Bryan Danielson overcame insurmountable odds to return to the ring at WrestleMania 34.
Former WWE Champion and current AEW star Bryan Danielson recently appeared on Wrestling Observer Radio and discussed his return to the ring in 2018 following a nearly three-year long retirement due to neck issues.
"Being able to comeback was such a joy, that I wasn't worried about any of that," Danielson explained when asked about the story between himself, Shane McMahon, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn heading into WrestleMania 34. "I honestly, not that I didn't care, I did care, I wanted things to make sense. When things pop in your brain of 'I wish it were this or it could be better if it were this.' I really find that now to be counter productive for me, especially in this industry and situations where you don't have the ability to change them. I might have had a little bit of that, but I also got to be in the ring with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. That was super cool for me. Those two guys, especially Sami, had been really good friends for such a long time. Was it the best thing it possibly could have been? No. Looking back, it'd be easy to say that we could have done a better job with that whole thing, I eventually ended up turning heel six months later [laughs], maybe less. I wasn't even thinking (about the story). Maybe that was part of the problem. I was so happy to just be back that I was satisfied with anything."
Danielson & McMahon were victorious over Owens & Zayn in Bryan's return bout.
Danielson allowed his WWE deal to expire following a decade-plus run with the company and made his AEW debut in September 2021.
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