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As Bryan Danielson prepares for what could very well be his final match as a professional wrestler at All In, going face-to-face with Swerve Strickland in a World Championship versus Career match in the main event, the “American Dragon” has been feeling somewhat nostalgic about his career, and not just because of Tony Khan’s excellent […]

When Bryan Danielson took a loss to Roman Reigns in a Universal Championship versus Career match on the May 30th, 2021 edition of SmackDown, it effectively marked the end of the “American Dragon’s” run in WWE. Sure, Danielson was still technically under contract for a few more days after the match and theoretically could have […]

When it comes to professional wrestling, few performers are as widely respected as AEW’s Bryan Danielson. A 28-time champion who has held gold (almost) everywhere he’s wrestled in his professional career, Danielson has become a top guy in WWE, a top guy in AEW, arguably the top guy ever in Ring of Honor, and through […]

On the final episode of AEW Dynamite in the month of July, Bryan Danielson marched down to the ring to cut a massive promo about his past, present, and future within the squared circle, the latter of which is rapidly coming to a close in the not-too-distant future. That’s right, while he has already declared […]

Heading into Forbidden Door 2024, Swerve Strickland had arguably the toughest task of his professional wrestling career in a one-on-one match with the undefeated AEW International Champion, Will Ospreay. Win the match, and Strickland would remain the AEW World Champion and maintain all of the perks that come with it, from the guaranteed TV time […]

Ever since Bryan Danielson made his proclamation that 2024 would be his final year as a full-time professional wrestler, it got fans and performers alike in their feelings. Sure, Danielson has been through a lot in his career, from being forced to medically retire during his time in WWE to a series of smaller injuries […]

When Will Ospreay hit Bryan Danielson with the Tiger Driver 91 at AEW Dynasty, it forever changed the career trajectory of the “Aeriel Assassin,” helping him to defeat the “American Dragon” in one of the greatest matches in professional wrestling history but creating a feeling in the future International Champion that he could genuinely end […]

When Bryan Danielson announced that 2024 was going to be his last year as a full-time in-ring wrestler, the person who seemingly took it the hardest was Tony Khan, his boss in AEW and seemingly fast friend. Discussing Danielson’s future in AEW in an interview with CBS Sports, TK noted that while he loves working […]

With the final Dynamite before Double or Nothing officially in the books, the Young Bucks are now mere days away from their Anarchy in the Arena match against Team AEW in Las Vegas, where a major decision in who holds all the power in the promotion, Tony Khan or the EVPs, will take place. Fortunately, […]

After watching FTR take a beating at the hands of Lance Archer and The Righteous as part of a hit put out by The Elite on Collision, Bryan Danielson was upset, so much so that he decided to request a camera crew in order to cut a scathing promo on Jack Perry, Kazuchika Okada, and […]

After watching Darby Allin make his triumphant return to Dynamite to provide some much-needed support for Team AEW ahead of their match with The Elite at Double or Nothing, Bryan Danielson decided to address the crowd at the Angel Of The Winds Arena in Everett, Washington, running through how his home state has impacted his […]

When Bryan Danielson announced at the end of 2023 that 2024 was going to be his final year as a full-time professional wrestler, it left more than a few fans wondering who the “American Dragon” would choose as his final opponent and where he would like to have his final match as a member of […]

When news broke that Will Ospreay was heading to free agency and open to signing a huge money deal with an American promotion, be that AEW or WWE, fans the world over, from his hometown of Rainham, Essex, England, to Japan and beyond had a pretty good feeling that the former has the favorite to […]

With AEW Dynasty officially in the rear-view mirror, the former Bellas, Nikki and Brie, decided to discuss the most surprising Pay-Per-View of the year on their The Nicole & Brie Show, including the condition of the latter’s husband, the “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson. While Danielson notoriously sold a neck injury at the end of the […]

While the vast majority of wrestling fans are still in aw over how impressive Will Ospreay’s match was against Bryan Danielson at AEW Dynasty, with Dave Meltzer giving the bout a 6.5-star rating – the second-highest graded match ever on  the Wrestling Observer scale – others remain focused on his comments regarding Paul “Triple H” […]

When Triple H effectively declared that he was happy WWE didn’t land Will Ospreay in free agency because he wasn’t “in it for the grind” in an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, it created a massive story, a Cold War-style feud, and a debate only over which side was “right,” be it “The Game” […]

After working one of the greatest bouts in AEW history in the seventh contest on the Dynasty card, a match that, to paraphrase the old adage, “could headline any show on any night in the world,” you’d think Will Ospreay would be asked about his 32-minute war with Bryan Danielson during the media scrum, right? […]

When news broke that Will Ospreay was going to wrestle Bryan Danielson in a Pay-Per-View match at AEW Dynasty, expectations were set very high. After watching Ospreay and Danielson consistently wrestle some of the best matches in AEW over their respective tenures, with the former working fantastic efforts against Konosuke Takeshita, Katsuyori Shibata, and Claudio […]

While the biggest talking point out of AEW Dynamite last week was Tony Khan’s decision to have the Young Bucks air the fight between CM Punk and Jack Perry at All In last August, Nicholas and Matthew Jackson weren’t the only members of the promotion to take a shot at WWE on the show, with […]

