Bryan Danielson will be facing off against Swerve Strickland for the AEW World Championship at this Sunday’s All In: London pay-per-view event. If Danielson loses, he’ll be forced to retire.
Earlier this year, The American Dragon announced that he’s planning to end his career as a full-time wrestler this year. With that being said, he has indicated that he’ll continue to wrestle occasionally.
During a recent appearance on “BBC Radio,” Danielson revealed that he’s at peace with retirement should he lose at AEW All In: London.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On the possibility of retirement: “Yeah. Yeah, I am. If I wasn’t at peace with it, we wouldn’t have done that, right? [laughs] I also think that, I’ve been wrestling for 25 years at this point. To me, it’s now or nothing as far as winning the AEW World Championship. I came in and I said I was going to kick people’s heads in and win the AEW World Championship. I’ve kicked a lot of people’s heads in, but I haven’t won a single title.”
On losing nineteen straight matches: “I think it was Alex Marvez, he’s our guy that knows all the stats and stuff like that. [He said], I don’t know if you know this, but you’ve lost, even going back to WWE, I haven’t won a title match in my last 19 attempts. So it’s like, I’m at peace with it. My life is different now. When I was forced to retire, I wasn’t ready. 2015 was kind of my last match, but I was forced to retire in 2016. At that point, I’m 35 years old and I’m just like, this doesn’t feel right. I also didn’t have anything else to put my attention and focus towards and now I do, I have a wonderful family that I’m excited about spending time with and everything. So yeah, it’s a very different place when it’s by choice and you’re not forced.”
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