AEW: Bryan Danielson on Future of Wrestling Career Being Uncertain, Adam Copeland Reportedly Medically Cleared, Big Boom AJ Confirms Broken Foot Injury & AEW In-Ring Return Plans

Bryan Danielson Comments on Future of His Wrestling Career Being Uncertain Over His Neck Health Status

A recent episode of The Nikki & Brie Show podcast featured Bryan Danielson as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Danielson’s thoughts about the future of his in-ring wresting career following his recent full-time wrestling retirement.

“I was very cautious to not say ‘retirement,’ except for the match where if I lost, I’d retire (At All In vs. Swerve Strickland). But after that, it was all, ‘the end of my full-time wrestling career.’ But honestly, I feel – we don’t know what’s going to happen with my neck – but it honestly feels like I have a bobblehead.”

Following comments by his wife Brie Garcia about wanting to create a celebratory celebratory post after his last match, Danielson responded stating:

“As wrestlers, we’re never fully retired.

I realized this with my last retirement, which was forced. I didn’t want to retire but they weren’t going to let me wrestle again. But what I found is, people are sad for a bit, they are sad for like this much, but then everyone just moves on and it doesn’t matter.”

Danielson also gave his thoughts about him still waking up the middle of nights and think about wrestling things.

“That’s one of the things I haven’t found something for, for that part of my brain, to use that creative part of my brain and coming up with things. I still, it’s been over a month now since my last match, and I still wake up in the middle of the night and think of wrestling things. ‘This is not useful. I wish I would have thought of this a few years ago.’ That’s been the part that’s hard, but I anticipated it.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com, Fightful.com

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Adam Copeland Fractured Tibia Injury Status Update – Copeland Reportedly Cleared for Physical Contact

As noted before, Adam Copeland has been out of action for AEW since this past May’s Double or Nothing 2024 event due to a fractured tibia injury and surgery.

PWInsider’s MIke Johnson reported that his sources stated that Copeland was recently cleared for physicality.

Johnson reported that the current expectation is that Copeland will not be back regularly with AEW until he done filming for the second season of Disney’s Percy Jackson series. Johnson also reported that filming for this second season is currently expected to wrap up in January of 2025.

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Big Boom AJ Comments on His Promise to be Back in AEW Ring “Before You Know It”

This past Saturday’s AEW Full Gear 2024 event in Newark, New Jersey featured Big Boom AJ, also known as Costco Guy AJ, defeating QT Marshall on the Zero Hour pre-show for AJ’s in-ring debut in AEW. This match was notable for AJ competing despite suffering a broken foot injury on the day of the show.

AJ recently provided an update on Twitter confirming his broken foot injury and stated that he will out for six to eight weeks. AJ also stated that he will continue to work with AEW while he recovers from his injury. AJ also stated that he promises to be back in an AEW ring in the future once he fully heals.

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— A.J. & Big Justice (@ajbefumo) November 25, 2024