Tony Khan explains decision to add Bryan Danielson to AEW commentary team
Tony Khan is happy to give fans a more regular opportunity to hear from Bryan Danielson.
Over the weekend, it was announced that Danielson is joining the AEW Dynamite commentary team on a full-time basis. His first night in that new role will be this Wednesday when Dynamite is held at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia during the last week of AEW’s residency at the venue.
The announcement of Danielson now being a full-time announcer came after he received high praise for his guest commentary at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2025. While appearing on the Battleground Podcast, Tony Khan explained why he thought Danielson was a great fit for that pay-per-view and now the Dynamite broadcast team.
“As we were preparing for Forbidden Door, I thought Bryan would be fantastic on the commentary team for that show,” Khan said. “Knowing the background he has, knowing his insights into pro wrestling, and how prepared he is and how much research he does on pro wrestling worldwide. Knowing the stars competing at Forbidden Door, coming from different promotions — stars from Mexico and Japan and traveling from all over the world to compete at that show in London.
“Also, I think Bryan’s a great star and people want to see Bryan Danielson on television and hear Bryan Danielson on television. And thankfully, he’s got very intelligent, insightful things to say when he does talk. So I really thought Bryan would be a great part of the commentary team, and he did a fantastic job on Forbidden Door. I had talked to him maybe after his promotional tour of Australia was complete about Bryan joining us on Wednesday. And it worked out perfect. He’ll be joining us tomorrow night on Wednesday Night Dynamite as a host, a commentator, providing his really, really valuable insights into pro wrestling.
“I think it’s great anytime we’re able to bring on Bryan Danielson to do anything in AEW, but especially to provide very, very intelligent, insightful commentary on pro wrestling. That’s a great thing in AEW that we have now with Bryan Danielson as a host on Wednesday Night Dynamite starting tomorrow.”
The 44-year-old Danielson ended his full-time career in the ring when he dropped the AEW World Championship 11 months ago. He hasn’t fully closed the book on the idea of competing again in the future, but Danielson is very fulfilled by where his life is right now.
