Bryan Danielson gives post-show speech at AEW Dynamite fifth anniversary

After Dynamite’s fifth anniversary episode went off the air last night, AEW World Champion Bryan Danielson gave a speech marking the occasion.

Danielson thanked Tony Khan, the fans in Pittsburgh, and everyone backstage while putting over AEW as being the best wrestling promotion in the world.

“First of all, I’d like to thank Tony Khan — without whom, AEW wouldn’t be here. You wouldn’t have an alternative. It is better that AEW exists for the wrestlers, for the production people, and for professional wrestling fans. I first wrestled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 23 years ago. And I don’t know if you guys remember, but you were the crowd that made me into a WrestleMania main-eventer. So I just wanted to say: Thank you, Pittsburgh,” Danielson said.

“And last but certainly not least, I want to thank all of the men and women in the back. Because they’re the ones who made this place so great that I had a lifetime job at WWE and I chose — I chose — to come here because they were the best wrestlers in the world, the best fans in the world, and this is the best wrestling company in the world.”

Danielson closed his speech by promising to “kick Jon Moxley’s f*cking head in” when they face off at AEW’s WrestleDream pay-per-view in Tacoma, Washington on Saturday, October 12.

In the main event of Dynamite last night, Danielson retained his AEW World Championship against Kazuchika Okada. A post-match angle set up that Danielson & Wheeler Yuta will face Claudio Castagnoli & PAC in a tag team match on next week’s Title Tuesday edition of Dynamite.