Bryan Danielson’s upcoming match at All In in opposition to Swerve Strickland for the AEW World Championship was already brimming with emotional weight, and on Saturday evening, Danielson added a brand new wrinkle. In an interview with Jim Ross on Saturday’s version of “AEW Collision,” Danielson spoke candidly about his damage historical past and disclosed that, earlier than the tip of 2024, he’ll doubtless want neck surgical procedure.
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“I put my physique via quite a bit, ?” Danielson stated. “A number of the wrestlers who’ve wrestled for a protracted time period — lots of them have not performed the loopy issues I’ve performed on the independents, simply to get observed … Even the way in which I really feel proper now, I imply, the chances are I am gonna need to get neck surgical procedure earlier than the tip of this 12 months.”
After 25 years within the enterprise, Bryan Danielson feels he is as mentally robust as he is ever been! However can his physique deal with the final word CHALLENGE that’s the #AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland at #AEWALLIN!?
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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) August 11, 2024
Danielson didn’t disclose additional particulars about his well being. Whereas some followers will probably suspect that Danielson genuinely wants surgical procedure, believing as an alternative that his phrases are a part of the storyline, WrestlePurists’ Ibou says he is heard in any other case.
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“AEW insists to me this can be a shoot which sucks a lot,” Ibou posted on his personal X account (previously Twitter). “He reduce on his workload large, and was initially purported to do Blood and Guts.”
Regardless of his anticipated surgical procedure, Danielson continues to be anticipated to compete in opposition to Strickland at All In in Wembley Stadium, the place Strickland will put up his title whereas Danielson places up his remaining profession. Danielson has remained adamant that he is already within the final 12 months of his profession as an lively wrestler; whereas his TV character has been clear about his intention to “by no means wrestle once more” ought to he lose to Strickland, Danielson himself has expressed that full-time retirement is unlikely. Potential neck surgical procedure, nevertheless, relying on its severity, might throw a wrench into “The American Dragon’s” retirement plans.
After listening to about Danielson’s anticipated surgical procedure and ongoing well being problems, Strickland took to social media, merely posting a inexperienced checkmark beside the phrase “famous.”
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— The Realest Swerve Strickland (@swerveconfident) August 11, 2024
