Bryan Danielson told NJPW ‘in the heat of the moment’ that he wanted to work G1

Bryan Danielson says he’ll likely never get to wrestle in a G1 and that’s okay.

Danielson was interviewed by Sports Illustrated ahead of tonight’s AEW Dyamite in Greenville, South Carolina. He told the outlet that he had spoken to Gedo about wrestling in this year’s tournament.

“Over the winter, I told Gedo, the booker in New Japan, ‘I would love to do the G1 this year!’” said Danielson. “I’d just wrestled Zack Sabre in Japan [in February]. I was so excited. It all happened in the heat of the moment.”

However, he continued to say that the likelihood of him ever getting to work a G1 is not high.

“I would like to think it would be possible,” he continued. “I don’t limit possibilities in my mind. But it seems unlikely.”

“My neck isn’t doing real great right now. So there’s my health. But even if Tony [Khan] freed me up for the entire summer and said, ‘Go do the G1,’ I wouldn’t want to leave my wife and kids for that long. I don’t think my wife would think it was good for my health, either.”

“I’ve always wanted to do the G1. I don’t know if that’s going to be in the cards for me, and that’s OK.”

While Danielson appears to have accepted he’ll likely never work a G1 Climax, he has taken part in two big AEW tournaments over the last eight months. Danielson made it to the finals of the first-ever Continental Classic in December, which followed a similar round-robin format as the G1. Danielson recently won AEW’s single-elimination Owen Hart Cup tournament as well, earning him a shot against AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland at All In next month.

“Wrestling Swerve, that’s going to be special,” said Danielson. “He’s been an incredible champion, and I can’t wait for our moment.”