Anthony Bowens Says Bryan Danielson Requested Match With Him

On the November 5, 2021 episode of AEW Rampage, Bryan Danielson defeated Anthony Bowens in the opening match of the show.

Bowens recently spoke with PinkNews, where he spoke about being in the ring with Danielson, as well as Sting and other top AEW stars in his run with the company.

Bowens said that being in the ring with Danielson was a big confidence boost for him, saying:

“To be on the shortlist of people that both Sting and Bryan Danielson have wrestled so far in AEW, or even just in general, is mind-blowing. That match in particular (Danielson) was a turning point for me as a performer. I was always very confident in myself and my abilities but you don’t truly know until you get in the wring with someone who I consider to be one of the best wrestlers in the world right now, if not the best. It was such a big confidence boost to go out there and know that I not only hung with Danielson, but I beat his ass… and then he actually got me at the end, but that’s not the point of the story! (Laughs) Everyone cheats against The Acclaimed, it’s very unfair!”

Bowens continued on, saying that Danielson himself requested to wrestle Bowens on Rampage. He revealed:

“I don’t know if I’m supposed to go into the insider stuff, but Bryan personally requested that match with me, which made me even more confident. And I stepped up and hit it out of the ballpark. It unlocked this side of me where I’m so confident out there now. I thought, ‘If this guy believes in me just like Tony does, I can literally do anything.’”

Bowens recently stepped into the ring with Jon Moxley on AEW Rampage. Bowens currently has a 66% win/loss record in 2022. For a full list of AEW men’s win/loss records for 2022, click here.

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• Anthony Bowens
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