Posted on 7/20/126 by Colin Vassallo
Speaking to Jeremy Lambert on his In The Weeds podcast, AEW
President Tony Khan explained the reason why Bryan Danielson
has not been doing commentary for the past several weeks.
Khan acknowledged that the former AEW champion is “beat up”
and in pain, so he’s giving him the time he needs to rest
up.
He said that it is a lot for Danielson to be on the road at
the moment and when he’s pain-free and able to travel, he
will return to his ringside commentary duties.
“But it’s a lot for Bryan being on the road, and a lot of
the utility of Bryan stepping away from the ring and resting
is him being home with his family and recovering, and trying
to be off the road,” Khan explained.
Khan said he thinks that for Danielson, even sitting on a
chair and moving around his head in front of the monitor is
hard.
“It’s harder than people understand with the injuries he’s
had. People don’t realize the toll that this business and
this sport has taken on this man. He’s done so much for all
of us, so it means the world to have him in AEW and be part
of this family, but also, that means now he’s done
everything he can in the ring for AEW at this point, and I
don’t need to drag him out and beat him up every week even
more when he’s hurting,” he continued.
Danielson has not done any commentary since April.
(Transcript courtesy of Fightful)