It’s not often that WWE fans get hear one of the company’s top stars praise the work of somebody completely outside of the company. But that’s exactly what happened when Daniel Bryan sat down with Barstool Sports’ Robbie Fox earlier this week. Fox was walking Bryan through some of his most memorable pre-WWE matches when the conversation eventually turned to his bout with Kenny Omega in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. That bout is most famously known for the pair’s hilarious rendition of “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt,” which Omega apparently came up with and had to convince Bryan to do. Bryan then talked about his respect for the AEW World Champion’s in-ring creativity.

“He looks at wrestling differently than anybody else. With @KennyOmegamanX, there’s no previous evolution point. It’s just these completely new things that have entered his head that he’s daring to try.” -@WWEDanielBryan

Lotta respect shown here.

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