Gabe Kidd says Kenny Omega is pathetic.
The rivalry between Kenny Omega and Gabe Kidd heated up in the last few months of 2024. They took shots at each other at different points, and they were involved in a backstage altercation at NJPW Power Struggle. Omega then agreed to face Kidd in his in-ring return at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty, which will mark his first match since December 2023.
In a new interview with Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp, Gabe Kidd was asked whether he saw what Omega said about him while speaking with Sapp.
"I saw some clips. He can say what he wants. I’ve been wrestling this whole year. Active. Actively war-ready going into fights. He can do whatever he wants to prepare for this. He can go to the gym, he can hang out with his little friend Ibushi. He can do whatever he wants. It’s not going to compare to anything that I’m going to bring to that fight. Let’s get that clear. It’s not a match, it’s a fight. He can do what he wants. He can say what he wants. The fact is, he’s a pathetic weak man. That’s the reality of the situation. You’re a pathetic man. It’s easy to say that stuff when you’re not fighting every week and away from everything you care about. Don’t talk to me about anything. You used to be great. Now you’re lunch for me. Dinner," Kidd said.
Sapp then read one quoted one quote from his interview with Omega, in which the former champion said that he didn't know Kidd from a glory hole in the wall. Kidd said that it was entertaining because Omega was a nerd. He stated that he would decimate Omega at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty.
"It’s entertaining to me because he’s such a nerd. He is such a nerd. When you’re in Japan and you see people who are set on going there so they can buy anime merchandise. He is in that category. He loves Japan so much because he likes to go to Akihabara and see the little maids. Little weird fetish nerd. He can say whatever he wants. He’s not going to get in my head. I know where I’ve been this year and I know where he’s been. You’ve been in a hospital head. Talk the best trash you want to talk. I’m going to decimate you. You’re not going to be ready. I’m always war-ready," Kidd said.
Sapp then said that Omega called Kidd “a giant poop stain on the image of NJPW. Kidd replied by saying that whenever he saw NJPW being talked about in the news, his name was involved. He noted that Omega would realize that he shouldn't have been running his mouth when he slapped him up.
"That’s funny because anytime I see New Japan being talked about in the news, my name is involved in it. That’s ignorance. Ignorance is bliss, but it’s not going to be bliss when you’re getting slapped up by me and you realize you shouldn’t have been talking shit," Kidd said.
Sapp also brought up Omega's claim that he cares more about the relationship between AEW and NJPW than Kidd. Kidd fired back by saying that he did not care about the relationship or Omega's claim, and he stated that it was a "pack of nerds" over there.
"I don’t care. I don’t have a single care in the world about the relationship. What relationship? A pack of nerds over there," Kidd said.
In November, Kidd said that Omega would wish he died from hiverticulitis because being in the ring with him was no joke. Click here to see what he had to say.
Omega previously said that Kidd would never step foot in AEW unless he gives him a positive review. Check out his comments here.
Fightful will have coverage of NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty as it airs on January 5.
