Kenny Omega On TNA Pulling Wrestlers From Matches Against AEW Stars: ‘If There Were Situations Where We Could All Play Nice With Each Other, Then I Really Do Think That Business As A Whole Would Move In Towards More Of A Positive Direction’

Kenny Omega has shared his thoughts on TNA pulling wrestlers from their matches against AEW stars.

Nic Nemeth and Leon Slater were scheduled to wrestle MJF and Ricochet in the coming weeks. But it was recently revealed that these matches will no longer take place due to “partner conflicts.”

Kenny Omega was recently interviewed by Jon Alba of The Takedown on SI, where he commented on the whole situation.

“If you’re in a bubble for too long and you failed to realize what exists outside your bubble, how small your bubble is… in this case, we’re talking about professional wrestling, I think you start to run into problems like this where someone will think that they’re better than somebody else, that there is no reason to work together, and they don’t see the upside.

They can only look at the negatives and the downsides. I still think that we’re in a place where professional wrestling can still be more than what it is. I do think that if there were situations where we could all play nice with each other, then I really do think that business as a whole would move in towards more of a positive direction, we’d see more of a positive trend.

I understand with the amount of money that’s at play, that’s a very sensitive subject and a very sensitive issue. If we get to a point where we’re starting to cross-promote or we’re having wrestlers wrestle against talent affiliated with WWE, for example, it becomes a sensitive topic as to how do we promote that? Who wins? Who loses?

I don’t say that, specifically as a who wins, who loses on paper, but I mean, who wins, who loses as a promotion? Who’s going to come out looking like the stronger promotion, who’s going to come out looking like they gained something from this scenario?”

Omega continues that if another opportunity comes up in the future, he’d have that talk with Tony Khan.

“I do think that at the end of the day, if everyone were to really just sit down and figure out a way to make it happen, it’s more than doable. We’ve seen it in other sports, other forms of media. This isn’t just a thing that’s unique to professional wrestling. But maybe you could also make something really cool by having two forces that you never would see share a screen team up or face each other. I have always been maybe a little bit unrealistic in that realm of thought, but I’ve always been at least willing to always entertain that if there was ever an opportunity to do so. 

I really do think that with how passionately I do feel about working together with everybody and anybody, that I think Tony would hear me out and also entertain the idea as well. I think it’d be great for fans, and I think at the end of the day, too, it’s only a net-positive for all of professional wrestling.”

Omega is currently scheduled to face MJF for the AEW World Championship at AEW Dynasty. Fans can learn more about the event by clicking here.