Bryan Danielson on Leaving WWE, the Blackpool Combat club and trying to get fired on Talking Smack

Relive Renee's epic Starrcast interview with Bryan Danielson on this very special presentation of The Sessions, including insights into Bryan's last year in WWE, why he left for AEW and the worst thing about filming Total Bellas.
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The Sessions # 157
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[@wstine79]

At last, the Talking Smack reunion I've been waiting for.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

Never forget that Smackdown is really into fisting.

[@whyme6272]

I get what you mean, but I don’t see Miz 🤨

[@notoriousb.d.c.8227]

Great interview. Brian gets in depth with his answers here and not just the cookie cutter nonsense

[@reneepaquette]

Bryan is always fun to chat with

[@notoriousb.d.c.8227]

@@reneepaquette he seems to be a unique cat. You had some great follow ups too.

[@BoobieDealer]

Bryan Danielson is my favorite wrestler from the day he debuted in NXT. Then i googled Bryan, his work in ROH and i fell in love with Bryan Danielson! Greetings from Lithuania!

[@TheYungPrince]

He was also in WWE during the ruthless aggression era in dark matches

[@BoobieDealer]

Yeah, i know this, googled that also hahaha :D

[@captaincharismachristian]

@@TheYungPrinceHe was also doing jobs*

[@yester9037]

This was great, they have great chemistry and are so comfortable talking about any topic, should do a regular show/podcast again

[@Pauldjreadman]

It’s just Renee to be honest.

[@mmayfield37]

Great interview with one of my favorite wrestlers. I have his WWE DVD and when he showed up in AEW I still have his match with Kenny Omega on my DVR. I love watching him wrestle, the hour long match with Adam Page was incredible. I’m new to AEW just having started watching it over the last couple of years. His Intercontinental title match with AJ Styles was one the best Smackdown matches of that year. I hope he is able to win the AEW World title before he retires. Again one of my favorite wrestlers up there with Bret Hart, for me.

[@the8ofustogether]

Who even has a dvd player anymore?? Lol 😂

[@blade5883]

@@the8ofustogether believe or not quite a few people still use a dvd player lmao

[@PaulReed]

Bryan seems like such a great person. I'm glad he is able to do what he loves again!

[@Mr_Dubbs]

Why was so much of this cut out? So many times Brian is answering a question it cuts half the answer out and goes to something else. Really noticable in the last 10 minutes.

[@brittanybreese9960]

I was thinking the same thing

[@abirnell]

I came to the comments for this. It is very confusing in the last 10 minutes. Doesn't seem like editing, it seems like a glitch.

[@xypa-fr3yx]

Bryan is not only the best wrestler ever but an absolutely top class person.

[@captaincharismachristian]

And surprisingly chill as well. Bro has a great wife and the best technical wrestler of all time. Bro’s luck and talent is unmatched. Happy for the Man.

[@spookerredmenace3950]

the talking smack ep where Bryan pisses off the Miz was awesome! i love when Renee and Bryan talk and hang out, they act like they are an old married couple

[@CalebJacobs762]

I do miss him in the WWE. BUT I feel like he is rejuvenated in AEW. The American Dragon is in the building.

[@cliffordjackson3]

FACTS.

[@UFCWWE69]

Rejuvenated? I wasn’t the biggest fan of his wwe planets champion as other people but even I’d admit it’s miles better than going 20 minutes in a competitive matches with Daniel Garcia and Ethan page 😂

[@CulEdz]

@@UFCWWE69 his Captain Planet WWE Title run was one of the best runs in recent history. What was there not to like?

[@UFCWWE69]

@@CulEdz he was literally the biggest babyface and on the run of a lifetime just a couple years ago so I thought a heel turn wasn’t the best idea. Bryan was becoming a bit stale after returning but still getting good reactions so I thought it was a bit hasty to turn him full blown heel so quickly and such a big departure from the character that got him over. I just felt they could’ve at least tried to give Bryan another top run as a babyface to see if he could get red hot again cause who wants to boo Daniel Bryan especially after all his injuries and struggles.

[@CulEdz]

@@UFCWWE69 the thing with that is, you can’t get hot like you once were. Even how hard they try. He was over because he was the people’s champion. When he became the actual champion, you can see his character becoming stale because he was far more interesting as the challenger. Turning him heel was the logical sense and he was so great at it. And it eventually led to Kofimania (which I think is the last feel good moment in WWE).

[@didji50]

He's always seemed like he could fit into my crew pretty well. The fact that he has a direct connection to the Moldy Peaches makes him the coolest.

[@Victor-yr9ch]

Damn it's already going to be 9 years since that mania 30 moment

[@yousufseedat7736]

What time goes fast

[@davidsavage3120]

That moment was my favourite moment as a wrestling fan (well Chris Benoit at WM20 but you know) I followed Daniel since I was a young teenager he has been my favourite wrestler for almost 20 years.

[@GamingSaturnMoonManBoy]

I feel old and I’m only 22

[@shanereid8135]

@@GamingSaturnMoonManBoy Rihgt

[@Purplegt22]

Such a great interview!!! Renee is the absolute best. Bryan and Renee have awesome chemistry so I enjoyed every second. Happy New Year Renee!!! Thank you for giving us fans great interviews.

