WWE star Daniel Bryan has retired from wrestling at the age of 34 due to seizures he now experiences after concussions.

Bryan announced the end of his 16-year career earlier this month. He initially had tried to keep the seizures a secret so he could keep wrestling, but when his wife (fellow WWE star Brie Bella) witnessed one, she was deeply scared. Having had three concussions within just his first five months of wrestling, Bryan knew that his overall head injury count was likely extremely high. He eventually made the decision that, for his own health, it was time to quit. Bella will also be retiring this year.

Obviously, Bryan should have quit as soon as the seizures began. It was reckless, to put it in the mildest terms, to allow his head to continue to be harmed, knowing how much damage had been sustained already.

Still, he publically and freely attributed his retirement to his head injuries, when he could have bowed out gracefully without explaining his medical problems. By choosing to reveal the concussions and the seizures, he increased head injury awareness to those who follow the WWE, and for that he should be commended.

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