AEW: Adam Cole Ankle Injury Update, Brian Danielson on In-Ring Career Future, More News

Sep 29, 2023

Adam Cole Ankle Injury Update

As noted before, Adam Cole announced during this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show that he has been pulled from AEW’s upcoming WrestleDream event due to him suffering an ankle injury that will require him to undergo surgery.

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that despite Cole initially being booked for an upcoming Deadlock Pro Wrestling event and speculation of him being one of the masked men who attacked Jay White on the show, his injury is legitimate and not only for storyline purposes.

It was reported that Cole has needed the assistance of crutches and help to be able to walk around so if he has been faking it, then everyone else is not in on it if it were to be actually be fake.

It was also reported that AEW officials were originally hopeful that Cole had only suffered an ankle sprain before learning that it was much more severe and currently do not expect him to be around that much in a live capacity for upcoming Dynamite and Collision shows.

Cole’s girlfriend Britt Baker recently shared photos and commented about Cole’s injury on Twitter.

This guy broke his ankle in 3 places on a freak accident. He still hobbled around on live tv because as we like to say “the show must go on”. @AdamColePro gives his entire heart and soul to pro wrestling. He’s one tough cookie and this is just a small bump in the road. He’ll be… pic.twitter.com/Aya1JWTTvF
— Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (@RealBrittBaker) September 28, 2023

Bryan Danielson Comments on His Active In-Ring Career Being in Final Year & Future of His Career

A recent episode of the BJ & Migs Mornings podcast featured Bryan Danielson as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Danielson’s thoughts about his promo on the September 9th AEW Collision show about him being on his last year as an active wrestler.

“It is a real thing. Also, I’m not a great actor. I have no interest in acting whatsoever. It’s one of those things where, if I don’t feel something to be true, I can’t go out there and do it. Not that I can’t go out there and do it, I will go out there and do it, but I need to have some sort of connection to something before I go out there and do it. This is a very real thing. For me, this is my last full-time year of wrestling. What my life looks like outside of wrestling after the year, we don’t exactly know. I don’t know. I, would kind of like to disappear. I don’t think my temperament is good for the public eye. I don’t like being recognized, that sort of thing. People are great, wrestling fans are great, they are always so nice when they say hi, but what really made it happen was being in the WWE machine and you’re in the spotlight so much, and I always loved wrestling and I loved the idea that I could wrestle in front of 500 people at an independent show and they’d be like, ‘you’re the best,’ and I go to the airport and nobody knows who I am. Even when I was the top independent wrestler in the country, I could go back to Aberdeen and not a single person cared. They didn’t care that I was a professional wrestler at all. I like that because then they’re not coming in with any expectation or they just like you because. I like to blend into the background a little more.
The travel, the toll the travel takes on my body and when you get home. You leave on Friday, do Collision on Saturday, come home on Sunday, you’re exhausted. We live on the west coast and most wrestling shows are east coast or central time, which why it’s great being in Seattle. The long flights, you get home, and you’re residually tired from that, and it takes you a day or two to recover from that, especially as I get old. I want to show up for my kids in the best way possible. I was never attracted to wrestling because of the fame or money. When I look back, I don’t even think I thought I was going to be successful.
Part of it too is, my body. I’ve been doing it for so long and I wrestle a hard style. It’s getting to the point where I have to look after my long-term health as well. I want to be there because we had kids older. I want to be able to be there and play with my kids.
One of the things is, mentally, for me, making this last full-time year of wrestling, making every match mean more. Not to other people, but to myself. I have a limited time frame to do this at the scale that I’m doing it. That means don’t take it for granted. Doing this job is a blessing, and I’m lucky to be able to do it.”

Danielson also gave his thoughts on the future of his wrestling career after he finishes up being an active wrestler.

“That’s actually what I kind of figure my ‘after this year’ looks like. Me, calling up a promoter like the DEFY promoter, ‘Hey, I’m in town this week, can I come wrestle?’ ‘Of course, can we promote you?’ ‘No, you can not.’ I don’t want people to know it’s me. Just get a full body suit, go out there, and wrestle completely differently than Bryan Danielson has ever wrestled. Go, do my thing, get my jollies from doing it. I still, at 41 years old, October 4 will be the 24th year. I still love doing it.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

AEW News & Notes

AEW CEO Tony Khan recently apologized on Twitter about the issues with the feed of this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show on TBS. Khan stated that the source of the issues was a new operating system being used by TBS. Khan also stated that the feed for the international broadcast of the show was not affected.

Archie Comics recently announced that AEW’s Danhausen and Brody King will be featured on special variant covers for an upcoming issues of their Archie comic book series.

AEW and events distributor Joe Hand Promotions recently announced that they are partnering again for the airing of AEW’s WrestleDream event on October 1st at select out-of-home establishments across the United States.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that Dustin Rhodes is currently dealing with a knee injury. Johnson reported that this is the reason why Rhodes has been absent from AEW programming of late.

Lucha Libre AAA recently announced that they have pulled Penta El Zero Miedo from the card of their Heroes Inmortales 2023 event on October 1st in Zapopan, Mexico due to schedule-related issues. It was also announced that Alberto El Patron will be replacing Penta for his scheduled tag team match with Octagón Jr. against Sam Adonis & QT Marshall at the event. The reason for Penta’s removal is due to him currently being booked to work at AEW’s WrestleDream event on the same day in Seattle, Washington.

As noted before, Saraya recently announced that all of her wrestling gear went missing. Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that Saraya’s missing gear is not related to the storage unit AEW had that contained Saraya’s and other wrestlers gear but instead had been stolen from her travel luggage at a recent event.

As noted before, Jade Cargill recently left AEW and signed an official contract with WWE. Kenny Omega recently responded on Twitter over some of the negative reactions by fans over Cargill’s signing with WWE. Omega stated “This may be news to a lot of fans out there,but when one wrestler goes from one company to another, we tend to always wish them the best and cheer for them while they embark on their new journey. Genuinely. It’s embarrassing and shameful that some fans aren’t capable of the same.“

In a recent interview with Bakers Banter, Colt Cabana gave his thoughts about his current status in Dark Order. Cabana stated “I was in the Dark Order for a long time, but now I’m not in it as much. They never technically kicked me out, but I just kind of walked away a little bit. They’ve been bad guys. They’ve been bad boys, to be honest.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with the Superstar Crossover podcast, AEW CEO Tony Khan gave his thoughts on the importance of Jon Moxley in AEW. Khan stated “Well, I think it’s one thing to say that Jon Moxley is one of the greatest wrestlers in the world and frankly, I think for AEW, it’s another thing for us that’s very true. Jon Moxley is one of the most important people ever in AEW and from the very beginning, he’s been one of our top stars.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with The Get Comfy podcast, Willow Nightingale gave her thoughts about the potential of AEW having an all-women’s show in the future. Nightingale stated “I definitely think there is a future of having some sort of all-women programming in AEW or even Ring of Honor. In Ring of Honor, we have a lot of freedom. You see a lot more women’s matches on there. The women’s matches are given more time. Athena, who is currently the Ring of Honor Women’s Champion, who has defeated me a number of times, which goes to show how amazing she is. It’s truly a testament to how talented and hard-working our division is. That’s really a place that spotlights us well. We have time and great segments on our network shows, but there is a limited amount of time to work with, for all of us, the whole roster, where in Ring of Honor, we get that freedom. Maybe, that could be a platform for us to get more and keep pulling more. Same thing for the fans. If you want to see more women’s wrestling, tune in to where we are being given those opportunities. Tune in to Ring of Honor, buy our programming, and that translates and speaks. Show up and support us.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)