Tony Khan Discusses Bryan Danielson Becoming A Full-Time Member Of AEW Dynamite Commentary

Tony Khan has discussed Bryan Danielson joining the AEW Dynamite commentary team.

On the final Dynamite before Forbidden Door, fans saw Bryan Danielson appear as a guest commentator. Many felt ‘The American Dragon’ was a positive additional to the desk on the night, particularly during the tournament final between FTR and Brodido, and it was recently announced by Tony Khan that Danielson is set to become a full-time member of the Dynamite announce team beginning this Wednesday. Now, the AEW Owner has further discussion the decision to give the former world champion a new role.

Appearing on the Battleground Podcast, Tony Khan praised Danielson’s commentary around Forbidden Door, emphasising how much fans want to see him back on TV.

“As we were preparing for Forbidden Door, I thought Bryan would be fantastic on the commentary team for that show, knowing the background he has, knowing his insights into pro wrestling and how prepared he is and how much research he does on pro wrestling worldwide, knowing the stars competing at Forbidden Door, coming from different promotions, stars from Mexico and Japan, and traveling from all over the world to compete at that show in London. Also, I think Bryan’s a great star, and people want to see Bryan Danielson on television and hear Bryan Danielson on television, and thankfully, he’s got very intelligent, insightful things to say when he does talk. I really thought Bryan would be a great part of the commentary team, and he did a fantastic job on Forbidden Door. So I had talked to him, maybe after his promotional tour of Australia was complete, about Bryan joining us on Wednesday, and it worked out perfect. He’ll be joining us tomorrow night, on Wednesday Night Dynamite as a host, a commentator, providing his really, really valuable insights into pro wrestling. I think it’s great anytime we’re able to bring on Bryan Danielson to do anything in AEW, but especially to provide very, very intelligent, insightful commentary on pro wrestling. That’s a great thing in AEW that we have now with Bryan Danielson as a host on Wednesday night’s Dynamite starting tomorrow.”

-Tony Khan

The announcement of Danielson’s new role was incredibly well-received among fans, particularly since the star hasn’t been seen on TV regularly since his full-time in-ring career was brought to an end last October, and many are looking forward to seeing him on Dynamite moving forward.

As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on Bryan Danielson joining AEW commentary as soon as we hear more.

H/T to Fightful for the transcription.