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Bryan Danielson has talked about competing in MMA before and the AEW star had shut it down. Now it looks like there could be some interest from Danielson as he wants to experience the violence.
Ringer Wrestling interviewed Bryan Danielson to promote his upcoming match at AEW Revolution 2022. The subject of MMA came up and the wrestler admits there is some curiosity.
“Part of me wants to do an MMA fight where I just get, yeah, to just feel the difference,” the AEW star said. “Because I’m sure it’s 100% different. You’re bleeding from somebody punching you so hard that your eyes bleeding, I’m sure that sucks, right? That sounds like the worst, right? And I would only want to experience it once, just to know the difference, right? But when you’re wrestling, that’s not what happens, right, the bleeding is completely different. And so it’s — so there’s a unique energy to it. And that’s something that. like, ‘okay, we can’t do in WWE’. The violence, so when I got fired in 2010 for choking Justin Roberts and spitting in John Cena’s face, I came out with a shirt. One of the few times I’ve ever come out with my own merchandise.
“It said ‘Violent’ on it, and that was by design,” the AEW star continued. “It being like, okay, what I did was, one, too violent for television, two, we’re not allowed to say the word violent, right? So, that was a very purposeful use of the term. Now, there’s certain words that are, to me, very — I hate to use the word sticky, but like, you get a strong image in your mind and violence is one of them. So, and, you know, it’s not like, I don’t know. I’m not a violent person, right? I don’t want a violent world, but it’s using the term, there’s a certain gravity to it.”
Taking an MMA fight would be complicated for Bryan Danielson now that he's in AEW. Brock Lesnar had big success in the sport but others like CM Punk didn't do so well.
