Brie Bella’s accidental kick to the face of Liv Morgan has been the talk of the wrestling world for more than a week now. The result — a reported concussion suffered by Morgan didn’t slow the conversation. The backlash ranged from Bella’s sloppiness in the ring to her wrestling skills in general, and others taking their digs even lower.
Fed up from a week of criticism, her husband Daniel Bryan finally released a succession of tweets against what he called “Cyberbullying.” Bryan pointed to his own accidents while defending his wife, mentioning a chair shot he gave to Randy Orton in 2012 that resulted in a concussion, the brutal 2009 contest against Nigel McGuiness and even a kick to the face against Andrade “Cien” Almas in a similar accident to that of Brie’s.
I am proud of how strong my wife is. After accidentally injuring Liv Morgan last week, the first time Bri’s ever hurt another performer, she’s been subject to a constant barrage of social media attacks. Almost every wrestler has accidentally hurt someone…
— Bryan Danielson (@bryandanielson) October 1, 2018
but rarely do you see this kind of hate when it happens. For example,
I concussed Randy Orton in 2012 after hitting him with what was supposed to be a chair to the back. Unfortunately part of the side hit him in the back of the head, and he was forced to miss a PPV…— Bryan Danielson (@bryandanielson) October 1, 2018
In 2009 in our last match against each other, I concussed Nigel McGuinness after doing a dive into him in the crowd, where his head hit the floor. And there are others…
— Bryan Danielson (@bryandanielson) October 1, 2018
As for the Yes kicks, two weeks ago I accidentally kicked Andrade directly in the head due to a miscommunication on my part. I feel fortunate that he was ok, because there are few feelings worse than hurting someone…
— Bryan Danielson (@bryandanielson) October 1, 2018
Despite all of that, never did I receive the backlash Bri did this week. With all the negative things said about my wife, nobody was harder on her than she was on herself…
— Bryan Danielson (@bryandanielson) October 1, 2018
Thank you to the many people who reached out to support her, both publicly and privately. We all wish Liv Morgan a speedy recovery. #EndCyberbullying
— Bryan Danielson (@bryandanielson) October 1, 2018
Bryan’s comments reflect those of his wife, who earlier in the day Instagrammed a photo of her daughter, discussing overcoming cyberbullies and silencing hate.
As for Morgan, she broke her Twitter silence earlier on Monday and appeared in the corner of Ruby Riott during her match with Ronda Rousey.
Y’all didn’t think a little kick to the face would keep me down did you ? 😉 pic.twitter.com/r26ihGyHss
— LIV Morgan (@YaOnlyLivvOnce) October 1, 2018
As recently as Monday, WWE was still promoting Saturday’s Super Show Down as a six-woman tag with Rousey and the Bella twins facing off against the Riott Squad.
