Bryan Danielson Reveals He Nearly Returned To ROH In 2018
Bryan Danielson once considered a return to Ring of Honor.
In 2018, everything was crucial for Bryan Danielson and his career. Under the ring name of Daniel Bryan, “The American Dragon” was given the green light to the return to the squared circle after being retired for two years because of neck injuries. Bryan Danielson would officially make his comeback to professional wrestling in WWE, debuting at WrestleMania 34 before going on an impressive three-year stint with the company.
Having a conversation with Kenny McIntosh of Inside The Ropes, Bryan Danielson said that he once thought about re-joining Ring of Honor (ROH) back in 2018.
“It was really interesting, my contract with WWE was up in 2018, and I was considering going to Ring of Honor. I was talking to The Young Bucks and I was talking to Cody [Rhodes] just to see, and their contracts were all up with Ring of Honor. I was like, ‘Well what are you guys going to do?’
Even my lawyer, who doesn’t know anything about pro wrestling, he said, ‘Hey, I don’t think you should sign with Ring of Honor if these Young Bucks aren’t going. Because they have got this YouTube show called Being The Elite, I don’t know if you have heard of it, it’s essentially the driver of the popularity of Ring of Honor. So if those guys go away, we don’t know if Ring of Honor will still be as popular. Then with Cody’s contract coming up, if they leave and Cody leaves, what will Ring of Honor’s popularity be like?’
So that was part of the discussion. When you are looking at it in 2014, you don’t envision The Young Bucks starting a YouTube channel and it is going to become super hot and a catalyst for change in pro wrestling. You also don’t envision that even if there is someone with money who backs them and whatever it is, is it going to be someone who is really willing to be fully invested in it the way that Tony Khan is? So you could never have imagined it. But I think that given that, it’s really cool.”