Bryan Danielson stepped away from being a full-time pro wrestler in October 2024 so that he could spend more time with his family. The American Dragon is now set to become a full-time commentator on AEW Dynamite.
AEW President Tony Khan took to X to announce that the former World Champion will be joining the Dynamite commentary team from next Wednesday.
“Starting this Wednesday, @bryandanielson The American Dragon will join the Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite commentary team full-time!”
Danielson was on the commentary team during the main card of AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door this year.
In an interview with SENQ 693, Danielson stated that there is nothing left on his pro wrestling bucket list anymore.
“Nope. Not a single thing. There’s not a single thing. It’s like – I’ve been very fortunate in my career to have some incredible moments and all that kind of stuff. I think, when I was forced to retire before, I wasn’t ready to be done.
With the last six months of my wrestling career being in as much pain as I was, that kind of put me in this thing like, ‘Okay, you know what, I think I’m ready to be done.’ When I was forced to retire before, I was married but we didn’t have kids yet. It’s like, you go home and you have that full parenting life, it’s a whole another thing.
I’m very fulfilled by my career, I’m very fulfilled by my life right now. I get to stay in professional wrestling, which is something that I still love to this day. I was just asked in an interview before that [if I] have any interest in being an actor, I’m like, ‘No.’
What I do for entertainment still is I read and I watch wrestling. On the plane here, I was watching old wrestling to show younger talent like, ‘Hey, here’s some things that people used to do in wrestling, here are some intricacies that have been lost in the evolution of professional wrestling that you could use today that would work really well.’”
It remains to be seen if Danielson will become the fourth man on Dynamite’s commentary team or if he will replace someone.
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