Bryan Danielson was sidelined in the summer when he suffered a broken arm while wrestling Kazuchika Okada on June 25 at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door before returning on September 3, when he worked in a strap match against Ricky Starks at All Out.
Since that match, Danielson has wrestled a few times, including a tag team match and gimmick bouts, but when he steps into the ring against Zack Sabre Jr. this Sunday at the WrestleDream pay-per-view event, it will be his first singles match since returning.
While speaking to Joseph Staszewski of the New York Post, Danielson noted he “had to do more violent gimmick matches because it made it easier for him to protect his arm.” However, he’s “fully cleared” heading into Sunday’s match.
Danielson continued, “Our doctors would still not like me to do certain things, but from like two weeks ago when I had the tag match the strength in my hand is coming back way faster than they thought it would, the mobility and all that stuff. I still have to be cautious probably for the next year or so. They put a steel rod in my arm. One of the things they said is that it actually makes it more likely to break not where it broke before, but where the end of the rod is. It’s like a fulcrum for the bone to bend against.”
