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Gabe Kidd wants another match Kenny Omega but admits it will be harder the second time around.
The NJPW star battled Kenny Omega in a huge match at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty. In what was arguably the match of the night, Omega beat Kidd.
The bout marked Omega’s first in-ring action in over a year, as he had been sidelined with diverticulitis.
Gabe Kidd recently spoke with NJPW’s website and discussed his rivalry with Kenny Omega. The NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion stated that he wanted “round two” with the AEW star, and he noted that the second match would be harder than the first. He also added that he saw the match as AEW vs NJPW. He wants to prove that the Japanese promotion is the best and beating Kenny Omega will go a long way to do that.
Gabe Kidd On His Match With Kenny Omega
“I’ll give him credit. He isn’t the phony I thought he was, or that I said he was before,” Gabe Kidd said. “He is the best of the best. That’s who I deserve to be in the ring with. He got me, but I do want round two.”
“When the time is right, I do. And you know, it’ll be harder a second time. Tokyo Dome was his first match back, his first step back into the wrestling ring. A second time and he’ll be more confident, he’ll have been wrestling consistently. There’s no doubt, I could feel and you can see watching the match back that he was nervous in there. It’s a credit to him as a wrestler that he was able to beat me, because I was 100%. It’s given me things to work on, and that’s what I’m doing with my coaches, so next time we face off I’ll be 100% better than the 100% I was then.”
Gabe Kidd continued, “100 percent. In my head, this was NJPW vs AEW. That company has more money than us, it has stars there that used to be stars for us. So in my mind I wanted to put New Japan back on the map. New Japan is the best wrestling company in the world, and it has been for a long time, so I wanted to represent, and I wanted to prove this company is the best.”
“Maybe it’s to my detriment, but I wanted to win that match with simple moves. I wanted to beat Kenny with what I learned in the Dojo. Maybe I should have pushed the boat out a little bit further, but I wanted to win for me. I wanted to beat him in a simple way that people have seen thousands of times. When you’re in the ring you’re rolling with the punches and some of that thought goes out the window, but was it conscious? Absolutely,” Gabe Kidd said.
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