Daniel Bryan once yelled at Big E for punching him in the junk too much

WWE superstar Big E sent out a thank you to Daniel Bryan for his career and shared a hilarious anecdote of the two.

On Monday, WWE superstar Daniel Bryan shocked everyone when he announced his retirement after longstanding issues with concussions and a neck injury that had kept him sidelined for some time. Bryan was a pioneer in wrestling that blazed a trail for independent wrestlers across the globe to reach the big stage and have their own spotlight.

After Bryan announced his retirement from wrestling, there was an outpouring of tweets from fellow wrestlers showing their support and thanking him for everything that he had done for professional wrestling in general. One wrestler that sent out a tweet thanking Daniel Bryan was WWE superstar Big E.

As is the case with most of the things Big E tweets, it was funny and shared a great anecdote of Bryan and Big E. Big E mentioned in his thank you tweet how Bryan yelled at him on their first European tour together for punching him in the junk too much.

There’s nothing quite like starting a career off and a big tour with one of the best in-ring technicians and great wrestlers to lace up a pair of boots. That’s what makes the story of Big E repeatedly punching Bryan in the groin hilarious.

Big E has since gone on to become one of the most charismatic superstars in the company and his in-ring work as a big man has grown leaps and bounds during his career. He didn’t just get there overnight either. With help from great wrestlers like Bryan along the way, Big E has taken off.

Sometimes it even takes getting yelled at by one of the best to get a guy going.