CM Punk & Samoa Joe React To Daniel Bryan's Retirement On RAW

Following his retirement speech on Monday’s RAW, two of Daniel Bryan’s most famous pre-WWE opponents paid tribute to him on Twitter. Current NXT star Samoa Joe and former WWE Champion CM Punk both reacted to the news of Bryan’s retirement — Joe with a heartfelt message, and Punk with an old clip of the two together.

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— Coach (@CMPunk) February 9, 2016

As I sit here tonight, I do so with a mix of emotions. Everything from selfishly profound sadness to relief tinged.. pic.twitter.com/i63PWnaHds

— Samoa Joe (@SamoaJoe) February 9, 2016

Bryan officially announced his retirement from active competition on the February 8, 2016 episode of RAW.

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