AEW’s Kenny Omega is set for his first match since December 2023, facing Gabe Kidd at NJPW Wrestle Dynasty on January 5 at the Tokyo Dome.
With the pair having exchanged barbed comments in the past, Omega recently gave his thoughts on his return to NJPW and took a shot at Kidd’s past issues.
With Fightful Select reporting that Kidd’s NJPW contract was due to expire soon, it was noted that he was expected to stay with the company.
The report went on to note that Fightful had not “heard if the process of negotiations are ongoing or not.”
Kidd has now addressed the contract speculation in comments made to Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp, saying:
“I don’t know what rat was talking to you and told you that.
“They’re going to pay me very handsomely after I beat this top star in professional wrestling, I do know that.
“What little rat was telling you about my contract? That’s what I want to know. F**k whoever it was.”
Kidd would go on to discuss the importance of his upcoming match against Omega and the opportunities it will afford him, stating:
“People try to talk to me about my contract. I say you talk to me after January 5th when I pin what many regard is the best wrestler to ever do it. You talk to me then.
“First of all, I’m going to put this company on the map when I beat him. Second of all, I’m going to put myself on the map. Everyone will know my name after this. Every single person in the wrestling world.
“I’m not on TV. I don’t have a global reach like that. My global reach is beating people up like this. This is where I shine. I don’t get a weekly spot on TBS or Netflix. I don’t need that s**t. I turn up, I beat people up in a very fashionable way. Slaps, chops, punches. I don’t need no fancy moves. I don’t need any of that s**t. I turn up and I’m going to systematically pick that man apart.
“Anything he tries to do, you think I sweat it? I watched 40-plus hours of Kenny Omega matches. I know everything he goes for. I know what comes after the snapdragon. I know when he’s going to go for the One-Winged Angel, choreographed, all of that s**t. You think he’s going to beat me. It’s done. He can watch all of my matches. Every single one of my matches is different. You can’t study for me. It’s a different game plan every day. I turn up and I decide what I’m going to do. You can’t prepare for the beating that I’m going to put on this man. This broken, fragile piece of s**t.
“He’s not even Kenny to me. Tyson is going to know that I’m going to be f**king his life up. He’s going to be thinking about the hospital when he had that wristband that said ‘Tyson.’ He’s going to be remembering that when I’m beating the s**t out of him in the Tokyo Dome.
“He’s not going to get a chance to feel that Japanese energy because he’s going to get his head caved in by me. I will happily put him out.”
Kidd has been vocal about more than just Omega recently having also taken time to call out WWE’s Randy Orton.
He has also recently challenged Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes to a match in the Tokyo Dome.
Kidd beat Rhodes (and Joe Hendry) for the WCPW Internet Championship back in April 2017 at No Regrets.
In 2024, Kidd made his debut for AEW in June and went on to debut in ROH in October of that year.
Transcript from Fightful.
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