Omega says NXT wrestlers would be dark match guys on AEW show, side-by-side comparison of current rosters, you decide
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PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy.
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In the context of an era where you can walk up to someone and call them “fat, smelly, and ugly” and then when they get mad, laugh and say, “Dude, I was just trolling you, settle down,” Kenny Omega took some digs at NXT talent in a recent interview at Sportskeeda. The following are key excerpts:
•”You can call it a war if you want. It’s like, to me, 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.”
•”[W]hen I sit back and look at the grand picture, I’m going to war with these dudes that, if we were on the same show together, 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 in the same show as me, they’d be in the dark match. They’d be in the opening match of my main event match.”
•”You wanna call that a war, you wanna call that competition? Go ahead. 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 10000+ arenas sold out. You’re going to see smiles on fans’ faces. You’re going to see real stars. Not developmental talent, but real stars appearing on your television sets, every week.”
The following, for context, is a subjective roughly curated side-by-side list of the top 15 male wrestlers on each roster.
Kenny Omega
Chris Jericho
Cody
Jon Moxley (f/k/a Dean Ambrose)
Hangman Page
Pac (f/k/a Neville)
MJF
Shawn Spears
Matt Jackson
Nick Jackson
Dustin Rhodes
Pentagon Jr.
Rey Fenix
Darby Allin
Joey Janella
Adam Cole
Velveteen Dream
Matt Riddle
Johnny Gargano
Tomasso Ciampa
Kushida
Kyle O’Reilly
Bobby Fish
Roderick Strong
Keith Lee
Dominic Dijakovic
Killian Dane
Cameron Grimes
Pete Dunne
Walter
Hey @KennyOmegamanX remember when my match with @RealKeithLee embarrassed yours on your PWG homecoming weekend of BOLA 2017? Tune in this Wednesday to NXT TV on USA at 8pm so two developmental guys can show a real star how it’s done, again. https://t.co/EhNNG5mCL4
— Dominik Dijakovic (@DijakovicWWE) September 19, 2019
