This August bank holiday weekend, AEW legend Bryan Danielson will main event Wembley Stadium for the first (and possibly last) time. Putting his career on the line, the best technical wrestler in the world will take on Swerve Strickland for the AEW World Championship. It's a high stakes event, but it's called All In for a reason.
Ahead of the fight of his life, we meet Bryan for a late breakfast in central London amidst a day of press – he had avocado on toast, if you were wondering. But we're not here to talk diet, we're not really here to talk about wrestling, as we put the American Dragon up against our regular Songs That Changed My Life series.
Although a big music fan, he admits he doesn't listen to anything in the gym. Just silence. “The mind-body connection as you’re working out is very important,” he says. “I enjoy working out so I enjoy feeling my body stress and strain, but it’s also important, especially with what I do, to be cognisant with, ‘Okay, I’m starting to feel a pain in my knee.’ Some people use music to get them through a workout, but I enjoy my workout, I don’t need anything to get me through!”
But when not preparing how to kick people really, really hard, Bryan does find time for some good old fashioned punk rock, '80s glam and even boyband pop...