Bryan Danielson In-Ring Future & Retirement Update

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Bryan Danielson has shared an update on his health, commenting on the likelihood of him returning to wrestling.

After Danielson won the AEW World Championship in August 2024, the popular star announced that his full-time wrestling career would end after he dropped the gold.

Sure enough, we haven’t seen Danielson compete since losing the AEW World Title to Jon Moxley at WrestleDream 2024.

Speaking with Fightful in a newly published interview which was originally filmed in December, Danielson noted that he was in ‘not great’ physical condition, stating:

Not great. The reality of what I’ve done to my body is sometimes you feel not great.

“Other than that, you get so comfortable with discomfort. But that said, when you say like, ‘Okay, how does your body feel? Do you feel like you could go out and wrestle?’

“I’m like, ‘Absolutely not. There’s no, in no way, shape or form in the next three months. Does it feel like I could do anything even remotely physical like that,’ right? But that said, I’m happy, right?”

Believing that there’s a 50-50 chance that he’ll wrestle again, Danielson said:

“I mean, my priority is my health. I think of the odds of me wrestling again ever are probably 50-50 at this point. My desire is to not get neck surgery. So if I could, this idea of living comfortably, right?

“Okay, if I could live comfortably without neck surgery, but it means that I wouldn’t get to wrestle again, I think I’d be okay with that trade-off. I had neck surgery before and it wasn’t a good experience.

“It kind of messed up my spine in the upper area for the rest of my life. Like now my spine is altered. So it’s like, okay, if we can get to a point where I’m a little bit more comfortable without needing neck surgery but they say you can’t wrestle anymore, I think that’s a fair trade-off. I’ve had a good run, kid.”

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