he was signed to a developmental deal by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) to work in their developmental system where recently signed performers train and refine their skills before debuting on WWF's television programming.īryan was assigned to Memphis Championship Wrestling (MCW) where he gained exposure, and was trained by WWF competitor, William Regal. Due to its subsequent closure, however, he instead trained under Shawn Michaels at the Texas Wrestling Academy. After Danielson graduated from high school in 1999, he decided to pursue wrestling professionally and initially attempted to train at Dean Malenko's Wrestling School. There he won the promotion's Heavyweight Championship. Professional wrestling career Early career (1999–2004)ĭanielson's first exposure in wrestling was as a backyard wrestler competing for Backyard Championship Wrestling (BCW) under his real name with the nickname "The Dagger". 1.6.4 Yes! Movement WWE World Heavyweight Champion and injury (2013–2014). 1.6.3 #1 Contender for the WWE Championship and Team Hell No (2012-2013).Money in the Bank and World Heavyweight Champion (2011-2012) 1.5 Return to the independent circuit (2010).
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