Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness made for AEW Dynamite Grand Slam
An old rivalry will be renewed at this month’s AEW Dynamite Grand Slam as Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson is now set for Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York.
McGuinness came out of retirement at last month’s All Out in the Casino gauntlet match for his first competition since 2011. He announced the match during an in-ring promo on Wednesday’s Dynamite after years of teasing the bout in his role as commentator on AEW programming.
In his promo, McGuinness noted that Danielson was a coward and had been ducking him, but that Tony Khan is not a coward and made the match, provided Danielson is healthy enough to wrestle on the show, a point that was repeatedly hammered on during Wednesday’s commentary.
The match does have a caveat that if Danielson is cleared to wrestle, it will be official. Based on the graphic, it’s assumed to be a non-title match.
The match was made possible as earlier on the show, Jon Moxley stated that Danielson was too injured to defend his title against Darby Allin at Grand Slam and as such, Allin should put his guaranteed title shot on the line against Moxley on the show which Allin agreed to.
Danielson vs. McGuinness is one of the most impactful rivalries of the 2000s with the duo matching up ten times in singles matches in Ring of Honor from 2006 through 2009.
The match will be just one day shy of fifteen years to the date since the final singles meeting between McGuinness and Danielson at ROH Glory by Honor on September 26, 2009.
Here’s the current lineup for September 25th in Queens, New York:
- AEW World Champion Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness in a non-title match
- AEW Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks (Nicholas & Matthew Jackson) defend against Will Ospreay & Kyle Fletcher
- Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin for Allin’s AEW World title shot