Daniel's neck and shoulder areas are rumoured to be where his problems lay, and if that's the case, especially with the latter, history suggests that his career in the ring will soon be over. A number of top guys over the years have been forced to retire early due to neck problems, with Edge being the most recent and arguably most heartbreaking. The Rated R Superstar had just beaten Alberto Del Rio at WrestleMania XXVII in a match for the World Heavyweight Championship but was told he was to never wrestle again and forced to retire almost straight after the event. Other big names like Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle and Brock Lensnar (to a lesser extent) have all had their careers blighted by neck injuries injury. Who can forget Darren Drozdov also, who was paralysed from the neck down following a mistake in the ring involving D'Lo Brown. Edge was told that if he carried on wrestling he could have ended up like Droz, which suggests Bryan could be on a similar path.
