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Former WWE star Daniel Bryan became the latest star to make a dramatic debut on AEW, using his real name Bryan Danielson at the end of All Out.
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Just two weeks ago, CM Punk returned to wrestling after seven years out of the sport to join AEW, to a rapturous ovation in his hometown of Chicago.
On Sunday, Punk made his in ring debut against Darby Allin at the company's latest pay-per-view show and he was joined on the show by a man he knows all too well.
With the event coming to a close, after Kenny Omega's victory over Christian Cage for the AEW World Championship, former NXT champion Adam Cole came out and re-joined the Elite stable.
However there was one more surprise to come as Danielson's music hit and he came out to another huge reaction from the crowd, only he certainly isn't joining Omega, Cole and the Young Bucks.
Adam Cole sides with the Elite, Bryan Danielson sides with good as a brawl of good and evil breaks out! Bryan Danielson stands tall at the end.#AEWAllOut came out guns blazing. What a show!
— WrestlingINC.com (@WrestlingInc) September 6, 2021
An absolutely historic night, @SpotsHigh signing it off, goodbye and goodnight! BANG! pic.twitter.com/0MjOpWaGDG
Adam Cole and Bryan Danielson are All Elite. Wrestling is just amazing.#AEWAllOut pic.twitter.com/SpME76G0VV
— Pro Wrestling Finesse (@ProWFinesse) September 6, 2021
In the space of an hour..
— Daniel Ball - Wrestling 🎙 (@danielballpod) September 6, 2021
- CM Punk first match in 7 years
- Adam Cole joins AEW and the Elite
- Bryan Danielson is All Elite
The game is changing. #AEWAllOut pic.twitter.com/RVUneYFiMX
Welcome to the team…#BryanDanielson is #AllElite pic.twitter.com/4ATp5SiQus
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) September 6, 2021
.@bryandanielson shouting “AEW…let’s f**king go!” is the exact energy we all need to kick off Monday #AEW #AEWAllOut
— Wrestling Travel (@WrestlingTravel) September 6, 2021
(📹 @ryandroste) pic.twitter.com/PaMMdpaWZC
Danielson and Punk both wrestled each other on the independent scene before each signed for WWE, where they met again a few years later.
It's been a hell of a journey for the 40-year-old over the past few years. Ahead of WrestleMania 30, in 2014, his popularity forced WWE to change their minds on him as a top performer and he won the Heavyweight World Championship on the shows main event.
Sadly injuries forced him to vacate the title and he eventually had to retire, due to severe concussions. Amazingly he made a return three years later and was able to have another run in the company, where he once again became the champion.
In May this year his contract with Vince McMahon's company came to an end and there have been rumours ever since that he would join All Elite Wrestling.
It wasn't just Cole and Danielson who were announced as joining the promotion though, with Ruby Soho, formerly Ruby Riot in WWE, also being added to the roster.
It's a really exciting fans for wrestling fans, especially AEW fans, and it'll be intriguing to see what happens with their new signings.
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Topics: Wrestling, Daniel Bryan