The road to his current status was a tough one for him as well as his family. During a recent appearance on “Unconsciously Coupled” podcast, Bryan Danielson shared about his struggles with depression during the time he was retired. He pointed out the moments that he now regrets not to have been a part off due to him fighting his demons at the time.

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“Brie ended up coming back and doing more wrestling, but what we thought was going to be her last match, I’d gone off the rails. Like, deep, deep off the rails, So I wasn’t there for what, in theory, could have been her last match. So deep, deep guilt for that. For her mom and Johnny’s [Laurinaitis] wedding, I wasn’t there for that because I’d had a really bad episode. There are those kind of things. Then there’s the everyday – I don’t want to say everyday guilt, but for example, guilt with the kids, more so, where it’s like I can’t, you know, I play with them, but I’m really just on the floor.”