Which ROH alumni currently in WWE is having the best run:
“You can’t deny what’s going on with AJ [Styles] right now, the impact that he’s made in such a short period of time, the opportunity to work with one of my personal favorite wrestlers Chris Jericho and the matches that he’s had over the past two weeks, that’s been a great run for him. You also have to point at Kevin [Owens], as a two-time Intercontinental Champion, a former NXT champion he’s certainly made an impact pretty quickly, the matches that he had with John Cena.
“Also too you have to look at someone like Seth Rollins who, for a long time, was just on fire with his performance. Like, everything he did was spectacular, the stuff that he did with Brock, the stuff that he did with John, it’s all big stuff and I can’t wait to see him get back in the ring and be healthy again.”
Concussions in Pro Wrestling:
“I’ve been very fortunate, I haven’t gotten many concussions, I can’t really think of any off the top of my head that I know I’ve gotten. I’m not specifically concerned for myself, but the way the marketplace has changed in terms of what is important on the pro wrestling landscape—it used to be where the major events were either house shows, or live events or pay-per-views and the television shows sort of drove the audiences toward those events.
“Now, in this day and age, everything seems to be catered towards pushing to the TV audience. And especially you look at Raw, every week they do three hours of television, plus two hours of SmackDown, and more guys are asked to do higher impact style of matches, or at least higher quality matches more often. You look at it like that and you realize that the law of averages is catching up with a lot of guys. That’s why the injury rate is so high, and the possibility of getting concussions certainly increases the more often you’re asked to perform at a higher rate.”
In related news, you can listen to Daniels speaking exclusively to WZ Radio earlier this week in the audio player below:
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
