During a recent appearance on the “Nikki & Brie Show,” Bryan Danielson discussed his mindset for evaluating his matches over the course of his career.
Danielson also explained his mindset while recovering from the broken arm injury that prevented him from competing at AEW All In 2023.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On how he categorizes his matches: “I don’t have favorite matches. Anybody who knows me knows that. I judge things by my experience when I’m out there, like, ‘Do I enjoy myself?’ — and I enjoy myself a lot, in a lot of my matches with AEW. I’ve had fun with a lot of them [opponents] — even the harder ones … in my last match, I broke my arm. I wrestled [Kazuchika] Okada. He did an elbow drop to me off the top rope, and it ended up breaking my arm, [and] then I wrestled another ten minutes with a broken arm, which the doctors said made it worse [laughs].”
On his mentality regarding the missed opportunity to perform at AEW All In 2023: “That said, I find a certain joy in doing things that are hard and finishing it… There are a lot of health benefits to fasting, but when you put yourself in an uncomfortable position, and you keep doing it, it’s like, ‘Can I do this and keep a good attitude — while being in pain, while being in starving’ … those are things I think to myself when these things are happening.”
