Bryan Danielson spent years performing as Daniel Bryan in WWE, but in 2021 his contract with World Wrestling Entertainment expired and he decided to take a chance and jump to All Elite Wrestling. Since then Bryan has become one of the top stars in AEW. However, he’s said in the past that signing with AEW wasn’t an easy decision for him.
Over the last year or so Bryan has spoken highly of his time with WWE, but during a special edition of The Sessions with Renee Paquette at Starrcast he explained that the schedule and creative freedom AEW allows is what ultimately helped him make his choice.
“So people think that I had 2 options between WWE and AEW. And the reality was that I was considering 3 options, which were WWE, AEW, or just not being a full-time wrestler anymore and just being a full-time dad. When I told that to Brie with the money that each company was offering me, she might have wanted to kill me. But really it came down to a little bit of schedule, a little bit of creative freedom, and also just this idea of I had been there for so long, maybe something new would be a little bit fun. But then also I kind of wanted to bleed, which is a weird thing to say.”
Bryan Danielson recently returned to action on Dynamite after being sidelined due to injury since the Double or Nothing pay-per-view in May. He was defeated by Daniel Garcia in his first match back.
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