SmackDown superstar Daniel Bryan has revealed that he didn't feel rusty at all when he made his sensational return to in-ring competition this year.

The 37-year-old was forced to announce his retirement in 2016 due to suffering several concussions, as well as neck problems. But he was cleared to wrestle again on March 20 and immediately got down to business, battling Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens ahead of what would be an insane WrestleMania tag team duel against the pair, with Shane McMahon as his partner.

SPORTbible managed to catch up with the performer during his recent tour of the UK with the WWE; and he opened up on the ordeal, his return, and how it felt to get back in the ring.

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"I honestly didn't feel any ring rust," Bryan declared. "It was strange because the day I was cleared, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens attacked me and I did the running dropkicks - just dropkick, dropkick, dropkick.

"You have to understand, I wasn't prepared for this to happen. I'm wearing the shoes which I'm wearing now - which are from a thrift store and they're a half size too big! I was wearing a sportscoat and I haven't done the dropkick in the corner for three years - it's a very exhausting thing to do because you're sprinting, running, jumping and then kick.

"I was a little bit concerned but that night I didn't feel tired or anything, I was excited, it was fun. Same thing at Wrestlemania, I felt like nothing felt weird or awkward - everything felt like normal and how it used to feel.

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"Obviously I am doing these live events and there are more singles matches - there's stuff where I'm like, 'Ok I'm a little bit rusty at this' - I haven't done a fireman's carry in years and that's a very specific movement that I haven't done a lot of.

"Stuff like that is going to take me a while before everything's back to normal but overall I'm very happy with it."

Meanwhile, Bryan is just coming off a fantastic win over Jeff Hardy, having made the high-flyer tap out on Tuesday's episode of SmackDown to earn himself a match against Samoa Joe next Tuesday for a chance at Money in the Bank on June 17.

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