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3. The American Dragon - Bryan Danielson
Wrestling's greatest skill-check boss has a suitably mythical nickname to match his legendary status in the business.
For those unaware, a skill-check boss is a character in a video game whose purpose is to test how skilled the player has become. You either "git gud", as the internet likes to say, or you fall victim to the boss' might. It's a role AEW's Bryan Danielson has taken to with aplomb.
Adam Page needs a great match to legitimize his title reign? Book him against Danielson. MJF is in the same situation? Book him against Danielson. Eddie Kingston needs a worthy foe? Book him against Danielson.
Time and time again, AEW's biggest names have been called to slay the American Dragon to prove themselves to wrestling fans the world over. And, time and time again, the Dragon has done his job by falling on the swords of AEW's biggest heroes and villains.
Bryan Danielson is the big, bad beast that AEW's best and brightest must valiantly strike down to prove their worth, and the fact that Danielson makes the same tale so gripping each and every time shows why The American Dragon is the greatest wrestler of his generation.