10 Wrestlers Daniel Bryan MUST Face In AEW
5. Darby Allin
With less of a focus on sheer size, AEW could be the perfect arena for a return to that old Daniel Bryan. We’re talking Ring Of Honor Daniel Bryan, Cattle Mutilation Daniel Bryan, “You’re gonna get your [expletive] head kicked in” Daniel Bryan. And who better a foe to reinstate that kind of aura than Darby Allin.
The young lunatic has acknowledged already that his ludicrous style is not conducive to a long career, but he wrestles the way he likes to wrestle, and there’s no doubt he’d be more than happy to be flung around the ring to remind viewers that, far from the scrappy underdog of his WWE days, Bryan Danielson is a straight up killer.
Bryan plays the methodical bully brilliantly - as recently as WrestleMania 35 - and could make the hugely popular Allin look like a colossal star, matching gruesome submissions with never-say-die highly creative aerial offence.
Allin has proved to be a needle shifter on AEW already, and Bryan is guaranteed to get the worldwide wrestling fandom abuzz when he returns. This could be a glorious blend of old meets new.