Bryan Danielson Says He’s Been Struggling With The Weekly Travel For AEW Commentary Role

Bryan Danielson opens up about his struggles with his new role in AEW.

Back in September, Bryan Danielson returned to AEW in a full-time commentary role, primarily working on episodes of AEW Dynamite alongside Excalibur and Tony Schiavone.

Speaking with Chris Van Vliet for a new interview, Danielson talked about how he wasn’t anticipating the new role and how the weekly travel has been difficult for him.

“It’s been interesting because I wasn’t anticipating being a commentator. So I was at home, and then they asked me to come in because Taz was getting shoulder surgery, and to come and help out a little bit. But traveling has been difficult for me. That’s one of the things I didn’t expect, because I’ve traveled my entire adult life. It’s no big deal. But with my neck as bad as it is, all of a sudden, it was almost, gosh. It was like eight or nine months where I was only traveling maybe once a month. I’d go to the pay-per-views and all that kind of stuff. But yeah, the weekly travel has been a lot, and it’s just been made sleeping hard and that sort of thing.”

‘The American Dragon’ went on to specifically detail some of the issues that he has faced with his travel.

“It’s also just lugging luggage around. So I typically just have a carry-on in a backpack, or whatever it is. But then it’s like being uncomfortable in the chair. I’ve made some adjustments, so I have a cervical pillow now that I travel with me, because for a while I was just sleeping with one of those hand towels underneath my neck, just so it’s not being pushed up or anything like that. But it’s impossible. I live on the West Coast, and then I also live an hour and a half to two hours from the airport, so it’s impossible for all these cross-country flights to stay in good posture the whole time, that kind of stuff. And then, heaven forbid, I fall asleep and I do this, and then I wake up like, oh no, I can’t feel my hand.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Danielson once again commented on his in-ring future. Check out his full comments by clicking here.

If you missed anything from Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite, catch up on the show by clicking here.

Special thanks to Chris Van Vliet for the quote(s) provided in this video.