Gabriel Kidd isn't afraid to call out some of wrestling's biggest names.
The New Japan Pro Wrestling star has been with the company since the start of 2020 and has taken on the likes of Bullet Club, Jonathan Gresham, and Eddie Kingston, just to name a few. During a recent interview with Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp (seen above), he said that he's willing to kick down whatever door he has to to make a match against FTR happen.
"Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler, I’ll say their names right now. They are my kind of wrestlers. I’ll say this, I respect them both very much for the path they have taken and the wrestling style that they show the world and have highlighted. But I am in that same category. So if you want to fight me, let’s fucking go. I’m here. What’s up? I’ll open whatever door I have to do to make that happen. That’s all I need to say about it. We can talk in person. I ain’t bothered," he said.
One of NJPW's biggest stars, Switchblade Jay White recently showed up on AEW programming, teaming up with the Young Bucks and Adam Cole to take out Trent Beretta and Rocky Romero. Kidd shared his thoughts about Jay White with Fightful, saying that he doesn't like him and will slap him if he says anything about him.
"Well, I’ll just tell you right now, I don’t know what plans are or anything like that. I’m not in the loop with anything like that. I get told where I’m going. But I’ll walk into AEW and slap any one of them. I do not care. I’ve beat Cody Rhodes. People don’t know that. In 2017 when I just turned 20, when I was a tubby little kid, I pinned Cody Rhodes. I’m about this and I’ll go anywhere. I saw that about Jay White. I don’t like Jay White. If he wants to say something about me, I’ll slap him, too. But, listen, him going there, he’s a top guy in our company and I’m aware of that and if you’re not aware of that because you have a little bit of beef with him, you’re an idiot. But he’s a top guy in our company. Him going there puts more eyes on us, puts more eyes on AEW, it puts more eyes on everyone. It puts more eyes on professional wrestling and that’s what we’re here for. That’s why we all go to work together and shit ‘cause we love professional wrestling. I was glad to see that. He can do his business, but just as soon as you get involved with me, then we have a problem," Kidd said.
Jay White will be in action for the first time in AEW on Friday, February 18 when he takes on Trent Beretta.
As for Kidd, he was recently added to the Terminus 2 event on February 24 in Atlanta, GA.
