Bryan Danielson doesn’t want to just play the hits.
AEW star Bryan Danielson participated in a media scrum at Starrcast V in Nashville where WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard asked Bryan Danielson if he has any interest in bringing back his comedic side or coming up with a new catchphrase like he did in WWE.
“It’s interesting, one of the things that I’ve tried to avoid is doing any kind of catchphrase,” Danielson responded. “The reason why is just… it became a crutch, and when people expect something of you, then you need to give that to them. That almost feels like it pins me down more than it helps me. One of the people I really respect from an artist’s perspective is Bob Dylan. So if you go to an Aerosmith concert, you’re going to want to see the hits, right?
“When you buy a ticket to a Bob Dylan concert, you might want him to play certain songs, but you know going in he’s going to play whatever the f-ck he wants. And that’s kind of what I want my wrestling career to be now. I want people [to say], ‘Oh, I hope he does this,’ but they’re going to be happy with me being creative and doing whatever I want to do.”
Danielson recently returned to the ring, after he missed several weeks with an injury, on the July 27 episode of AEW Dynamite.
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