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Welcome to the Busted Open podcast. This is Dave LaGretta. On today's episode,

WWE Hall Famer, TNA Hall Famer, bully Ray and I talk about the huge match

between Brian Danielson and Eddie Kingston and how I think that has propelled

Brian Danielson to be one of if not the wrestler of the year in 2021. Also, we get into

CM Punk and Eddie Kingston and how this could be a memorable feud between the two because it

would be real. Also, we get into the power or lack thereof of social media right now on the Busted

Open podcast. When you really look at the complete body of work and I'm talking about

in the ring bully, you may have to give the nod to Brian Danielson and hear me out because

stick about Brian Danielson's 2021 and people tend to forget but he's an AEW now but in April,

he was with the WWE and was in the main event with Roman Reigns and Edge for the Universal

Championship in the Triple Threat match. So on April 11th, he's in the main event bully at

WrestleMania. Then he leaves, comes to AEW and by the way on the way out, he had an amazing

match with Roman Reigns on Smackdown. Then he goes to AEW and he makes that debut at all out

which everybody was Gaga for but look at the matches that he's had.

Kenny Omega, which a lot of people are calling match of the year, Nick Jackson, Suzuki, Bobby Fish,

Dustin Rhodes and then what we just saw on Friday with Eddie Kingston. Those are some of the best

matches that we've seen so far in 2021. So when you look at this guy's work rate over the last

year, it's pretty tough to find anybody who's done it better in the ring than Brian Danielson.

Stud, he's a workhorse. Yep. A couple of weeks ago, we talked about Danielson and Punk and how

they can be best utilized. I don't want to see Punk wrestling every single week. Punk has been

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