Where Do We Go From Here?

Have we all recovered from that ending yet?

So Bryan Danielson’s full-time career has come to an end, and Jon Moxley is the AEW World Champion, but it’s what happened afterwards that has everyone wondering what’s next, and there is a lot to unpack. Right off the bat, Danielson has retired from wrestling on a full-time basis, but not all of wrestling, meaning that there is every chance that he eventually comes back to wrestle sporadically, or even do what Sting does and shows up whenever one of his friends is outnumbered. However, that won’t happen for a while. The man needs neck surgery before the end of the year, so anyone hoping Danielson might show up in the next six months needs to settle down. My honest guess would be that we don’t see Danielson anywhere in 2025, or at least the majority of 2025 as far as a match goes. 2026, on the other hand — that’s a different story. Danielson still hasn’t wrestled Zack Sabre Jr. for a third time, he hasn’t had a rematch with Kenny Omega, and Darby Allin presumably still wants to face him for the AEW World Championship. Danielson has more to do, it just won’t be for a while.

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Speaking of Darby, what’s next for the Blackpool Combat Club? Moxley is the AEW World Champion, Wheeler Yuta, PAC, and Claudio Castagnoli are the AEW World Trios Champions, and Marina Shafir could kick anyone’s head in if given the chance. They are the biggest heels in the company, and Allin has positioned himself as the flagbearer for AEW virtually all year, so yes, Darby is 100% getting a shot at the AEW World Championship in the near future — but he isn’t the only one. Throughout the WrestleDream pay-per-view, Orange Cassidy was told multiple times that he is “the man” and will get his chance at greatness one day, and let me tell you, if Jerry Lynn says it to you, you better believe it’s true.

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