Bryan Danielson provides an update.
Bryan Danielson has said that 2024 will be his last year as a full-time wrestler. He has also stated that his AEW contract is set to expire before AEW All In on August 25th. Danielson is set to challenge Swerve Strickland for the AEW World Championship at the pay-per-view.
On their YouTube channel, AEW posted an extended cut of the Bryan Danielson interview that aired on the July 24th episode of AEW Dynamite. In the extended cut, Renee Paquette asked Danielson about his contract, as she said that she heard it was set to expire in August.
“Yeah, yeah. That’s true. August 1st, actually. Next Thursday. My wrestling contract is up. Which also happens to be my son’s fourth birthday," Danielson said.
Danielson was then asked to comment on what this meant for his future. He stated that he was not going to "MJF" the situation and try to get all the money.
“So I’m not saying this. Tony talked about this in an interview, so I feel comfortable talking about it. I’m not MJF-ing this. I’m not trying to use my contract to be like, ‘Oh, I’m gonna get all the money. Somebody give me all the money.’ Yeah, my contract is up August 1st. When I signed this contract, me and Brie, we talked about how this would be the last wrestling contract I was gonna sign. So yeah, part of me is wondering what life is like after this. Part of me is excited about that. But right now, even though Wembley is after this, I still have to focus on that. That’s gotta be kind of my focus. So yeah, it’s a wild time," Danielson said.
Fightful will provide more information as it becomes available.
Tony Khan recently said that he knew that Danielson was planning to stay with AEW for a long time. Check out his comments here.
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