10 Wrestlers Who Returned From Injury And Then Got Injured

1. Bryan Danielson

Had this list been written any time before March 20, 2018, this entry would have had a much sadder tone. 

Daniel Bryan (AKA Bryan Danielson) finally achieved his full potential at WrestleMania 30, overcoming Triple H, Batista, and Randy Orton in one night to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in front of tens of thousands of adoring fans cheering him on with chants of YES! YES! YES! 

The fairytale wouldn’t last long for D-Bry as, just two months later, he vacated the belt due to a series of injuries that, at one point, left him with no strength in his right arm. 

Bryan came back to the ring in January 2015 and, after a less-than-popular run in the Royal Rumble match, captured the Intercontinental Championship at Mania 31. Then, we were all smacked with a horrible case of deja vu. 

Old injuries returned and forced The American Dragon to vacate yet another title shortly after winning it and, in February 2016, he gave his first retirement speech. 

Thankfully for all of us, this wouldn’t last, and Bryan’s most recent runs in WWE and AEW have been mercifully injury-free. Ok, that’s not exactly true, the guy’s hurt himself a lot, just not like before. 

What a brilliant lunatic.