Wheeler Yuta Explains His Reasons For Turning On Bryan Danielson

Wheeler Yuta joined the Blackpool Combat Club in attacking Bryan Danielson at the end of AEW WrestleDream, and he recently explained why. Yuta stood by Danielson in his feud with Jon Moxley and the BCC until Danielson lost the World Championship to Moxley, at which point he sided with the BCC and helped beat Danielson down. He appeared on the The Mark Hoke Show and during the conversation, he was asked why he attacked Danielson. You can see highlights from his comments below (h/t to Fightful):

On why he turned on Danielson: “I got in the ring, and I think the decision was pretty clear. Bryan’s done a lot for me in my life and my career, but so have Claudio and Jon. So when you get in the ring in that situation, and my choices were either I could cut my losses, I could stay with the two guys that have the world championship, the guys that are gonna be there, another guy who I hold a trios championship with. I could stay with them, or I could just blindly stick by Bryan. But maybe they were right because two of them are still wrestling, and one of them’s not. So it’s a difficult decision, it’s not one that I took lightly, not one that I enjoyed, but it is what it is.”

On the emotions surrounding his decision: “Yeah, of course, there’s a lot of internal conflict. As I talked about, how much I looked up to these guys, how much I respected these guys, I didn’t think it would really get to the level that we’re at right now, but there’s work that needs to be done. So if the work’s a little bit dirty, I gotta come to grips with that, I guess. But it is what it is. It’s the job that needs to be done. When you get drafted to go to war, whether you agree or not, you gotta go to war.”