Due to injury, Bryan Danielson will miss what is shaping up to be one of the biggest wrestling events in history.
The American Dragon suffered a broken arm during his match with Kazuchika Okada at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door in June but wrestled to the match’s planned conclusion. While the feat was undoubtedly impressive, it means that he’s unable to compete at All In and is likely to miss Grand Slam in September. The most recent update on his progress suggested the star won’t be back until October.
Appearing on the Nikki and Brie Show, Danielson has offered an update on his recovery, and how he came to terms with missing the spectacular at Wembley Stadium.
“He (Kazuchika Okada) did an elbow drop to me off the top rope and it ended up breaking my arm. Then I wrestled another 10 minutes with the broken arm, which the doctor said made it worse.
But, that said, I find a certain joy in doing things that are hard and finishing them and even though it probably caused me a little bit more damage, I got more value out of it given that-that had happened, versus if it had not happened and even though I, in no way shape or form — if I could take it back, I would wish my arm never got broken and that I’d be able to be able to wrestle at All In in Wembley (Stadium).
It’s gonna be one of the biggest wrestling crowds in history on Sunday and I don’t get to take part in it because my arm is still healing. But, despite that and I wouldn’t ask for my arm to be broken if I could do it over again. But because it did happen and I couldn’t control it, it almost gave more meaning to how I felt about the match itself and also, I did a press conference afterwards with my broken arm. Now, we didn’t know how bad it was at the time.
But I think there’s — and I do this a lot when I’m fasting. There’s a lot of health benefits to fasting, but when you put yourself in an uncomfortable position or you do something that’s uncomfortable and you keep doing it, the thing is not, okay, yeah, I did it. It’s can I do this? For example, while fasting or wrestling with a broken arm or doing a press conference with a broken arm. Can I do this and keep a good attitude while being in pain? While starving?
And those are things that I think about myself or I think to myself when these things are happening so that’s one of the matches that I’m really — if I’m looking back on something versus experiencing something in the moment.
I really enjoyed that match with Okada and as far as who wins between MJF and Adam Cole, I’m just excited to watch it. I think the spectacle of All In as far as being in front of such a large crowd, nobody in our generation of wrestlers has wrestled in front of that many people before. So I’m just excited to watch it and watch part of history.”
What Was Bryan Danielson Supposed To Do At All In?
Unsurprisingly, the former WWE star would have been in line for a huge match at the event had he not been injured. In fact, it’s been reported that Bryan Danielson was discussed as a potential opponent for Kenny Omega.
Danielson famously wrestled Omega to a thirty-minute draw on his AEW in-ring debut back in September 2021.
H/t to POST Wrestling