Bryan Danielson: There Would Be Hurdles, But If Nick Khan Thought It Was Best For WWE To Collaborate With AEW, It’d Be A Huge Win For Wrestling Fans

WWE and AEW are putting on major events on Saturday with AEW running All Out in the afternoon and WWE running Wrestlepalooza in the evening. AEW moved All Out, which was originally scheduled for the evening, to the afternoon to avoid going head-to-head.

Speaking to Josh Mansour on UNSCRIPTED, Bryan Danielson was asked if he could see WWE and AEW collaborating at any point.

“It’d be interesting. Tony Khan has a collaborative mindset. Where we’re at right now, it seems more like WWE is trying to put us out of business rather than wanting to go into business. The landscape of wrestling has changed so much in the last six or seven years that I would never say never. I don’t know exactly how it plays out as far as who is on top of who in the corporate structure of WWE, but if Nick Khan, who is a great businessman and has brokered these incredible deals for WWE, if he thought it was best for WWE to do some sort of collaboration with AEW, say once a year, and it was great for wrestling fans and wrestlers….there would be some hurdles there as far as the relationship goes because there have been some nasty things said on both sides. You have to overcome those things. If you could get there, it would be a huge win for wrestling fans.

“Do I see that happening in the next year [grimaces, indicating a no, and laughs]. A lot of bridges have been burned, and a lot of bridges need to be mended for that to happen. You have people within AEW and WWE who genuinely love each other as people. I have friends there who I will love until the day I die. It’s not just wrestlers. It’s people in management. Likewise, there are people in WWE who love people in AEW. Not just the wrestlers. Love some of the people in leadership roles in AEW. There is enough love there that something could happen, but there’s also enough bad blood to where it’s like [shakes head and laughs]”

Elsewhere during the interview, Danielson commented on potentially teaming with his wife Brie Bella in the future. You can find his full comments here.

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