Bryan Danielson is getting the most out of his last full-time year in professional wrestling.
All Elite Wrestling‘s Bryan Danielson recently sat down with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated. When asked about this being his last full-time year as a professional wrestler, Danielson said he wants to go out feeling like he’s doing his best work.
“This is my last year as a full-time wrestler, and I really want to go out–and I feel like I can–producing my absolute best work,” Bryan Danielson said. “I loved my match against Okada, I loved the Zack Sabre Jr. match, I loved the match I just had with Eddie [Kingston] at Revolution. I love what I’m doing, and I’m excited about what’s to come.”
But going out doing his best work goes beyond what he’s doing inside the squared circle. Danielson would like to continue to better himself on the microphone as well.
“When I say I want to produce my best work, that’s not just from a match standpoint–it’s also with interviews,” Bryan Danielson revealed. “I think about the backstage interview with Eddie at Revolution. I didn’t know what Eddie was going to say, and he didn’t know what I was going to say.
“There’s ideas of what pro wrestling interviews are, and it’s typically boxed into a certain kind of thing. I think there’s room for experimenting with that. We did that in the Continental Classic with the backstage interviews, and it wasn’t just with my interviews–we did that with Daniel Garcia’s interviews, Eddie’s interviews, Mark Briscoe’s interviews.
Bryan Danielson believes the way wrestlers tell stories needs to keep evolving
“The ability for these performers to be vulnerable and not necessarily cut a stereotypical pro wrestling promo, that’s a great opportunity. And that’s not anything against a stereotypical pro wrestling promo–those can be great, too.
“We want to create change and bring in new ideas. And we should be doing more interviews when you lose. You can tell a different story when you lose a match. That leads to the bigger picture. The way we tell our stories, it needs to keep evolving.”
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