Bryan Danielson Thinks There Is A 33% Chance He Will Be Allowed To Work NJPW G1 Climax

From the second Bryan Danielson arrived in All Elite Wrestling, fans began speaking of the possibilities of Danielson stepping through the ‘forbidden door’ to ply his trade in a New Japan ring.

Danielson has made no secret of his desire to wrestle in NJPW, and specifically the G1 Climax tournament, with Danielson speaking of his chances at wrestling in the tournament during an interview with Uproxx:

“I don’t know because that requires Tony (Khan) to allow me to be off of TV for four weeks or whatever,” said Danielson. “You have to look at it from a Tony investment point of view, right? Does he really want somebody like me who is older to go through that many hard matches, be off of TV for four weeks, and potentially get injured? Probably not.

“Although, I do have a dream that me, Mox and Claudio [Castagnoli] and maybe Eddie Kingston - just so we have somebody to pick on - would all be able to go do one G1 together, because that would be just so much fun. To go do those incredible matches, but do it with your friends so that you all have this experience together. I think that would be incredible. Now, if you’re asking me if Tony is going to let me go do a G1 and is it a smart move for him? Probably not, but the odds of him letting me do it, I would say a 33 percent chance. The odds of him letting me, Mox, and Claudio all be gone for a month off of TV, an astronomically small percentage, but I haven’t even talked to him about it. So maybe with this interview he’ll see it.”

Danielson last wrestled in New Japan in 2004.