5 WWE Superstars who Daniel Bryan is close friends with

#3 Cesaro

Cesaro and Bryan have fought outside of WWE too

Cesaro and Daniel Bryan’s friendship was built way before both guys went by their WWE names. In fact, the two were competing against each other under their Claudio Castagnoli and American Dragon guises in PWG as far back as 2006.

Bryan listed Cesaro as one of his closest friends in a recent Q&A on the Bella Twins’ YouTube channel and said in November 2016 that he would like to wrestle “The Swiss Superman” again if he were ever to have one final match.

Their friendship was even featured, to an extent, in a WWE storyline last year when Cesaro wasn’t getting enough opportunities on Raw following the 2016 brand split.

Dear @WWECesaro, when does your Raw contract end? We'd love to have you on #SmackdownLive :)

— Daniel Bryan (@WWEDanielBryan) September 27, 2016

Cesaro has also had words of praise for Bryan in media interviews, saying the former WWE World Heavyweight Champion is among his top three toughest opponents, along with Big Show and Sheamus.