Bryan Danielson Says AEW Is Legitimate Competition – In his post show media scrum with President Tony Khan, Bryan Danielson talked about his decision to join AEW during Sunday’s All Out PPV. Here is a recap of the interview, thanks to Denise Salcedo.
Bryan Danielson says it was an “Internal battle” because he did love working in WWE but he wanted one part of his life to be “wild” hence what brought him to AEW
Bryan Danielson says that it would be difficult to have Brie Bella in AEW. Says she is happy in WWE and has a lot of business connections there.
Bryan Danielson says he did some creative in WWE but he prefers just sticking to the wrestling.
Bryan Danielson also says the way AEW honored Brodie Lee also influenced his decision.
Bryan Danielson says he loves Vince McMahon and they have a great relationship but that Vince can sometimes be overprotective of him. He also says WWE made him a generous offer and they were gonna gonna let him do things outside WWE.
Bryan Danielson says he wants to work in New Japan and also go over to Mexico.
Bryan Danielson finally added that his goal is to produce excellent professional wrestling and closed the interview by saying “AEW IS LEGITIMATE COMPETITION.”