Dragon injured NOOOOOOOOOO

[gamemaster]

Taken from ROH website:

American Dragon Bryan Danielson suffered a small orbital fracture and there is something wrong with his retina. Danielson will see a specialist today. It was a scary scene in the locker room as Danielson's eye was rolled back in his head and he lost vision in his left eye.

Damn Morishima and his monster killing ways. It looks likes he probably wont be at the Chicago show but I can still hope. More importantly I hope he gets better because I dont wanna see a possibly great career ended early.

what would totally own is if he got better and won the title and then faced Misawa. PWNAGE. Most important though is to get better first.

[Knapik]

Damn, that must have been a brutal match. Hope he gets better soon... especially by Nov. 3rd

[JamieOD]

Gabe posted an update on the ROH Board.

Before I get into my whole experience on Saturday I'll give you all a quick rundown since I just got off the phone with Bryan.

Bryan saw an eye specialist today and it was found that he had a detached retina. He had laser surgery today where they re-attached the retina and tightened the muscles surrounding the eye. The reason his eye couldn't come down after the match was because the muscle was loosened. It's an outpatient surgery, so he was released today after having surgery this morning. The surgery went well, and there's a 90% he will regain vision, although it may be blurred.

It is recommended he take 4-6 weeks off. He will have a check up next week and the week after to check on his progress. I promise you all that we will not rush Bryan back. Bryan is maybe the toughest individual I've ever known and that covers a lot of ground. No one saw the locker room scene after almost all of his matches after the shoulder injury and how much pain he was in and how he was able to gut it out at his own insistence. This isn't a guy that takes pain killers or anything even close. He is also a guy that knows his limits. He is just incredibly tough.

As soon as I get updates from him I will post them here.

Going back to Saturday, I started watching the Bryan vs. Morishima match in the locker room with the rest of the crew. The entire locker room was cringing at Bryan's kicks and Morishima's strikes. I found myself just rising and working my way to the curtain so I could watch it in person in the middle of the crowd. I got so lost in the match I couldn't tell you how long it was or at what point I made my way through the curtain to watch the match unobstructed on the ramp. Simply put, it was one of the greatest matches I've ever seen. The great fans of New York really brought it to the next level as the crowd reactions were among the most intense in ROH history. I was elated after the match because after all this is what I enjoy. That elation soon turned to panic and dismay when Paul Turner passed me on the ramp and said "he can't see out of his eye."

Everyone was in a great mood backstage and that quickly changed when Bryan sat down and word began to spread. The entire crew came over to see how Bryan was doing, who of course was taking it like a champ and saying it was no big deal. His eye was telling a different story. As the doctor was looking at it, his eye was rolled back into his head and it stayed that way. Bryan couldn't control it. It was really hard to look at. I can't even imagine how Bryan got through this.

That's all I really have for now. As soon as I get new info you will too.

[JamieOD]

Kind of ROH related update. Bryan Danielson has been pulled out of the NWA title match against Brent Albright. Adam Pearce now takes his place.

[GalactiKing]

Well it's going to be at least a month before he can wrestle, so it makes sense.

[Highway61Revisited]

Get well soon, Dragon.

Wrestling just isn't the same without the best in the world.

What have I started now...

[dukedave]

highway61revisited said:

Get well soon, Dragon.

Wrestling just isn't the same without the best in the world.

What have I started now...

What happened to Cena.

BTW - If Cena were there he could heal the Dragon and all would be well.

[Highway61Revisited]

I rank the two very differently. But when it comes to pure, in-ring style, I'll take my Dragon any day.

[smathis]

This should settle it.

Cena vs. Danielson:

At least Danielson gets some offense in. I prefer Danielson to Cena too. But I've come to respect Cena a lot more over the last year or so.

And there's no way Cena could possibly defeat Danielson without those yellow pants. If Cena brings the cammies, it's Danielson all the way...

[Knapik]

in-ring? Dragon. Overall? Cena.

[BDS]

Best Wrestler in the World

... even with one eye.

[dukedave]

bigdaddyswank said:

Best Wrestler in the World

[Knapik]

In all fairness, Havoc, Cena does have two eyes to work with.