[@FlashByKnight]

Bryan giving away all the reality show secrets.

[@bmh67wa]

These two together on Talking Smack were gold.

[@flybirdsfly2091]

The reunion we was waiting for

[@funkyrumble0455]

Just wanna say you are one of the absolute best modern wrestling non wrestler personality’s in the business

[@Ahmed-og2jm]

Hopefully they do 2 or 3 of these talking smack was the BEST

[@janus78]

Bryan Danielson talking with the secret member of the Blackpool combat club in a great interview. He is so interesting and smart and not just about wrestling I think there are probably 100's of questions that guy probably hasn't even been asked from his long career, is it too soon to have a part 2 to this interview or did you already text him and he won't know about it till next year?

[@chrishowell6469]

Danielson is so good he put Miz over by walking away. What a pro!

[@caseykronan]

this is one of my favorite interviews of one of my favorite people, thank you for this

[@sercanerkan97]

I love Bryan so much

[@alan11121959]

Renee, I would love love LOVE to see the full unredacted version of this interview. I understand the need to edit it for KZbin audiences, so perhaps you could start a Patreon stream (hint, hint) and post it for members. Check in with Ethan Page or Danhausen and his team on the mechanics of setting this up...

[@jeffplottel4226]

One of the best interviews Love Bryan honest

[@jaysco5257]

It's crazy that Platinum MAX made her change the podcast name

[@PrettyPabloSZN]

Good interview 👍🏽

[@stevekasan1575]

im here for Renee doing Hogan quotes...Brother. This was such a fun interview to listen hearing the real friendship between Dragon and Renee

[@DeeEight]

His comment of changing clothes several times per day while filming Total Divas to pretend it was different days contrasts to Gold Rush where in one supposedly 3 hour sequence of a day where it would be one mechanical problem needing to be fixed, the entire team of miners changed clothes several times, one of them grew a beard, and there would be snow on the ground and white cloudy skies and then 20 seconds later its blue skies and not only is the snow melted but the ground is so dry it looks like they haven't had rain in weeks.

[@shawnthorington7723]

I think this was my favorite interview 🤠

[@reneepaquette]

Thank you!

[@DavidHise2010]

They need to do a podcast together these two just have chemistry I love Renee anyway but Brian always seem so quiet and reserved and she seems to bring it out of him that's a podcast I would watch hint hint

[@Ryanonfire03]

Am I the only one who notices that if you watch Bryan talk years ago(while out injured) he would say “UHHHHH/UMMMMM” almost every sentence. Like he had to think about what to say. But watching this he doesn’t ever do it… think he was dealing with head injuries then and is good now? Either way, great interview. So happy to see Brian healthy.

[@Gcool243]

That’s not really how head injuries work. If he was doing that because of head injuries, then it wouldn’t just get better over time. It’s likely he’s just more comfortable in this format

[@Ryanonfire03]

@@Gcool243 it’s actually exactly how head injuries work. Some do get better over time. Some get worse. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@CulEdz]

I think back then he was just more cautious not pissing WWE off

[@riverme2994]

@@Ryanonfire03 Yeah, but it would be really odd to think that he was reaching potential CTE and still came back. Even if improved it would be a really risky situation. I think it's more realistic that he's more comfortable with the format.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

I definitely think it was more because he was trying to think "will what I have to say piss WWE off?" and if the answer was yes he THEN had to think about something else on the fly.

[@davidfitzpatrick6535]

6:17 Honestly throughout Bryan Danielson (AGH! I STILL want to call him Daniel Bryan!) feud with the Miz I legit thought they hated each other. Like yes Miz is a heel and a great one but I legit thought he HATED Danielson for some odd reason possibly dating back to their NXT days.

[@YouTheReal]

I always want to know about him .... He was the only one who made me to watch WWE because don't look big & strong like others superstars but always did fantastic matches with good performances...kind of motivation for me...

[@HeelTurnOfficial]

If you haven't red it yet I suggest you read his book. It's great and he tells a lot of stories about himself.

[@mringram]

Great interview

[@Dave_Langer]

did the last 5 minutes or so of the video start to mess up for anyone else.

[@jordyschuurman485]

15:50 I dont understand the bleeding part. Danielson: you do it every month!!

[@VisesYT]

Did Kevin Dunn edit the last quarter of this interview😭😭

[@MrOhydro]

READY FOR THIS

[@YetAnotherWrestlingChannel]

Whoever who edited this clearly didn't care by the end. Those jump cuts from 50:00 are incoherent.

[@jaimenavarro41]

Much agreed. Very frustrating towards the end.

[@amandagrothmann308]

Renee: but the bleeding thing I don't understand it. Bryant: u do it every month Renee he's right 🤣

[@OfficialAtak]

Hey DB if you read this you're a funny guy. Way more personality in this than your shows. No disrespect but dude you got it. Be more of this if you get what I'm saying. Ring work I have no complaints

[@deth2munkies]

47:45 Oh now I'm dying to know what he said with that edit there :P

[@garretthaines3744]

Love that Orville shirt!!

