Bryan Danielson Reacts To Fans Being Upset Over Him Not Bashing WWE

Bryan Danielson found major success in WWE as Daniel Bryan, and he managed to win numerous championships during his run with the company. But earlier this year his contract expired, and he decided to leave WWE to join All Elite Wrestling.

At All Out fans saw Danielson make his AEW debut, and since then he’s been making regular appearances on AEW programming. Bryan has also been openly talking about his time with WWE and he’s made it clear that he loved working for WWE.

Bryan Danielson recently spoke to Jimmy Traina on the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast about the negative reaction to him praising WWE and he noted that some people want to pick a side.

“After I got a little promo and I said, ‘I love where I worked before,’ that got a huge chorus of boos,” Danielson noted. “But it’s true. I think that also speaks to it’s not just a wrestling culture thing. I think there’s also a tribalism in our country right now. The narrative of being on one side or the other, and I think most people are actually very rational and will enjoy both sides, but I think the harder edges, and those are the people who tend to speak out more.

“If you like both, you’re not going to go on social media and say anything controversial that’s going to get a lot of responses. If you say, ‘Oh AEW was great last night, but I really enjoyed this about WWE as well.’ Nobody’s gonna say anything. You just do one or the other. I think that’s one of the negatives of social media is it tends to emphasize the harshness in either direction.”

H/T Wrestling Inc.