Bryan Danielson had been open about needing neck surgical procedure even earlier than his AEW World Championship win at All In 2024. Understanding Danielson would finally go beneath the knife, nobody assumed his reign would rival Roman Reigns’, nevertheless it was nonetheless considerably surprising to see Danielson dismantled so decidedly at WrestleDream in his house state of Washington. Earlier stories urged that one other Washington native, Darby Allin, was being thought-about for his first AEW World Championship run. This led many to surprise why it was Jon Moxley, not Allin, featured in the principle occasion at WrestleDream from the Tacoma Dome. So far as these reserving choices, Dave Meltzer of the “Wrestling Observer Publication” claimed that, whereas Allin might nonetheless win the title in some unspecified time in the future, transitioning the belt to a heel Moxley was the “secret plan” all alongside.
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“Whereas the story was out about Darby Allin being deliberate for the title this 12 months after Bryan Danielson, the key plan from months in the past was at all times Danielson to Jon Moxley,” Meltzer mentioned. “Apparently the one individuals who had been purported to know had been Tony Khan, Moxley, Danielson, and Allin. Danielson didn’t need to win the title, however Khan talked him into it.”
Meltzer mentioned the brand new model of the Blackpool Fight Membership, which in latest weeks has wreaked havoc as an unpredictable and violent power, was an concept Moxley got here up with. The angle has given AEW programming, notably “AEW Dynamite,” a brand new edge, with a palpable sense of hazard pervading the complete present. WWE Corridor of Famer Bully Ray counseled the angle’s influence on the pacing of “Dynamite,” and ECW legend Tommy Dreamer has speculated on who will inevitably play the “savior” function, suggesting one member of the roster AEW followers haven’t seen in a while.
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