Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay went to battle once again at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door in a rematch from their Wrestle Kingdom 17 bout.
At Forbidden Door, Ospreay was victorious, regaining the IWGP United States Championship. The bout was a hard-hitting and physical affair, that included a Tiger Driver '91 spot with Ospreay connecting with the move on Omega.
The spot brought forward a lot of online discourse with people arguing over safety and whether the move was necessary.
Speaking to Raj Prashad of Uproxx, Omega commented on taking the move.
“Hopefully it leaves fans questioning is he okay? It’s all about the match. We’re battling in that ring and I want you to go along for the ride with us. If they thought everything else in that match was just the worst shit they’ve ever seen in their life, but that one moment, got them for a second, ‘He’s not going to kick out, he’s not going to get up, they better get the gurney, call in the fucking airlift,’ that’s perfect. And if I had a whole match of those types of reactions, even better,” Omega said. “It’s all part of my job, it’s all part of my profession. These are things that I take a lot of pride in and I think that’s why when I went into this match, there’s a lot of physical and mental preparation that goes into it because I was really preparing myself to wow the crowd to this kind of level.”
He continued, "People that wanted to shit on something or people that want to frown upon something, or for people that want to say, ‘Well, if it were me, I wouldn’t have done that.’ I didn’t get to where I was by being able to do things that everyone else could do. I realized, and I recognized that I do have special talents that maybe not everyone else can do. Without revealing too much, I think a lot about my health. I think a lot about life after wrestling. I think a lot about my current life. I think about next week’s Dynamite and the week after that. I would never do something I didn’t trust myself in performing 100 percent.”
Omega is feeling good enough to wrestle on Wednesday's AEW Dynamite as he battles Wheeler Yuta in singles competition.
Fans can check out the lineup for the July 5 episode of AEW Dynamite by clicking here.
