Bryan Danielson says this retirement will be nice, compared to his first one.
Bryan Danielson has previously said that 2024 will be his last year as a full-time wrestler. His AEW contract is coming up this year as well, leaving his future up in the air.
Speaking on The Nikki & Brie Show, Bryan Danielson's eventual retirement came up in the conversation. Brie, Danielson's wife, noted that she would not hold her breath when that day came.
Brie Danielson: When the day is, whenever you retire, I’m not gonna hold my breath, I will never hold my breath with you.
Bryan Danielson: Why?
Brie: Because you’ve said it so many times.
Bryan: I haven’t said it so many times.
Brie: Kind of.
Bryan: What do you mean?
Brie: There’s so many times I thought maybe you were gonna retire. [Laughs]
Bryan: When? When I was forced to retire, that was the one time. Then there was in between WWE and AEW, when I actually wanted to be done, and then you got mad at me for even suggesting the idea. [Laughs]
Brie: Well, the only reason, I was like, opportunities like this never come around.
Brie then noted that she felt like there was another time when Bryan was going to retire. He disagreed but noted that this time would be nice. Bryan explained that, compared to his first forced retirement, this one would be on his own timing.
"No, but yeah, this one will be, this is nice, versus the first forced retirement because this will be kind of the timing of my own," Bryan said.
Tony Khan recently said that he wants Bryan Danielson to stay with AEW forever in some capacity. Check out his comments here.
Bryan Danielson will compete on the June 5 episode of AEW Dynamite. Fightful will have coverage of the show as it airs, as well as a post-show podcast on our YouTube channel.
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