Bryan Danielson wins men’s Owen Hart tournament, earns AEW World title shot at All In

Bryan Danielson became the third-ever winner of the men’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, earning a shot at AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland at August’s All In.

To do so, Danielson had to defeat rival Hangman Page in the finals. He pulled out all the stops, even hitting a springboard somersault to the outside of the ring in the match’s later stages. Danielson was bloodied during the match as was Page.

Referee Paul Turner got knocked out during the match which led to Page whipping Danielson with his belt while he was down. That brought special enforcer Jeff Jarrett down to the ring to help prevent further damage. After Page shoved Jarrett down, Jarrett revealed he had a referee shirt on underneath and he then took over for Turner.

After a fevered last few minutes that saw Page nearly submit Danielson with his own LeBell Lock, Danielson used a pinning counter to get the victory in front of the Calgary, Alberta, Canada, crowd.

Danielson is now 2-1-1 against Page, having won his last two.

After the match, Danielson was presented with the Owen Cup in the ring in addition to the ceremonial title belt followed by speeches by Martha Hart. He joins Adam Cole (2021) and Ricky Starks (2022) as past men’s winners.

Danielson earned his way into the finals with a win over Shingo Takagi in the quarterfinals and then PAC in the semifinals while Page defeated Jarrett and then Jay White, respectively.

Unless there is a title change between now and Sunday, August 25th, Danielson will face reigning champion Swerve Strickland at London’s Wembley Stadium. Strickland is coming off a match of the year candidate against Will Ospreay at June’s Forbidden Door and addressed Danielson in a promo after the match.

The two have wrestled in AEW before with Danielson defeating Strickland in October 2023.

Page was attempting to get another shot at his blood rival Strickland and stormed out after the match.