Former ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness appeared on Wednesday's "Dynamite" to challenge his old rival, Bryan Danielson, to a match at AEW Grand Slam on September 25 in Queens, NY's Arthur Ashe Stadium. According to McGuinness, AEW President Tony Khan sanctioned the match and drew up a contract. The match was confirmed later in the show.
Danielson is still recovering from being attacked by his former Blackpool Combat Club comrades Jon Moxley, PAC, and Claudio Castagnoli. Moxley asphyxiated the AEW Champion with a plastic bag in the brutal attack, marking the beginning of the group's insistence that they run AEW now.
McGuinness made his triumphant return to wrestling at AEW All In on August 25 in Wembley Stadium during the Casino Gauntlet, which was his first match since 2011. In his promo on Dynamite, McGuinness noted that Danielson was a coward and had been ducking him, but that Tony Khan is not a coward and made the match, provided Danielson is healthy enough to wrestle on the show.
The match does have a caveat that if Danielson is cleared to wrestle, it will be official. Earlier on the show, Jon Moxley stated that Danielson was too injured to defend his title against Darby Allin at Grand Slam, and as such, Allin should put his guaranteed title shot on the line against Moxley on the show, which Allin agreed to.
Danielson vs. McGuinness is one of the most impactful rivalries of the 2000s, with the duo matching up ten times in singles matches in Ring of Honor from 2006 through 2009. The match will be just one day shy of fifteen years since the final singles meeting between McGuinness and Danielson at ROH Glory by Honor on September 26, 2009.
The highly anticipated clash between the two former rivals will be a significant draw for AEW Grand Slam, as fans are eager to see the rekindling of this historic feud. With Danielson still recovering from his recent attack, the match will have added intrigue and drama, as fans wonder whether he will be healthy enough to compete.
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