MEDICAL EMERGENCY FORCES DRAGON OUT OF NWA WORLD TITLE PICTURE

Charlotte, NC (August 27, 2007) – Due to an injury sustained over the
weekend, and emergency eye surgery this morning, “American Dragon” Bryan
Danielson has been eliminated from the NWA World Championship Tournament
Finals set to take place this Saturday September 1 in Puerto Rico. The
decision to remove Danielson was made by the NWA Board of Directors after
Executive Director Robert K. Trobich conducted several conversations with
Danielson’s physicians.

When reached for comments Trobich said “I have been on the phone all day
with Bryan Danielson and his doctors. Bryan has been literally begging to be
permitted to wrestle in the NWA title tournament final this Saturday in
Puerto Rico against Brent Albright. Like all wrestling fans, I was eagerly
anticipating the first-ever match-up between two world-class warriors like
Danielson and Albright, with the biggest prize in wrestling hanging in the
balance. However, as gutsy a fighter as Bryan is, there is simply no way he
can be medically cleared to fight in this match after such serious surgery.
Brent Albright deserves his shot at the belt, now, however. In that regard,
after hours of discussions with the NWA board, I have decided that the title
match will go on as scheduled, and Adam Pearce, who just met Danielson in a
hotly-contested semifinal match ten days ago, will step into the final in
Danielson's place.”

Everyone in the National Wrestling Alliance wishes Danielson a safe and speedy recovery.

For additional news and information please visit www.nwawrestling.com.

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Ring of Honor's Gabe Sapolsky issued the following statement on  www.ROHWrestling.com:

Bryan saw an eye specialist today and it was found that he had a detached retina. He had laser surgery today where they re-attached the retina and tightened the muscles surrounding the eye. The reason his eye couldn't come down after the match was because the muscle was loosened. It's an outpatient surgery, so he was released today after having surgery this morning. The surgery went well, and there's a 90% he will regain vision, although it may be blurred.

It is recommended he take 4-6 weeks off. He will have a check up next week and the week after to check on his progress. I promise you all that we will not rush Bryan back. Bryan is maybe the toughest individual I've ever known and that covers a lot of ground. No one saw the locker room scene after almost all of his matches after the shoulder injury and how much pain he was in and how he was able to gut it out at his own insistence. This isn't a guy that takes pain killers or anything even close. He is also a guy that knows his limits. He is just incredibly tough.