In a recent interview with the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast, All Elite Wrestling star Bryan Danielson discussed several topics, including his decision to leave the WWE and join AEW.

“There’s not an easy answer, it was one of the most difficult decisions of my life, but at the end of the day, it came down to two things and it was one was just the excitement of it, there’s something about it as I though about it, as I weighed the decision, that made me a little scared to go to AEW.

I was so comfortable in WWE, I had so much fun and I loved it there, but there was something that I saw and I was just like, oh that excites me, but it also makes me a little bit nervous and sometimes that’s a good sign that it’s something that like, hey you might be a little bit too comfortable in your life and let’s go try something new, let’s push your boundaries.

I guess that’s the other thing, this is probably going to be the last full-time run of my career and I really want to be able to push the limits of what I’m able to do and AEW is really good at that. You’re going to have to, those guys are doing so much incredible stuff, that if you want to be at the top of AEW, you really have to elevate your game, that’s kind of where it’s at.”

The full interview is available at this link.