CM Punk ha distanced himself from the world of professional wrestling but many fans were wondering if he would comment on the major announcement made by longtime rival Daniel Bryan. Punk did comment, sort of. He kept things short and simple, posting a gif of the two shaking hands to his Twitter page.
Check it out below.
— player/coach (@CMPunk) February 9, 2016
Samoa Joe’s reaction was not so simple. Joe wrote a detailed letter about Daniel Bryan and how his emotional farewell speech made him feel.
You can see what Joe had to say below.
As I sit here tonight, I do so with a mix of emotions. Everything from selfishly profound sadness to relief tinged.. pic.twitter.com/i63PWnaHds
— Samoa Joe (@SamoaJoe) February 9, 2016
Many wrestling personalities are talking about Bryan’s farewell speech and rightfully so. Gabe Sapolsky of WWN who worked with Bryan in ROH also wrote him an open later via Paul Heyman’s Heyman Hustle website. You can check out a link to the letter below.
#EXCLUSIVE! @BookItGabe's emotional open letter to @WWEDanielBryan https://t.co/j9UXqLskIQ pic.twitter.com/xmJBX3baS8
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 9, 2016
Stephanie McMahon also thanked Daniel Bryan via Twitter.
#ThankYouDanielBryan for making a difference & for showing the world dreams can come true. #YesYesYes #WeAreGrateful pic.twitter.com/0NPHVR1XnV
— Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) February 9, 2016
WWE has released a special “Thank You” shirt to commemorate Daniel Bryan’s retirement. You can see a photo of the new shirt below.
Daniel Bryan "Thank You" shirt available now at https://t.co/0q6oMbcf2C #WWEShop #ThankYouDanielBryan pic.twitter.com/WmMDwq1w8d
— WWEShop.com (@WWEShop) February 9, 2016
