WWE superstar Daniel Bryan has had a rollercoaster career during his time with the company. He`s won multiple championships, but it was all taken away because of multiple injuries. However, Bryan is back fighting in the ring now, as he`s been cleared by doctors, but there`s a thorn in his side that`s been a constant since he got to WWE: The Miz.During a 2K event in Bryan`s hometown of Aberdeen, Washington, the WWE superstar spoke to GameSpot about this longtime feud and his personal thoughts on his upcoming Summerslam opponent, while promoting WWE 2K19`s new Daniel Bryan themed Showcase Mode, which is narrated by the superstar.GameSpot: After you were called up from FCW, you were on NXT in 2010, in its original format, and The Miz was your mentor. What were your first impressions of him?Daniel Bryan: I was honestly really looking forward to that because I thought it was a really unique dichotomy between the two of us, where here`s [The Miz] who people don`t respect as a wrestler, but he`s great at the interview stuff, and great at getting under people`s skin. And here I am, who I had a lot of respect from a wrestling standpoint from the fans, and even the wrestlers backstage, but I wasn`t necessarily good at the character stuff.So, we were complete opposites in how people viewed it. It`s style versus substance. It`s a very interesting thing. I thought, `Oh man, this is gonna make great television.` Instead of making great television [with NXT], we did things like monkey bar challenges and who can drink a soda the fastest.It`s funny because to really highlight that I really tried to downplay... like, I had gear that was nicer, but I wore the most basic gear I could, with the idea being that we would tell the story that he`s gonna try to flash me up, and I had gotten a good haircut, but I did it specifically in a bowl cut, with his idea in my mind that like, `Okay, yeah we`re gonna be telling these great stories, where it`s like he`s gonna make me get a haircut th ...
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