Together with his household at ringside and his profession on the road, Bryan Danielson lastly reached the top of AEW when he defeated Swerve Strickland in the primary occasion of AEW All In to change into the AEW World Champion. On high of the capability crowd in Wembley Stadium who willed the “American Dragon” to his first championship in AEW, there was one man who Danielson personally requested be ringside for his match, the Corridor of Fame voice of wrestling, Jim Ross.
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“I requested for Jim to be a part of the match,” Danielson stated in a latest interview with “Undisputed.” “He signed me to my first wrestling contract in 2000. I needed him to be a part of the decision. Jim remains to be incredible. I do know he is had a number of well being points and I am certain attending to London was no picnic, but it surely meant quite a bit to have him there. I’ve additionally developed a extremely sturdy friendship with Tony Schiavone, so it meant the world to me that each of them may name the match.”
Ross has had extreme well being issues over the previous few years which have led to him showing much less and fewer on AEW TV. Ross was initially on-hand to name weekly episodes of “AEW Dynamite,” however was moved to “AEW Rampage” in 2022 because of the present being half the size of a dwell “Dynamite” and taped.
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After slowly being phased out of “Rampage,” Ross was available to name fundamental occasion matches on “AEW Collision,” earlier than being a particular visitor commentator for large pay-per-view matches, corresponding to Sting’s retirement match at AEW Revolution 2024, and Danielson’s championship victory in London, England.
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