Tonight is AEW Grand Slam, and although Bryan Danielson by no means formally accepted the problem laid out by Nigel McGuinness, it is all however sure that the 2 previous rivals will lock up for the primary time in virtually 15 years. Whereas there have been seeds planted for a very long time, the direct construct to this non-title bout has been fast, with a lot of the promotion going down on social media in addition to TV during the last two weeks.
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McGuinness took the time to put up a video on his X account forward of tonight’s present, providing the viewers one other aspect of himself whereas explaining the true motivations behind his want to wrestle Danielson as soon as once more. The “AEW Collision” commentator and former ROH World Champion said that he is been speaking trash to Danielson for a very long time, however there’s one thing he hasn’t been fully sincere about.
“The reality is that each one of it was to cover the truth that my lack of success and my failure to realize what you probably did, Bryan, was nobody’s fault however my very own,” McGuinness mentioned. “As a result of I used to be a coward. I used to be afraid, and I hated myself for it, as a result of I knew I might by no means get again these 13 years. And I can not now. However in the event you present up, Bryan, I can nonetheless have the dream — show that I used to be your equal.”
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From 2011 till AEW All In final month, McGuinness had not wrestled a match. Although many followers believed {that a} case of Hepatitis B was stopping the wrestler from getting again within the ring, McGuinness not too long ago indicated he retired for different causes and he had been capable of resume in-ring exercise for fairly a while; he had simply chosen to not. McGuinness is now set to participate in his first singles match in 13 years — so long as Danielson accepts the problem.
