Taz comments on Bryan Danielson joining AEW announce team

Taz is happy to now have Bryan Danielson as a partner on the AEW broadcast team.

Earlier this month, Danielson — a former AEW World Champion and one of the best in-ring competitors of his era — joined the Dynamite commentary team on a full-time basis. He calls the show every week alongside Excalibur and Taz.

Danielson’s addition means AEW now has two analysts/color commentators on the team. When asked about working with Danielson, Taz told Going Ringside that he’s happy to have Danielson in the booth and thinks the dynamic works since they both offer different perspectives.

“I think it’s cool. I mean, I like Bryan, I respect Bryan. I get along great with him,” Taz said about Danielson joining commentary. “He’s got great insight. You know, some people say, ‘Well, wait a minute, Taz is an analyst, so now we have another analyst in Bryan Danielson?’ That’s true, and it’s okay to have two analysts. It happens in mainstream sports all the time…

“It’s okay to have two analysts because we have different perspectives on what you’re seeing, the physicality going down in the ring. So I’m happy that Danielson’s part of the announce team with us, with Excalibur and myself, and I think it’s cool. And so, we’ve just got to build some chemistry together. It takes some time, as a unit, especially a three-person booth can get a little tougher. So we just need a little time to get our sea legs as a unit under us a little bit. And we will, it’ll take a couple of weeks.”

Taz’s appearance on Going Ringside was to promote AEW’s October 7-8 return to Daily’s Place in Jacksonville for Dynamite and Collision. Taz said Jacksonville holds special significance to his family as the place where his son Hook really learned the industry. Before Hook had his first match, Tony Khan wanted him to get experience in a variety of roles behind the scenes.

“During those times, before [Hook] was wrestling, he was on ring crew, he was helping with merchandise, he was doing — what do you call it? — the SIM cards for the photographers, running them back and forth. He was learning the business behind the scenes,” Taz said.

“And even once fans started coming into Daily’s Place as the pandemic loosened up a teeny bit and we were still running in Jacksonville, everybody was wearing masks and everything, so Hook was one of the people that was doing the temperature checks with a mask on.”