Bryan Danielson returns at AEW All In; finally gets revenge on Death Riders

Bryan Danielson finally returned to AEW programming at All In: Texas. The former World Champion made his comeback to seek revenge on the Death Riders for brutally ending his full-time in-ring career last year at WrestleDream.

The main event of the 2025 iteration of All In presented a brutal and bloody Texas Death Match between Adam Page and Jon Moxley for the latter's AEW World Championship. The winner of this year's Owen Hart Cup had challenged the self-proclaimed One True King to face him at Globe Life Field, with all his allies, the Death Riders, and The Young Bucks. The latter accepted the challenge ahead of the PPV.

As expected, Moxley's "soldiers"—Marina Shafir, Wheeler Yuta, Claudio Castagnoli, and their new associate Gabe Kidd—interfered in the matchup, attacking Page and foiling Will Ospreay's attempt to help The Cowboy. However, just when the challenger's fate seemed sealed, a message from Darby Allin from atop Mt. Everest distracted Moxley and his faction. It was then that Bryan Danielson, donning his idol Blue Panther's mask, made a shocking return to lay out Yuta, Claudio, and Kidd.

Furthermore, Allin himself descended from the rafters and helped The American Dragon neutralize most of the Death Riders, leaving Moxley for Page.

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Eventually, courtesy of a much-anticipated assist from Swerve Strickland, The Hangman hung and submitted The Purveyor of Violence once again to reclaim and free the AEW World Championship.

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Edited by Anurag Mukherjee