Bryan Danielson Says He Doesn’t Believe The World Championship Is His Position To Be In

Bryan Danielson doesn’t want the AEW World Championship.

Bryan Danielson is considered to be one of the best wrestlers in the world and overall one of the absolute greats when it comes to pro wrestling. However, despite being all that and a bag of chips, Danielson does not believe he fits in the picture or position for an AEW World Championship.

“I don’t want to be in that [world champion] position–I don’t feel like that’s my position anymore,” Danielson told Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated. “The quality of wrestling in AEW is so high, it’s really hard to main-event pay-per-views. That’s not something my body can really do anymore. I know there are a percentage of fans who would like that, but I don’t think it’s my place. And here’s the truth: I don’t want anything to do creatively with my own stuff. I also don’t know where people get the notion that I do. It’s very hard in wrestling to be objective about yourself, so I leave that in the hands of other people.

“That was the same thing in WWE, even when I was part of the creative team. The head writer of SmackDown at the time, Ryan Callahan, asked me what I wanted to do, and I remember saying I didn’t want to talk about what I wanted to do. I don’t think you can be objective about that stuff.”

Danielson fought and defeated Shingo Takagi in the first round of the Owen Hart Tournament at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door.

h/t to Fightful for the transcription.

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