In a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet as part of the INSIGHT With Chris Van Vliet podcast, All Elite Wrestling commentator Nigel McGuinness discussed several topics, including whether a match in AEW against Bryan Danielson was ever in the plans, why Bryan Danielson and Wembley Stadium may be the only terms for a comeback match and more.

Highlights of the interview are below:

On whether a match against Bryan Danielson in All Elite Wrestling was ever on the cards: “I don’t know. I mean, there’s so much of it that is out of my control really. It’s whether he wants to wrestle me. I always thought it was kind of funny. Someone asked him about that time if he’d ever wrestle me again and he said ‘If I ever wrestled Nigel, I’d break his neck.’ Then three weeks later he breaks his arm, which I thought was karma. I’ve always thought as well, sometimes you get couples and the girl is always jealous and blaming the guy for cheating. ‘You’re cheating on me. You are thinking of cheating.’ But it always turns out, she was thinking of it. So I think maybe when Bryan said, ‘If I wrestle him I’ll break his neck.’ He probably remembers those lariats and thinks [he] doesn’t want that. Go back and watch that match at Liverpool where we had that incredible match. There was a time after he ran my head into the ring post. I rolled back in, blood pouring, looked him in the face and perhaps the only time I’ve ever seen true fear in his eyes. So yeah, I think he was having a flashback, PTSD from that. So I make jokes about it, but I don’t think he’s ever going to wrestle me to be perfectly honest.”

On Bryan Danielson and Wembley Stadium being the only terms for a comeback match: “It certainly feels like that. You know what I mean? It certainly feels like that. All roads to me I think certainly aim towards him. Because there’s so much talent in AEW, so many young guys who deserve those spots. I’m very inspired by Christian Cage, obviously, and Adam Copeland as much as I’d hate to admit it [laughs]. These guys can show that they haven’t lost a step. They can still go and all the knowledge that they have, they can convey and pass on to the next generation by being in the ring with them as well I’ve been like, wow. Getting back in the ring I felt like, wow, it is a strange realisation when you figure out that the only thing stopping you being a wrestler is you. Now, having said that I’ve certainly got no desire to step away from the announcing booth. I don’t want to become a full-time wrestler. I don’t really want to wrestle anymore, to be honest with you. Other than beating Bryan, obviously, because there’s our story. There’s our history.”

The full interview is available at this link.