Speaking to Jeremy Lambert on his In The Weeds podcast, AEW President Tony Khan explained the reason why Bryan Danielson has not been doing commentary for the past several weeks.

Khan acknowledged that the former AEW champion is “beat up” and in pain, so he’s giving him the time he needs to rest up.

He said that it is a lot for Danielson to be on the road at the moment and when he’s pain-free and able to travel, he will return to his ringside commentary duties.

“But it’s a lot for Bryan being on the road, and a lot of the utility of Bryan stepping away from the ring and resting is him being home with his family and recovering, and trying to be off the road,” Khan explained.

Khan said he thinks that for Danielson, even sitting on a chair and moving around his head in front of the monitor is hard.

“It’s harder than people understand with the injuries he’s had. People don’t realize the toll that this business and this sport has taken on this man. He’s done so much for all of us, so it means the world to have him in AEW and be part of this family, but also, that means now he’s done everything he can in the ring for AEW at this point, and I don’t need to drag him out and beat him up every week even more when he’s hurting,” he continued.

Danielson has not done any commentary since April.

(Transcript courtesy of Fightful)