Kenny Omega talks Bryan Danielson and the infamous match they had at PWG where both men revealed their "real names."
Kenny Omega and Bryan Danielson are two of the best wrestlers in the world. They would have a classic 30-minute draw at AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam. However, years earlier in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, they had a more entertainment-based match.
The match broke down into both men claiming their name was John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt and doing a dance in the ring.
On his Twitch stream, Omega spoke about the match and why they chose to go that route rather than just having a technical wrestling classic that they could have.
"That's what we were going for. Just do a match that people won't forget, that's my worry. PWG, at that time, reminded me a lot of current-day wrestling. PWG, they don't have TV, so they really had to rely on banger matchups non-stop. They came to a point where it's like, what differentiates banger match from banger match from banger match? It's going to be the same.
"I don't want to have a 'good' match with Bryan Danielson, of course I do, but I want to have a match that will be remembered. That's the intent. Sure, there's a bajillion approaches you can take to have a match that will be remembered. That's just the approach we took and people to this day talk about that match, which is wonderful," he added.
Speaking about Danielson overall, Omega would say that, in his opinion, the coolest thing about Danielson is that he understands the importance of having a match that captivates the audience by any means as opposed to just sticking with one style of wrestling.
"The coolest thing is that Bryan gets it. He understands that the intention of wrestling is to captivate the fans in any way. It's not about who can kick more, slap more, slap harder. Who can do the most chops, who can make your chest bleed? Who can get suplexed on their head, but then stand up and then do a suplex? Again, it's not that. If none of it makes sense, if it's not in the proper context, it was not set up the right way... That is that."
Elsewhere on the stream, Kenny Omega gave his thoughts on Roman Reigns. Read his comments here.
Kenny Omega will be returning to AEW in his hometown of Winnipeg on the May 1 episode of AEW Dynamite. Check out the full card here.
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