[@DarkReturns1]

So happy these people are in AEW and doing what they actually want to do. Thanks Renee and Bryan for the awesome interview

[@ccarriages]

digging the Orville Peck shirt!

[@ZRiceFilms]

this was amazing

[@mattmorgan4083]

Love this

[@LordCrota]

Its crazy too thunk when I was a kid I was watching Renee on Right After Wrestling on The Score and here she is now married to a wrestler working for the modern WCW

[@DominationCT07]

34:35 It was actually in Dallas. I live in San Antonio now and I was confused there for a second 😂

[@bikermike420]

Renee looks waaaaay better with longer hair

[@BigMikeKOE]

Great interview, but what was the editor doing the last 10 minutes? It was skipping all over the place.

[@RallyingSightsSounds]

What's up with all the edits in the last 5 minutes? Something gone wrong, as they don't seem to make any sense? Otherwise, a great interview!

[@nicolae216a]

I was at the show they mentioned about Rhyno coming out in the Santa costume

[@kynboyhunterxd]

Awesssssome. American dragon 🐲 rocks 👍👍

[@classicjp3132]

Was the end heavily edited or my phone just flipping out cause there’s some parts that got skipped. Like the Claudio song

[@NoThisIsAlex]

Yeah I thought the same. There were some weird jumps.

[@OvernightCrew]

Great interview but i dunno what was up with all the random cuts in the middle of one of them talking.

[@jamesblevins5088]

Talking Smack was James Elsworth's all time favorite show.

[@thomashart3473]

The jokes about blood is too good 🤣

[@markell60]

Hmm great in the ring & a real firecracker on the mic...yep Bryan Danielson is my favorite wrestler. I always liked him but he was just a face in the crowd of the many wrestlers that I like.

[@scotthardie5141]

Is this available on Tout?

[@bunktuzzi44]

YESSS LMAO

[@Dougdenslowe714]

What’s with all the jump-cuts? Hearing B.D. uncensored is the only way to hear him!!

[@adityachakraborty9973]

Why some of the parts were chopped or altered??

[@viccrown8188]

The end was very irritating, where it just kept jumping around and you couldn’t hear the answers to questions or you couldn’t hear the question, and it would just all run together.

[@kinghiggins5021]

When you were talking to AJ styles and you mentioned TNA I was like OK you went there

[@meanmattworld]

this dude is awesome

[@hardyfan22]

wtf happened to the audio at the end?

[@freedomxd2733]

Cool

[@_Kere_]

That ending though 👀

[@michaelrigney9682]

Such weird jump cuts at the end, some nice tangents just completely ripped out

[@CloisForever29]

My favorite wrestler ❤

[@shawnredmond8402]

Bryan the type to tell his wife "see the thing here is deserve is a subjective term...." 😭😭😭

[@j-hound3731]

When Bryan retires , Renee and he should just start a regular wrestling podcast

[@minimalchill]

What happened with all the cuts at the end there?

[@Qaadee]

When was this filmed?

[@alexmakiusa]

Why is it so choppy at the end?

[@denvergaming6079]

Why does it jump around so much? Where's the uncut version

[@sohrab4246]

Is it just me or is the last part of the video jumpy?

[@TheBuddha337]

How did I not know Regal's real name was Darren. Lol

[@BabaWahidSafi]

When was this interview?

[@TomAndrews91]

Renee is gorgeous. Bryan is cool too.

[@cheddarssalad1230]

Renee, does your shirt mean that Orville Peck is All Elite?

[@michelleelmore1875]

Is it just me? suddenly Bryan reminded me physically of Artem or a relative of!😎❤

[@nichiyobi_dome]

i am ready for a kenny omega podcast

[@Dave_Langer]

Danielson is the best

[@crosbyt123ify]

Brought to you by Tout

[@painhv17]

I’m glad he talked about the miz thing but I can’t tell if he is being truthful or lying to make it seem like it wasn’t an actual argument. Anyone know why they really don’t like each other?

[@iuly2494]

Is this a reupload?

[@billcrotts5456]

Wtf Renee, how could you edit out the Claudio song?

[@michaellozito9980]

The editing near the end wasn’t good, to many missed words 🤨

[@Ryanonfire03]

16mins in and Bryan took it off the deep end. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@denysuave1861]

I wonder what he was saying that kept getting cut lol

[@Orchestructive]

Anyone else getting weird skipping toward the end?

[@aristildekirby6326]

what is with these weird cuts at the end

[@darrenhigham753]

Has to be said the covid era really did separate the good and the bad in who excelled in that environment To be honest there are some wrestlers who without fan reaction to bolster them ain’t all that and that showed in that era

[@fatmanjebis]

Renee do creative for the woman!!!

[@kinghiggins5021]

The American dragon Big fan

[@davidsavage3120]

Bryan is the Dominic Cruz of shoot interviews lol

[@dankbuds4203]

Nice

[@samdath3439]

What he said o talking smack was him trying to get released from wwe.

[@CalebJacobs762]

No it wasn't. So he can get cleared to wrestle.

[@legendkillla21]

Bryan is great he doesn't really like to speak. But man he is entertaining you bleed every month lol