Bryan Danielson says he’s currently working without AEW contract

Bryan Danielson says he’s currently not under contract to AEW.

Danielson will be in the main event of AEW’s biggest show of the year on Sunday when he challenges Swerve Strickland for the world title at All In. During a recent interview with Fightful, Danielson revealed that he’s technically going into the match as a free agent.

“I have no contract right now,” Danielson said with a laugh. “Yeah, I’m just not under contract, which is crazy.”

He sounds confident he’ll continue with the promotion, however, even when his in-ring career is over.

“Tony (Khan) and I have talked. I’ll always pick up the phone when he calls… if I’m by my phone, have to put that out there because he called me last night but it was at 9:30 at night Pacific time and I was already asleep.”

“The first thing that I’ll have to do when I’m done wrestling, the thing that is my priority is get my neck better, which probably involves some type of neck surgery sooner rather than later. So, that will be my first order of business and then I’ll help AEW where I can. I love AEW so I want to help as much as I can and as much as they want my help, I’m willing to participate.”

Also during the interview, Danielson addressed his role backstage with the company. He mentioned working with Tony Khan on creative and what he referred to as his “no fun job” on the disciplinary committee.

“I help Tony with creative but still it’s mostly Tony’s ideas for AEW. He’s got a brilliant mind for wrestling,” Danielson said.

“So, I help a little bit with that, I help a little bit with the disciplinary committee. What that will look like when I’m done wrestling? I have no idea. We’ll see.”

The full interview is available below: