In an interview with SFWeekly.com, former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan noted that not main eventing WrestleMania 31 was his own personal failure, but thanked the fans for sticking with him, because he’s not someone that the WWE sees and says that this should be the top guy. Bryan said that if people didn’t do what they did last year, then he would not have been in the main event of WrestleMania 30 stating, “In my situation, where I’m no John Cena, I’m no Roman Reigns and I’m no Randy Orton, I need that help”.

Bryan was asked if he is hesitant about participating in the ladder match at WrestleMania 31 after spending so long on the sidelines being injured last year and said that he’s not, but he is a little nervous thinking about it. Bryan said, “Coming back, I didn’t know how strong my neck was. I can do all the test, I can go in to the Performance Center in Orlando and take a couple bumps, my neck holds up. Then a match at the Performance Center, my neck holds up, okay, now let’s see a live event, it held up, you just keep going into deeper water testing how much it will hold up”.