Bryan Danielson will make his next title defense against Jon Moxley in the main event of Saturday’s AEW WrestleDream pay-per-view event. Should Danielson lose, then he will retire from full-time wrestling.
Danielson knows his in-ring career is winding down. He plans to get neck surgery by the end of this year, and those issues are impacting his in-ring performances.
While speaking with The Uncrowned, Danielson noted that his recent title vs. title match with Kazuchika Okada on Dynamite didn’t pan out how he hoped:
Danielson stated, “Midway through the match, I started losing strength in my legs,” Danielson admitted. “There’s a point later in the match where I’m trying to kick him and I can’t turn over my kicks. That’s something that I have the body mechanics to do because I have been doing it for so long, but here I am and I can’t turn my hip over for this kick. When I got to the back, I went to the trainer right away and they worked on me for like 30 minutes. They said it was stemming from the neck stuff. It’s getting to a point where, physically, we’re seeing the signs. I haven’t been sleeping well because I have been having this shooting pain down my arm.”
