The 10 Best Bryan Danielson Matches, According To Cagematch.net

"The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson recently jumped ship to All Elite Wrestling after working in WWE for many years. Since then. he has proven to be a huge addition to AEW's roster. Bryan is one of the best technical wrestlers of all time, and it's his charisma that has made millions of people his fans.

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On his very first match in AEW, Danielson delivered a five-star performance match against AEW World Champion Kenny Omega. While this was his first-ever five-star rating match, it's safe to say that Bryan has had many more high-profile matches under his belt. Cagematch.net is one of the sites that allow users to rate matches of wrestlers, and the following are Danielson's best matches of his career.

10 Bryan Danielson Vs. Roderick Strong (Rating: 9.41)

Bryan Danielson and Roderick Strong know each other for a long time. They worked together in Ring of Honor and were great rivals. This match happened at ROH Supercard Of Honor 2006.

It was the main event of the night for the ROH World Title, and both just had to deliver outstanding performance.

9 Bryan Danielson & Tyler Black Vs. Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards (Rating: 9.42)

In 2009, ROH did the ROH Tag Title Classic event that saw Danielson team up with Tyler Black (Seth Rollins) against The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards).

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This bout was for the ROH Tag Team Titles and once again, Danielson stole the show with his performance. Despite a great match, Danielson and Black didn't become the new Tag Team Champions, as the match ended in a time-limit draw after 45 minutes.

8 Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuinness (Rating: 9.44)

NXT fans are familiar with Nigel McGuinness as he once worked there as a color commentator. Now, Nigel works as part of NXT UK and 205 Live's broadcast team. He retired from wrestling a decade ago and was a great wrestler of his time.

Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness faced each other several times in ROH, and their matches were always great. One such encounter between these two happened at ROH's Sixth Anniversary show. This match received an average rating of 9.44 from CageMatch users.

7 Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (Rating: 9.45)

Takeshi Morishima was a monster heel in ROH. While he wasn't the best wrestler on the roster, his match with Bryan at ROH Manhattan Mayhem II was one of the best matches in the promotion's history.

It was for the ROH World Title and both wrestlers fought around 20 minutes before Morishima won the bout. This match was also named the "Match of the Year" by Dave Meltzer.

6 Bryan Danielson Vs. Kenny Omega (Rating: 9.53)

AEW fans were incredibly lucky to see Bryan Danielson take on Kenny Omega one-on-one on free television. This match happened at AEW Grand Slam, and it even received a five-star rating from Dave Meltzer.

Undoubtedly, this was one of the best matches this year. But it didn't happen for the AEW World Championship, and also ended in a time limit draw, which most likely will lead to another match between the two in the future (contrary to what Omega said some time ago).

5 Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuinness (Rating: 9.55)

Once again, Nigel McGuinness delivered a great match with Bryan. This one happened in 2008 at ROH Rising Above for the ROH World Title, and was the main event of the night. Predictably, it stole the show.

The match ran for 28 minutes and 16 seconds, and there wasn't a single moment where fans took their eyes away from the action.

4 Bryan Danielson Vs. Chris Hero

(Rating: 9.59)

This is the second match on this list that didn't take place in Ring of Honor. Bryan Danielson and Chris Hero faced each other at PWG Guerre Sans Frontières for the PWG World Championship. After 43 minutes of outstanding performance, Danielson finally beat Hero to become the new champion.

3 Bryan Danielson Vs. KENTA (Rating: 9.61)

On Night 2 of ROH Glory by Honor V, Bryan Danielson defended his ROH World Title against KENTA. This was the longest match of the night (33:01 minutes) and as expected, both wrestlers over-delivered at the show.

In the end, Bryan retained his title against the Japanese wrestler.

2 Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuinness

(Rating: 9.64)

At ROH Domination 2007, Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness worked in a dark match together. These two are very talented and knew what they had to do to deliver a great match.

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McGuinness and Danielson stole the show again, but this match wasn't aired until the Driven 2007 pay-per-view.

1 Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuinness (Rating: 9.64)

According to CageMatch.net users, the best match of Bryan Danielson's career came against, who else, Nigel McGuinness. These two have already delivered several great matches together, but it seems like their match at ROH Unified is the best of the bunch.

This match was to unify the ROH World Title (Bryan as the champion) and the ROH Pure Title (Nigel as the champion), and end in Danielsonb winning the match by referee's decision.

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