Bryan Danielson reveals if there’s anything left on his wrestling bucket list

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As his media tour of Australia kicks off for AEW, former AEW World Champion Bryan Danielson was asked if there’s anything left on his wrestling bucket list.

His answer was simple: “Nope, not a single thing.”

In the interview seen below, Danielson said he’s been fortunate to have so many incredible moments and that when he was “forced” to retire while in WWE, he wasn’t ready to be done and also didn’t have kids like and wife Brie (Bella) Garcia do now.

“With the last six months of my wrestling career being in as much pain as I was, that put me in this thing of ‘I think I’m ready to be done,'” he said. “I’m very fulfilled by my career, very fulfilled by my life right now, and I still get to stay involved with professional wrestling which is something I love to this day.”

Danielson’s full-time career and lone AEW title reign ended at AEW WrestleDream in October 2024 at the hands of Jon Moxley. While Danielson has recently got physical on AEW and ROH shows (namely All In: Texas), there has been no indication he is returning to the ring as he continues to work backstage and on commentary for AEW.

He said he was asked in another interview if he had any interest in acting to which he replied that his only forms of entertainment are reading and watching wrestling. He said on the plane to Australia, he was watching older wrestling in order to give ideas to younger talent on things that have been lost.

Danielson excitedly spoke about the volume of good wrestling there is to watch out there for younger talent and “I nerd out” on wrestling and watching old matches that he didn’t have access to growing up.

Danielson will continue to promote Grand Slam Australia and House Rules Brisbane in the days ahead.