Bryan Danielson listed a few stars who have impressed him in the ring, naming a couple of AEW wrestlers — some of whom he has shared the ring with — as among the best currently in pro wrestling.
“Okay, so I’m going to limit this to AEW because there are so many different styles of wrestling and all these different things. But as far as the people in AEW, I think Bandido has had this incredible year. He’s the ROH Champion, and he just had this match with Hechicero on a Ring of Honor pay-per-view that was just awesome. And then you have Will Ospreay, Swerve, Hangman — Hangman’s freaking awesome — I think Kyle Fletcher. There are just so many guys,” he said. “That’s even discounting the women, right? You look at Toni Storm and Mercedes, and they’re both fantastic.”
The legendary star listed one non-AEW star in his list, NJPW’s Zack Sabre Jr., who has impressed Danielson with his style of wrestling, which the former AEW World Champion called “super compelling” to watch. Danielson knows ZSJ closely, with them having wrestled each other as far back as 2008.