Select Answers: Bryan Danielson, Themes, Roman/Rock, GCW/MyAEW (Patreon)

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Hi Sean, do you think Bryan Danielson will ever wrestle again? I know his last match was deemed the end of his “full-time” wrestling career but wasn’t sure whether his neck injuries will allow him the occasional match or even an official last match. Any word on whether he’s still rehabbing it?

Yes, I think he will. I don't think his last match ever will be an 8 second match against Max Caster. I just think he will be very responsible with it. He's about two years away from his last real match, but I think he would be able to have a good match in his sleep. I think every day is sort of a rehab for him

Maybe this is just a conspiracy theory but in WWE are they changing entrance themes of people to lessen their pop? Chad Gable is the latest victim of De(a)f Rebel. I've just never seen a company go out of its way to hinder a talent pop bc their new theme is so lifeless.

That isn't something that I've ever heard about the current regime in WWE. I can certainly ask around, but I just think they have a shitty music deal right now. In the Thunderdome era of WWE, Vince McMahon would absolutely turn down reactions for certain wrestlers because he didn't want the already canned audio to sound on par with the big stars. Which is definitely different when it is all manufactured and live, but he would also can audio for certain people after that.

Last Monday when Roman was going through the history of the bloodline, he curiously didn’t mention The Rock at all. Do you think that was an oversight, or do you think that was intentional? 🤔

I think it was intentional, but I think it was intentional for the purposes of dissing Rock. I think it's for in the event that they ever end up facing each other, that they will bring something like this up. I loved Roman Reigns bringing up Rikishi, Yokozuna and Umaga. The story with the Rock should be that HE has always been the Tribal Chief, and has been since 1998.

Do you think Starlight Kid or another Stardom wrestler down the line might beat Thekla for her title? With those kind of stories (the heel disrespecting another promotion and their owner that much) the outcome should always be a win for the faces, especially when there's a partnership between those two companies, no?

I don't expect that, unless that person ends up signing a dual contract. Selfishly I would hope that to be Syuri, but I don't think that's going to happen any time soon. I could always see something like that happening with an immediate return title switch happening.

Do you ever see GCW joining the MYAEW service?

If they don't have a suitable platform, perhaps. Right now, they are still on the Triller service somehow. I dunno what kind of deals that GCW, and BKFC have that have made them immune to Triller's issues, but it seems like they've done good with it. Inevitably, they will be on the most reliable platform that allows them to make the most money. If that ends up being MyAEW, that's where they'll be. They have had talks