Bryan Danielson Names AEW Stars He Wants To Face

The American Dragon has a whole bunch of young AEW names in his crosshairs.

by Andrew Pollard
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With Bryan Danielson currently tearing it up in All Elite Wrestling, the American Dragon has now namedropped several AEW wrestlers who he's eager to square off against.

Speaking during an appearance on the Casual Conversations with The Classic podcast, Danielson talked up Daniel Garcia, Dante Martin, Darby Allin, MJF and Bear Country as potential future opponents.

"As far as from the young guy perspective, I really like Daniel Garcia. I think Dante Martin is incredible. So there's those guys. There's Darby Allin, who I think is just fantastic. I worry about him physically, about all the stuff he puts his body through. They're all kind of different. Dante, who's doing this incredible high flying. Darby, he does stuff that seems a little reckless, but I find him to be very psychologically sound and also this great character. Daniel Garcia is an excellent technical wrestler. You got MJF, who is evolving what you would have called the standard heel act, but he's evolving in a way that's modern, and it doesn't feel like he's just out there being a heel, it feels like he's an a**hole."

In terms of the Bear Country tandem of Bear Boulder and Bear Bronson, Danielson explained how he'd love to team with or fight against those guys because he likewise has a love of bears.

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Having debuted for AEW at this past September's All Out PPV, Bryan Danielson currently finds himself as the #1 contender for the AEW World Championship now held by 'Hangman' Adam Page. Before he gets to that Page match, the former Yes! Man is working his way through The Dark Order - most recently brutalising Colt Cabana and knocking out Boom Boom's teeth on Friday's edition of AEW Rampage.

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