Bryan Danielson: John Cena ‘deserves the last year of his career to be awesome’
Bryan Danielson says John Cena deserves for the last year of his career to be “awesome.”
Danielson recently spoke to Justin Barrasso of The Undisputed and mentioned that he hasn’t actually seen any of Cena’s retirement run but hopes that it’s gone well.
“I honestly haven’t watched,” said Danielson. “I’m entering this experimental phase of my life where I’m experiencing less input from media. When I went to visit my mother recently, I made a 13-hour drive. I didn’t listen to any music, I didn’t listen to any podcasts. There was nothing but silence. The only times there wasn’t silence was when my wife called, I got on an AEW call, or when I called mom.”
“As I experiment with less input, that also means less wrestling input. So I haven’t seen any of John Cena’s final run. I’m not watching, but I hope it goes really well for John. That guy deserves the last year of his career to be awesome.”
Danielson also addressed the possibility of him wrestling again during the interview. Danielson said he has “delusions” of wrestling a couple matches a year. However, he also noted that the traveling he does just to work commentary for AEW shows is taxing on his body.
“The traveling alone is so taxing on my body,” said Danielson. “So I’m not sure how I could go back to wrestling.”
According to Cagematch, the last time Cena and Danielson shared the ring together was at a WWE house show in Baltimore on December 28, 2018, when Danielson defeated Cena in a steel cage match. Their first time wrestling against one another took place on the February 4, 2003, episode of WWE Velocity, when Cena beat Danielson in a little under four minutes. Perhaps their most notable match came at SummerSlam 2013, when Danielson defeated Cena for the WWE Championship with Triple H as the special guest referee.
Danielson’s full interview with Justin Barrasso of The Undisputed is available here.
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