AEW WrestleDream will be a homecoming for Bryan Danielson, and he intends to make it count.
Speaking with Kevin Diers of The Stranger, Bryan Danielson, a native of Aberdeen, made it clear that he wants to have a great match in Seattle. He noted that he has missed out on the opportunity during his WWE career. Danielson then stated that he views his match with Zack Sabre Jr. at AEW WrestleDream as his first real chance.
“One of the things that escaped me my entire career was I’ve never felt like I’ve had a really great match in Seattle,” Danielson explained. “The whole time I was in WWE, whenever we’d come to Seattle, we would really just kind of be doing nothing. I’m really looking forward to this as being my first real chance to have a really great match and in front of what, to me, is my favorite crowd to wrestle in front of in the entire world.”
Bryan Danielson Wants To Enjoy His Last As A Full-Time Wrestler
Bryan Danielson also discussed his past comments about the next year will be his last as a full-time wrestler. He stated that he wants to have fun and enjoy himself. Danielson emphasized that he aims to appreciate the ridem and every match along the way.
“Mostly, I want to have fun,” Bryan Danielson said. “I don’t want anything to be kind of just by the numbers. When you put a finite limit on what you’re doing, what you’re saying is, ‘I only have X amount of these left.’ I do not want to take any of them for granted. It’s not even necessarily to have the best matches. It’s that this is my last full-time year of wrestling. Enjoy it. Don’t take any of it for granted. Because that’s what I felt like when I was forced to retire before.
“I didn’t know that my last match would be my last match. When I was forced to retire, even though it was only three years, I missed the feeling of wrestling. I missed the excitement of diving through the ropes. I missed the excitement of going out there and you don’t know what the crowds gonna be like, you don’t know how they’re gonna react. There’s a certain excitement and during this whole last year, I don’t want to miss out on any of that. I want to enjoy all of it.”
WrestleZone will have coverage of AEW WrestleDream as it airs on October 1.
