Bryan Danielson discusses his broken arm he suffered back at Forbidden Door.
On the AEW Collision prior to AEW All Out, many fans were unsure who would step up to defend Ricky Steamboat against Ricky Starks, with the previous answer obviously being CM Punk. However, Bryan Danielson would answer the call, returning a month ahead of schedule from a broken arm. Danielson would go on to win this match.
Back at Forbidden Door however, Danielson suffered a broken arm off a Kazuchika Okada elbow drop, which was expected to take him out until October at earlier.
In a new interview with Sports Illustrated, Danielson reflected on the bout with Okada, and noted that the injury was the worst he’d had.
“Hindsight? I think I had more fun because of it. During the match, I turned to the referee and said, ‘I think I fractured my arm.’ I’m in the ring with someone whose English isn’t his first language, and we didn’t even know for sure what it was to communicate. Even after the match when I was in the press conference, I didn’t realize how bad the break was.” This is where you look at what is really satisfaction. Satisfaction and pleasure are not the same thing. Satisfaction comes from doing something hard and accomplishing it. So the satisfaction came from doing the hard thing and seeing it through to completion. Although I talk about the satisfaction of completing the match against Okada with the broken arm, it’s actually the singular worst injury I’ve had. My neck injury was worse, but that was the result of years of abuse on my neck. It’s the same with the concussions. No single concussion was worse than the break of my arm. And because of that, it put me at a point where I couldn’t be there for my kids the way I wanted.”
Bryan Danielson
Danielson is now scheduled to face off with Zack Sabre Jr at AEW WrestleDream on October 1st.
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