Bryan Danielson recently sat down for an interview with Pwinsider to discuss his upcoming match against Zach Sabre Jr. at AEW WrestleDream. During the conversation, Danielson shared insights into his relationship with AEW President Tony Khan and the surprising role Khan envisions for him in the company’s creative hierarchy.
The conversation touched upon Tony Khan’s public statement regarding Danielson’s potential leadership in the event of Khan’s incapacitation or absence. When asked for his thoughts on Khan stating that should he be unable to run AEW, Danielson should be the one to takeover, Bryan said,
“It was really funny. He actually told me that he had said that to his dad maybe… Yeah. Or maybe he had told me that he said it in an interview. And I was a little bit blown away because I was like, “Oh, I’m just kind of hanging out.” I mean, I love doing my thing and I help people and all that kind of stuff. And Tony and I would have good conversations or whatever, but I wasn’t really that helpful. I was like, “Oh, okay.” And then he asked me like, yeah. He asked me to talk to a couple of the lawyers within AEW and start being like, “Okay, we’d like you to try to do this or try to do that or try to do these other things.” Because, heaven forbid, something does happen to Tony, there’s nobody else who even understands a fraction of how AEW works the way that Tony does, right? And so I think that was… It was really interesting and a little bit jarring for me when he said it but also that makes you feel respected, that makes you feel good about yourself when your boss thinks that about you.”
