Bryan Danielson Says He Was Very Sick When He Wrestled Matt Menard

Bryan Danielson took on Matt Menard on the September 28, 2022 episode of AEW Dynamite. The match was part of the ongoing story between Danielson, Chris Jericho, Daniel Garcia, and Jericho Appreciation Society.

Speaking to Josh Mansour on UNSCRIPTED, Danielson revealed he was sick going into the bout.

“I love to wrestle. Some people don’t want to wrestle every week on TV. No, I want to wrestle every week. One time, I was sick, super sick. Tony (Khan) knows me so well, he came up to me, I’m lying on the floor in the trainer’s room and Tony goes, ‘Bryan, do you want to wrestle today?’ I go, ‘Not really.’ He was so blown away by that. He had never asked me about wrestling a match and I said, ‘Not really.’ He goes, ‘Oh. I just had an idea and you don’t have to do it if you don’t want to.’ ‘What’s the match?’ ‘It would really help the show.’ It wasn’t even a guilt trip. ‘I can do it. If it’s better for the show, I’ll do it. I can get through this match, sick as a dog.’ I wrestled Matt Menard, who hadn’t done a singles match in three years. I’m sick as a dog, he hadn’t wrestled a match in however long, and we had nine minutes to go do our thing. When we came back, I had so much fun. I was sick as a dog, we went out there and did this thing, and it was so much fun,” said Danielson.

Danielson was victorious in the match.

Elsewhere during the interview, Danielson called MJF the most overrated wrestler currently. You can find out why here.

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