In the lead-up to WrestleMania 40, one of the big storylines going around the IWC was Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s thinly veiled attack on Will Osprey after the “Ariel Assassin” spurned WWE for AEW in free agency, lambasting his seeming unwillingness to “embrace the grind” of RAW or SmackDown versus the lighter workload of Tony […]

When it comes to professional wrestlers in 2024, there’s Will Ospreay, and there’s everybody else. A dynamic athlete who can do darn-near anything he comes up with with the splash, flash, and physical drama of a young Kenny Omega, Ospreay has quickly established himself as the most prolific wrestler in the history of the Dave […]

After turning in a massive effort against Katsuyori Shibata in the opening match of Collision, Bryan Danielson, covered in bruises from his winning effort, decided to cut a promo about gratitude; gratitude for his second chance at professional wrestling, for a chance to work with the man known simply as “The Wrestler,” and for having […]

Though he has since become one of the true pillars of the promotion, when AEW started, Bryan Danielson was widely known as Daniel Bryan, the former Universal Champion who had just returned to action for WWE after a two-year forced retirement. Discussing what it was like to see the promotion transform from a single event […]

With AEW Dynasty just over a month away, there is somehow only one match officially announced for the show: Will Ospreay versus Bryan Danielson for the moniker of the best wrestler in the world. No pressure, right? So after having a one-on-one with the “American Dragon” on Collision the week before, Ospreay decided to book […]

After working an absolutely incredible bout with Konosuke Takeshita at Revolution, stealing a show that featured Sting’s final match alongside Darby Allin against the Young Bucks, Will Ospreay backed it up with another five-star match in his second match as a full-time AEW star, besting his United Empire teammate Kyle Fletcher in the Dynamite main […]

Heading into New Japan Pro Wrestling’s premier show of the year, Wrestle Kingdom 18, one match rose above the rest as the bout to watch for fans in America, Japan, and everywhere else, really: Bryan Danielson versus Kazuchika Okada II. A match with nothing at stake but some serious bragging rights, Danielson, who won the […]

When it comes to professional wrestling, Bryan Danielson has pretty much done it all. He wrestled all over the world, put Ring Of Honor on the map, and went on to have an all-time great run in WWE largely fueled by the passion of the fans, headlining WrestleMania twice, earning a custom hemp championship belt, […]

When news broke that Bryan Danielson was not only part of the AEW disciplinary committee but was part of the decision-making process that recommended CM Punk’s firing after his physical altercation with Jack Perry and Tony Khan at All In, it drew a variety of different reactions from around the online wrestling community. Some made […]

As crazy as it may sound, it has officially been over five years since fans saw The Bella Twins, now known as Brie and Nikki Garcia, share the ring together. True pioneers of female professional wrestling within the WWE and beyond, the Bellas were innovators, using their offscreen efforts to fuel on-screen interest and working […]

Though he may be forever remembered by a segment of the professional wrestling world as the leader of the “Yes! Movement” – not to be confused with the “Yeah! Movement” of 2023 – Bryan Danielson is also widely regarded as one of the greatest technical wrestlers of his or any generation, with the Wrestling Observer […]

After securing a massive win over “Hangman” Adam Page at WrestleDream, Swerve Strickland is gearing up for his biggest match yet, facing off against the “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson on one of the biggest television shows of the year, when Dynamite runs opposite NXT for a special edition of Title Tuesday. Discussing the forthcoming ratings […]

When news broke that the Bellas, Nikki and Brie, were finishing up their contracts with WWE sans any sort of an extension in favor of hitting it independently under their given names, Nikkie and Brie Garcia, it felt like only a matter of time before the duo joined the latter’s husband, Bryan Danielson, in AEW. […]

When Tony Khan announced that, after booking All In for the last weekend in August and All Out for the first weekend in September, that he had booked a brand new AEW Pay-Per-View, WrestleDream, planned for the first Sunday in October, this time coming to fans from the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, it […]

Since transitioning from full-time wrestler to full-time producer, Tyson Kidd has worked with many, if not most of the WWE Universe in a backstage, behind-the-scenes capacity. From producing matches, to providing advice, to even inviting Superstar to his home to work alongside his wife Natalya in a sort of Hart Dungeon 2.0, if Kidd endorses […]

With the Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 list rapidly hitting social media, fans from around the professional wrestling world have begun to debate who deserves the number one spot on the list, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Jon Moxley – who rank one, two, and three in a very The Shield-y coincidence – or another wrestler entirely. […]

Unfortunately for Bryan Danielson, he was simply too injured to work a match at Wembley Stadium at AEW’s All In. He didn’t get to enjoy wrestling in front of one of the biggest crowds in wrestling history, didn’t get to throw down with… whomever he was internally slated to throw down with, be that Zack […]

After taking care of business in a brutal strap match with Ricky Starks at All Out in Chicago, Bryan Danielson made his return to AEW television on Collision, where he was slated for some promo time. Taking the ring with Tony Schiavone, Danielson marched down to the ring to the applause of the Ohio crowd […]

With CM Punk officially out of AEW, Tony Khan has to rally and rally quick to find a way to re-tool Collision basically on the spot. Officially launched on June 17th, 2023, Collision was effectively built around and for the talent of the “Best in the World,” who was working a program with Ricky Starks, […]

When news broke that Edge’s contract was coming to an end in WWE without a new deal officially secured, fans immediately started to wonder if the man born Adam Copeland would join his long-time friend Christian Cage in AEW. On paper, the idea would go a little something like this: after being sent to pasture […]