Bryan Danielson’s full-time wrestling profession got here to an finish earlier this month, with Danielson dropping the AEW World Championship to Jon Moxley on the annual AEW WrestleDream pay-per-view. Danielson had been on one thing of a farewell run during the last 12 months, with followers and wrestlers alike paying shut consideration to his matches with the data that they will be a few of his final.
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One of many wrestlers Danielson confronted in his remaining run was Brody King, member of the Home of Black. Showing on the “Wrestle Mobs” podcast, King revealed how their match first got here collectively.
“When Bryan mentioned that it was going to be his final 12 months as a full-time wrestler, I spoke with him and I mentioned, ‘Hey, I’d like to be by some means a part of your remaining 12 months,'” King mentioned. “So having that match with him within the Continental Basic was … enormous, for me personally.”
The match between Danielson and King happened in the primary occasion of an “AEW Collision” episode from final December, with Danielson successful after quarter-hour. Danielson finally superior to the semi-finals earlier than dropping to Eddie Kingston.
In response to King, his wrestling profession was modeled on the work of performers like Danielson, with CM Punk and Samoa Joe additionally cited as main influences. A part of what he discovered from these wrestlers was the significance of forging your personal path by the trade, and Danielson’s former Blackpool Fight Membership ally William Regal supplied an analogous thought earlier in King’s profession.
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“One of many items of recommendation that Regal gave me was, ‘Do the whole lot you need in wrestling, after which on the finish of the day, if you wish to come right here, we’ll discuss that,'” King continued, referring to Regal’s earlier place as expertise scout in WWE.
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