10 Times WWE Characters Had Sexual Awakenings

3. Daniel Bryan: Ladies Man

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Get this: Daniel Bryan is a total geek.

He doesn't watch television. He doesn't even meat. He has no personality. Michael Cole even went so far as to describe him as "deformed" on NXT. Wouldn't it be riot if we recast this loser as a ladies man? Get it? Because he cannot seduce them in real life?

And thus began Bryan's short-lived stint as the sultan of seduction. That's alliteratively pleasing, but not strictly true: Bryan was such an irresistible, sexual being upon transitioning to the main roster proper than women - the Bella Twins, specifically - fell over their feet and were at each other's throats just to get some alone time with him. He didn't need to seduce anybody. He didn't even need the Bellas; Bryan, that pale gimp, was such a super stud that he already had a girlfriend in Gail Kim. Vince McMahon thought the idea of this utter loser snagging women was so funny that he subsequently paired him with AJ Lee.

The joke, ultimately, was on WWE. Bryan later entered a real-life relationship with Brie Bella, who presumably fell for him because he is charming, talented, passionate and likeable. He didn't even have to force the issue until she felt too pressured to say no!

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