Danielson then noted that, between waking up "from being unconscious," and finding himself "in a LeBell Lock," his instinct was to fight, but his body was giving up on him. "My left leg didn't have any strength anymore."

He added: "When Max said, after the Iron Man Match, that I wouldn't be able to play with my kids … it dawned on me. He's right.

"I was putting myself before my family," Danielson rued. "More than tapping out, that made me more ashamed than anything else. It's time for me to go home."