Well, it finally happened. Bryan Danielson’s full-time wrestling career is over. In the main event of AEW WrestleDream,
Danielson’s 49-day AEW World Championship run came to a crashing end as he was choked out in the middle of the ring by his former Blackpool Combat Club brother, Jon Moxley, marking the end of Danielson’s only world title run in AEW and his full-time career since he said he would retire once he lost the title.
With Danielson’s full-time career ending on that fateful Saturday night and reports coming out that he will have to get multiple surgeries and that he is currently a free agent wrestling without a contract, now is a better time than ever to discuss the man’s career, what gravitated me and plenty of fans alike towards him, and what his retirement means for the wrestling landscape as a whole.
Bryan Danielson has legitimately been working for a number of weeks without a contract and is effectively a free agent.
People close to him expect him to get neck surgery relatively soon as opposed to signing or wrestling elsewhere.
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How Were You Introduced to Bryan Danielson?
I was introduced to Bryan Danielson in a way I still find amusing. I became a wrestling fan in January 2015, and the first pay-per-view (then still called that) I watched was the 2015 Royal Rumble. For those familiar with wrestling, you’ll understand why this is funny. For those who aren’t, let me explain.
The 2015 Royal Rumble is widely regarded as one of the worst in WWE history, mainly due to the treatment of Danielson, who was still wrestling as Daniel Bryan.
After his long-awaited WWE Championship win in 2014 was cut short due to injury, fans were excited when he was announced for the Rumble. Many hope