Bryan Danielson says wrestling Nigel McGuinness was ‘really special’

Bryan Danielson says getting to wrestling Nigel McGuinness was “really special.”

Danielson spoke about his match at AEW Grand Slam while co-hosting the latest episode of the Nikki & Brie Show.

“Another really cool thing that happened on Wednesday is I got to wrestle Nigel McGuinness. And a lot of people might not know Nigel McGuinness, but we helped really make each other on the independent scene,” he said.

“It was really cool and really special and for somebody who hasn’t wrestled in 13 years, he did fantastic. It was so neat and it was so cool, and it was so special.”

Danielson also mentioned that McGuinness had his daughter with him at the show and asked if he would meet with her before the show.

“Nigel said, ‘Hey, would you mind meeting my daughter beforehand so that she can know that we’re friends and that we’re not actually hurting each other out there?’ And as soon as he told that to me, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, we should have totally done that for Birdie.'”

Earlier in the conversation, Danielson also spoke about the significance of wrestling in The Tacoma Dome, which will host AEW WrestleDream on October 12.

“The Tacoma Dome is special to me because that’s the first time I ever saw live wrestling,” he said, adding that his parents, who weren’t wrestling fans, took him to a show there when he was in third grade.

“My Dad talked about it to the day he died because the main event was the Ultimate Warrior vs. Rick Rude.”

“The Ultimate Warrior would be in a position and he’d end up pulling Rick Rude’s pants down and then his butt is out, and his butt was directly facing us. My Dad told that story until the day he died, about how my sister’s cheeks just turned so bright red when she saw Rick Rude’s butt and yeah, that was in the Tacoma Dome.”

“25 years after my wrestling career started, shortly after that I will be wrestling in the building where I first saw live wrestling. So I’m really excited about that.”

The full episode of The Nikki & Brie Show is available below.