Kenny Omega knows how to heel.
Speaking with Sportskeeda’s Dropkick Diskussions, Omega was asked about AEW going head to head with NXT in the upcoming Wednesday Night Wars.
“You can call it a war if you want. It’s like, to me like, we’re in a completely different kind of business. I mean what they’re doing is different from what we’re doing. It’s weird, because it’s hard to say you’re going to war with people that I call my friends?”
And yet, we are going to war. And yet, when I sit back and look at the grand picture, it’s like I’m going to war with these dudes that, if we were on the same show together, the same show, the same promotion…Let’s pretend there were no borders. Let’s pretend there were no promotions. Let’s just pretend there’s just one big promotion. If these guys were on the same show as me? They’d be in the dark match. They’d be in the opening match of my main event match.”
Omega added:
“You gonna call that a war, you gonna call that competition? Go ahead. Okay, maybe it’s fun for you to do. That’s cool. But we’re different planets. And you’re going to see that right away, when you see 10,000 plus arenas sold out. You’re going to see smiles on fans’ faces. And you’re going to see real stars, not developmental talent. But real stars appearing on your television sets, every week.”
Pound for pound, wrestler for wrestler, AEW and NXT have to be pretty close on a pure talent standpoint. With NXT scoring a big ratings win for their debut on USA, it will be interesting to see how AEW counter punches on Oct. 2.
Does Kenny Omega have any real points here or is he just drumming interest for the premiere of AEW Dynamite?