5 former World Champions who are huge animal lovers

#3 Daniel Bryan

The beautiful couple with their adorable pet

The SmackDown GM and the man who changed the entire WWE landscape during 2014-15 is an immense lover of dogs. If you look at some of the photos Bryan posts on social networking sites, you will become familiar with DB's pet dog, Josie.

On many occasions, Bryan has posted images of him posing with the dog. Bryan has also mentioned that Josie is one of his best friends and he even shares his bed, books and everything with this cute pet.

In 2013, Daniel Bryan told media that he had lost his 11-year old dog, Asparagus, the wonder dog who was Daniel's "best friend". The 'Yes' man has also posted photos of his dogs with his signature T-shirts on a few occasions.

Posted above is an image of Daniel and his wife Brie, with Josie.