Current Champion Promises To End AEW’s Kenny Omega At Upcoming Event

Following NJPW Power Struggle, NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd has promised to end AEW’s Kenny Omega.

At NJPW Power Struggle, former AEW World Champion Kenny Omega made his return to the company to tease his potential in-ring return at the upcoming co-promotional show, Wrestle Dynasty from the Tokyo Dome on January 5.

After his in-ring promo, Omega got into a backstage altercation with NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd. A video of the encounter has since been released, which you can find here.

The animosity stems from Omega mispronouncing Kidd’s name in a recent interview and an intense exchange on social media between the two.

Speaking with The Takedown on Sports Illustrated, Gabe Kidd discussed the backstage encounter with Kenny Omega. He said:

“Listen, I went to him backstage. I didn’t try to get into any of this stuff happening.”

“I knew where he was going to be after he got off the mic, I knew where he was gonna be, so I waited for him and those little rats of f***ing press staff, they were waiting around the corner, they heard us talking.”

“I was just trying to have a conversation with him, but I was pissed. Listen, I said this to him before anything, before pro wrestling, I’m a man, a very mad one, so if you disrespect me like that, I hate when these people like MJF and Kenny, they try to act like they don’t know what my name is because they’re not cool and they try to act cool in front of these other people, wrestling fans, who are also not cool.”

“It’s just a bunch of not cool people trying to act cool and it ain’t a good look, you get slapped for that where I’m from. So, I was just trying to have a conversation with him what happened, happened.”

On Omega’s NJPW return at Power Struggle, Kidd said:

“You left New Japan and these people love you, you left New Japan, you abandoned it to create this new company and now you want to come back in here like you don’t have a job elsewhere.”

“You came back here because you know New Japan is the best, you came back here because you know New Japan is number one.”

Kidd continued on to tease a potential in-ring match with Omega at the upcoming Wrestle Dynasty event at the Tokyo Dome, saying:

“So, don’t talk to me about ‘oh who’s gonna step up and have a match with me?’ I slapped the s**t outta you backstage, what you think I can do in front of 50,000 people in the Tokyo Dome? I will end you, Kenny.”

“So of course I’m down for that match on January 5th, I ain’t thinking about anything else, it’s up to that little bitch whether he accepts it or not.”

Wrestle Dynasty will take place on January 5, 2025, emanating from the Tokyo Dome. The show will feature talent from NJPW, AEW, STARDOM, CMLL and ROH.

Gabe Kidd was fined and given a warning for his actions against Kenny Omega at NJPW Power Struggle, which you can read at this link here.

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