Ring Of Honor Final Battle, Hammerstein Ballroom at Manhattan Center, New York, New York, USA - 20 Dec 2024] ‘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.
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.
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.
WWE icon wanted to reject worldwide fame for a career at Butlin’s One of the most influential wrestlers in WWE and AEW history could have turned it all down for a career at Butlin’s.
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.
