Bryan Danielson Was Originally Supposed To Hit The Miz During Infamous Talking Smack Promo

There was more to happen during The Miz’s infamous worked shoot promo on Bryan Danielson.

When Danielson retired from the ring, he was originally made GM of SmackDown. This lead to him remaining as an important member of WWE television and included him getting into storylines with the in ring talent at the time. One person Bryan had a deep rivalry with during the time was The Miz. The pair would have tension until it exploded during an episode of Talking Smack, which was hosted by Renee Paquette and Bryan at the time.

Paquette and Danielson reunited at Starrcast V for a live episode of The Sessions and Danielson revealed the original intent behind the segment.

“Miz was very frustrated. He was Intercontinental Champion and not on TV much. I was very frustrated that they weren’t clearing me to wrestle despite numerous doctors having cleared me to wrestle. I understand why, but that’s a long story. We came up with this thing and the original plan that Mike and I had come up with is, I was going to fucking deck him. We wanted to get under each other’s skin so much that it was plausible that I could legit be angry enough to punch him. That was the intent, that I was going to punch him. The idea was, either they’re are going to fire me or it’s going to make people want to see the match so much that they would have to clear me to wrestle. Mike did such a great job; intuitively, I felt it was better to walk off and leave him. It was like, ‘God, this is so good, leave him with his heat.’ He was so good. He was magic. Mike and I don’t like each other, legitimately, but he’s somebody I respect a lot for working hard. When he was going off, I was like, ‘This is so good. It’d be so good if I punched him, but maybe it would resonate more and be better for him if I walked.’ So, that’s what happened. Everybody, including Maryse, was like, ‘why is this going on? What is happening?’ It would have been great television. It might have gotten canceled. I may have gotten fired. There would have been pluses and minuses,”

Bryan Danielson at Starrcast

Bryan would of course later return to the ring in the WWE and the feud was revisited upon the return from Danielson. Danielson is currently a member of the Blackpool Combat Club in AEW and most recently lost to Daniel Garcia on AEW Dynamite this past Wednesday.

H/T to Fightful for transcription

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