With many concerned that the injury issues that caused him to vacate the WWE Championship earlier in the year would lead to Daniel Bryan having to retire, the promo he cut on a December 2014 episode of Raw was one of his very best. As ever with Bryan, it feels odd to label some of his time on the microphone as being promo work. Hes largely just Bryan Danielson being very real and talking from the heart in a way that connects to the audience like very few before him and that was certainly the case here. Giving a defiant No to the prospect of retirement, Bryan would announce his intention to return and enter the 2015 Royal Rumble match. Daniel Bryan was back and it felt great! In hindsight, this was likely the second-to-last great moment of the career of this beloved figure, with the final great moment coming a few months later at WrestleMania XXXI.