Bryan Danielson made his big return to AEW television on Saturday’s episode of Collision to set up a strap match with Ricky Starks at tonight’s All Out pay-per-view event.
Danielson had been sidelined with a broken arm since June. A previous report on Friday noted he was expected back in action in October, possibly before the October 1st WrestleDream PPV in Seattle.
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discussed Danielson returning from injury earlier than expected.
Alvarez: Bryan Danielson vs. Ricky Starks tomorrow in a no DQ strap match. This guy is not supposed to be back tomorrow. He’s not supposed to be. You just wrote about it two days ago that it was touch and go for October.”
Meltzer: “No. He was going to be back in October. October was the scheduled return and it was touch and go for mid-September or I mean, it was essentially touch and go for the New York show [Arthur Ashe Stadium]. And I figured he was going to debut on the Seattle shows, if not the New York show. So it’s 17 days earlier. He was healing better than expected and it’s earlier than I expected. Put it that way and that’s from being appraised of the situation. It’s earlier. I was surprised. He’s a team player.”
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