One of the most influential wrestlers in WWE and AEW history could have turned it all down for a career at Butlin’s. Despite going on to become a multiple-time world champion, Bryan Danielson – best known to WWE fans as Daniel Bryan – has admitted he would happily have snubbed worldwide fame and keep performing in holiday camps across the UK.
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‘I used to love doing the Butlins tours with Brian Dixon,’ he exclusively told Metro. ‘I would tell people, if Brian Dixon paid me a little bit more, I would have never left. ‘I would still be at Butlins now, just like, doing my thing!’. Danielson’s wrestling rival Nigel McGuinness previously opened up about his one-night-only appearance as a Fake Kane on the holiday camps, and Danielson has recalled his own early days on that circuit.
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‘I wrestled many a Fake Cane on the Butlins tours,’ he laughed during a conversation in London before winning the AEW World Championship at Wembley Stadium in August. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video.
Up Next. He added: ‘I’d go out there most of the time, I’d wear the American Dragon mask that I first kind of started in. And I’d sing the American National Anthem, but I’d forget the words… It was so much fun!’. Whereas McGuinness has recalled his Fake Kane moment as a lowlight in his illustrious career, Danielson has always been happy to embrace the silly side of professional wrestling.
