#8 William Regal is responsible for Daniel Bryan, not HBK
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When Daniel Bryan was at his heights back in 2013/14, the WWE used to love telling us that The American Dragon was once a student of Shawn Michaels. While this is technically true, Bryan did spend some time under the tutelage of HBK before breaking out on the indie scene, but it was the UK’s own William Regal, currently general manager of NXT, that had a much bigger impact on Bryan’s career overall.
You can see why the WWE prefer to talk about HBK. Shawn is known for being one of the greatest in-ring performers the company has ever seen, and given Daniel Bryan’s own technical brilliance inside the ropes, many will have drawn the comparisons between the two straight away. Regal is one of those figures that probably deserves more credit than he gets. He has a nice role with NXT at the moment, but one could make the case that he actually deserves the same amount of recognition as Paul Heyman for his contribution towards helping new talent and his mind for business.
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There’s a reason why Bryan himself, during his retirement speech in Seattle, credited William Regal with training him and didn’t say one word about Shawn. If you’ve ever enjoyed a Daniel Bryan match or found yourself carried away by the magic of the YES movement, you have the Regal one to thank.
