{"id":127300,"date":"2021-09-23T21:04:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T02:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=127300"},"modified":"2021-09-23T21:04:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T02:04:40","slug":"bryan-danielson-discusses-his-first-retirement-timetable-on-run-as-a-full-time-wrestler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/09\/23\/bryan-danielson-discusses-his-first-retirement-timetable-on-run-as-a-full-time-wrestler\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Danielson discusses his first retirement, timetable on run as a full-time wrestler"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3557568674\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Bryan Danielson&#8217;s first retirement was forced, but not strictly because of concussions alone.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on the <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/moose-maggie-wfan\/moose-and-maggie-with-bryan-danielson\">Moose &amp; Maggie show on WFAN Sports Radio New York<\/a>, Danielson said that it was him lying that led to his hiatus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I was kind of forced to retire, it was more based out of, like, because I lied to them,&#8221; Danielson said. &#8220;That\u2019s a good lesson to a lot of people. When you&#8217;re talking your medical history, be very honest, because some things were uncovered. (They said), &#8216;Wait a second. It&#8217;s not that we don&#8217;t think you can wrestle. We can&#8217;t trust you anymore with your body.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Danielson also discussed what his timetable was in terms of continuing on as a full-time wrestler and said he didn&#8217;t feel he had to prove anything to anyone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Proving things is focused on other people,&#8221; Danielson said. &#8220;I\u2019m not interested in that. I feel like I\u2019ve proven to everybody that I\u2019m pretty good at what I do. I see these next three years as kind of my last as a full-time wrestler. In my mind, it\u2019s not like I\u2019m tapering off \u2013 this is the climax of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After main eventing this year&#8217;s WrestleMania with Roman Reigns and Edge, Danielson left the WWE and debuted with AEW at All Out. Danielson had his first AEW match on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/09\/22\/9-22-aew-dynamite-tv-results-kellers-detailed-report-and-analysis-of-omega-vs-danielson-cody-vs-malakai-baker-vs-soho-at-arthur-ashe-stadium\/\">this week&#8217;s Grand Slam episode of Dynamite<\/a> against Kenny Omega. 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