Bryan Danielson recently did an interview with Sports Illustrated, where he discussed a wide range of topics, including why he doesn’t want to be in the World Heavyweight Title picture.
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“I don’t want to be in that [world champion] position–I don’t feel like that’s my position anymore,” Danielson told Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated. “The quality of wrestling in AEW is so high, it’s really hard to main-event pay-per-views. That’s not something my body can really do anymore. I know there are a percentage of fans who would like that, but I don’t think it’s my place. And here’s the truth: I don’t want anything to do creatively with my own stuff. I also don’t know where people get the notion that I do. It’s very hard in wrestling to be objective about yourself, so I leave that in the hands of other people.
“That was the same thing in WWE, even when I was part of the creative team. The head writer of SmackDown at the time, Ryan Callahan, asked me what I wanted to do, and I remember saying I didn’t want to talk about what I wanted to do. I don’t think you can be objective about that stuff.”
