WWE fires NXT star Bryan Danielson (Daniel Bryan)

Just this past week we saw the NXT invasion go down on Monday Night Raw to conclude the 3-hour "Viewer's Choice Night". It involved all 8 of the NXT Season 1 competitors surrounding the ring, and then causing complete chaos, beating up John Cena and everyone else in sight, then destroying the ring. One of those guys involved was Daniel Bryan, aka Bryan Danielson. Now it appears the NXT/WWE superstar has officially been fired.

The following news note was posted on WWE.com regarding the release, about 12 hours ago:

"WWE has come to terms on the release of NXT first season rookie Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson) as of today June 11, 2010. We wish Daniel Bryan the best in all future endeavors."

Thirteen hours ago, the NXT rookie had posted the following on his Twitter account:

"Just changed my Twitter name to Bryan Danielson. The winds of change are stirring. about 13 hours ago via web"

There's a report going on F4WOnline which says that possibly the firing came because Danielson went a bit far with the improv attack violence on Monday Night. In particular they say his choking out Justin Roberts with his tie may have been too violent and spitting in John Cena's face. So the firing appears to be legit and not part of any storyline.

Unfortunate to see Bryan Danielson fired from WWE. This guy was talented and his story was just getting interesting with the whole Michael Cole and NXT invasion going on. It will be interesting to see if Michael Cole brings it up at all, or they just ignore it after the whole attack. I wouldn't be surprised that if they do explain Bryan's release, that they use it in relation to the Cole story.