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The Wednesday Night Wars are almost upon us, and NXT had a jumpstart on going live on USA Network last night.
Kenny Omega didn’t have anything nice to say about the NXT roster, when comparing them to the talent in All Elite Wrestling. Omega was interviewed by SK Wrestling, and spoke his mind about the up-coming Wednesday Night War between AEW and NXT.
“It’s weird, because it’s hard to say you’re going to war with people that I call my friends,” Omega stated “We are going to war, but 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 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.”
Omega feels the playing field between the two products ins’t the same, as AEW will be in arenas sold out with 10,000+ plus fans with “real stars” performing. Omega went on to state NXT’s roster was “developmental talent”
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 10,000+ 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.”
NXT star Dominik Dijovakik didn’t take kindly to Omega’s comments, and tweeted the following.
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.
Omega replied with a photo of rapper 50 Cent laughing.
— Kenny Omega (@KennyOmegamanX) September 19, 2019