Bryan Danielson Faking Seizure Lead To Its Inclusion On AEW’s Banned Moves List

AEW surprised some of their fans when they handed down a list of banned moves. Some of those moves are restricted, but others are 100% off the table now. That is why you’ll never see another AEW star fake a seizure again.

Bryan Danielson worried fans when he started convulsing after a dangerous spot a little while ago. It seems that that ruffled some feathers backstage in AEW, as well as within the Internet Wrestling Community.

During Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer explained that Bryan Danielson wasn’t going to fake a seizure again anyway. After all, he knew how poorly that went down before, but it still ended up on that list.

“I actually have heard from a lot of guys. I asked a lot of guys, but it’s like, the story’s absolutely true. You know, I mean, everything that you read and everything like that. I mean, there’s a list and all this, but like, it’s really, like aside from the fact Bryan Danielson did the convulsing thing once, and nobody really thought was a good idea.So, it will never be done again. Whether they had a rule against it or not, it still wasn’t going to be done again.”

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“Also, the spitting thing, I saw that big spit spot that I forget whether it was Jay or Juice, but I remember it was all over Dax Harwood’s body on Saturday night. It’s really nothing like the rules of the band stuff have been in play. They haven’t been written down, but those are all rules that have already been in play since like the beginning, since the first time Chris Nowinski and Tony Khan talked and Chris Nowinski talked to everybody. It’s like those things that you see as banned, they’ve always been. It’s not like this is something new. 

It seems that Bryan Danielson got the message after his last seizure spot, so he wasn’t going to try that again. Hopefully, nobody does try to replicate that kind of thing, because that sell-job can really scare people.

Bryan Danielson also has a history of head issues, so faking a seizure was not a good look. Still, when he returned to the ring for his first match in years with WWE, he laid on the mat for an extended period of time after taking his first big bump, just to soak in the tension. So, he has a history of this kind of thing.

AEW wrestlers might be a bit more limited, but is it better for the show? Sound off in the comments to let us know what you’re thinking!

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