Bryan Danielson Opens Up About Working For WWE Creative

Bryan Danielson’s accolades as a professional wrestler certainly need no introductions as they proved to be one of the best in the business. He spent several years working in WWE as one of their top stars and towards the end of his run, Bryan Danielson was even part of WWE Creative.

Danielson’s debut in AEW is considered one of the most impactful debuts in recent memory as well. Danielson had previously mentioned his desire to wrestle in other pro wrestling companies and that’s exactly what he did in the end.

Bryan Danielson ultimately chose to make his way to AEW as he simply loves pro wrestling too much and doesn’t care about the business side of things in the company.

While speaking to Jimmy Traina on the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast, Bryan Danielson talked about working with WWE Creative as a writer and stated that there is a real fear of a blank page in the company.

”I love working with writers. I like collaborating. I had a really good time with that. One of my favorite times was when I was the Planet’s Champion. The writer I worked with was named Robert. We had so much fun. He would present me with a piece of paper. I had a lot more leeway than a lot of people in WWE. I would work with the writer and say, ‘what if we say this?’ Robert was great because he would pull me back from the edge, sometimes I’d go off on a tangent and he would say, ‘Hey, this is too far environmental and maybe not focused enough on the show we’re actually doing.’ Robert helped me stay on track.

Eventually, I wasn’t allowed to say anything about the environment at all, but Robert was great because he would throw in little things there. I loved collaborating with the writers. There’s a real fear of the blank page. You have to craft your own story. You want that freedom, but then all of sudden it’s like, ‘Oh no, here is this blank page, you can create whatever you want’ and you’re like, ‘Uhhh,’ and that’s a little bit nerve-wracking.”

Bryan Danielson will forever cherish his time in WWE but decided that he wants to be part of something new in AEW. It remains to be seen what is next in store for him in the company.

h/t to Fightful for the quotes.

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