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Bryan Danielson beat Swerve Strickland on the All In pay-per-view at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday to win the AEW World Championship for the primary time and keep away from having to retire from in-ring competitors.
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Danielson was a part of a star-studded subject within the third annual Owen Hart Basis Males’s Event, and it carried extra weight than ever earlier than for the reason that winner would go on to problem for the AEW world title at All In.
The American Dragon defeated New Japan Professional-Wrestling star Shingo Takagi within the first spherical at Forbidden Door earlier than taking down Pac within the semifinals.
Concurrently, “Hangman” Adam Web page scored wins over Jeff Jarrett and Jay White within the first two rounds, shortly after his return to AEW programming.
Danielson and Web page clashed within the event ultimate on the July 10 episode of Dynamite with Jarrett serving as a particular enforcer. Though Danielson was battered and bloodied, he persevered and rolled up Web page for the victory.
Afterward, Danielson posed with the Owen Hart Cup and alongside Owen’s widow, Martha Hart, placing a bow on one of many largest wins of his AEW profession.
Nonetheless, the work was removed from performed for Danielson, as profitable the tourney solely earned him a shot to turn into AEW world champion for the primary time.
So as to take action, he must take down Strickland, who has established himself as one of many prime wrestlers on the planet since signing with AEW in 2022.
Strickland beat Samoa Joe for the AEW world title again in April and adopted it up with profitable defenses towards Christian Cage and Will Ospreay, the latter of whom he handed his first AEW loss.
Whereas Strickland has been at his finest in AEW, the 43-year-old Danielson has absorbed loads of punishment in his profession and has struggled bodily at occasions lately.
Strickland identified Danielson’s harm historical past throughout the construct towards their match, prompting Danielson to place his profession on the road to be able to show a degree.
Each Strickland and Danielson entered All In with a ton of momentum on their aspect, however Danielson prevailed and eventually reached the highest of the mountain in AEW after falling simply quick on a number of earlier events.
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