Bryan Danielson lists not wrestling Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart as considered one of his greatest regrets.
Earlier than WrestleDream, Bryan Danielson spoke with Shawn Garrett, who requested him if he had any regrets in wrestling. The previous AEW Champion confirmed he did, with lacking out on wrestling Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart being two large ones.
The American Dragon was skilled by Shawn Michaels as a teenager, whereas rising up as an enormous fan of Bret Hart. Each males retired earlier than Danielson might turn into a star in WWE, in order that dream match remained precisely that.
“Undoubtedly. There are issues that I’ve accomplished which have been silly.” Bryan Danielson stated. “The man that I at all times wished to wrestle however by no means obtained an opportunity to was Shawn Michaels. He was the man who first skilled me. He’s simply a type of guys who’s a legend. You’d like to get that likelihood.”
“There was a interval throughout 2013/2014 the place I assumed we had been virtually there and it might occur. That’s one. I obtained to be within the ring with Bret Hart as soon as (at Summerslam 2010), on his workforce. These form of individuals are folks, the “legend-style folks” that I want I might have wrestled.”
Bryan Danielson: The Diving Headbutt Is Actually Silly
Bryan Danielson continued, sharing that he regrets nonetheless doing the diving headbutt often. The transfer has infamously been blamed for quite a few head accidents, together with to Dynamite Child and Chris Benoit. Bryan Danielson notes that it doesn’t even get response, however that each one the wrestlers do issues within the second that they could remorse afterward.
“So far as stuff I’ve accomplished in wrestling, one of many issues that I in all probability shouldn’t have accomplished, but nonetheless do it generally, is the diving headbutt. It’s actually silly. It doesn’t even that nice a response. The danger-to-reward ratio is admittedly low.”
“However there are some issues that I do within the second that I don’t know why I’m doing it. I feel all of us get these issues. Everyone has vices. I don’t drink and I’ve by no means accomplished medication. None of that form of factor. However generally, my vice is after I’m on the market, doing one thing stupider than I in all probability ought to. It feels good within the second. Once I get to the again, it doesn’t really feel so good!”
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