Blackpool Combat Club has earned The Golden Elite's respect.
On the July 19 episode of AEW Dynamite, The Golden Elite (Kenny Omega, Hangman Page, The Young Bucks, and Kota Ibushi) defeated Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta), Konosuke Takeshita and PAC in a brutal, violent Blood & Guts match. The match seemingly marked the culmination of a lengthy feud between the two groups.
After AEW Dynamite went off the air, Omega told Blackpool Combat Club that The Golden Elite respects them. The two stables then shook hands. (Video courtesy of @medsthegrizzly on Twitter).
"I’ve bled, I’ve sweat, I’ve cried. I’ve been maimed. I’ve got scars that will never heal, but a wise man once said, ‘I can do this all day.’ If you don’t want this to end here, we can keep this thing going. But I think I speak on behalf of all of us, The Golden Elite respects you. You respect this business, you respect these fans. If you guys want, I’ll shorten my career, I’ll shorten my life to keep this fight alive. But I’m willing to stick my hand out and shake yours if you guys will let bygones be bygones. Because love you or hate you, Moxley, love you or hate you, Claudio, love you or hate your ugly ass [Yuta], I respect each and every one of you. I respect Bryan Danielson, who broke his arm for this company, who broke his arm for this business. I respect Ibushi, who flew for over 24 hours to make it here. I can’t let that effort be in vain. If you guys want to keep doing it, so help me god, I’ll keep doing it. But I’m gonna do it with a newfound respect for each and every one of you. I’m gonna stick my hand out, just this once, as a sign of respect because I respect the hell out of you guys," Omega said.
After the stables shook hands, Omega teased that fans would see Ibushi in AEW again after he made his long-waited debut in the Blood & Guts match. He made it clear that he would go wherever his Golden Elite stablemates went.
"But one thing I do respect is that we will see Kota Ibushi again here in an AEW ring. As long as I am an active performer in professional wrestling, I’m gonna go wherever these guys go," Omega said as he pointed to the rest of The Golden Elite," Omega said.
As of this writing, there is no word on when, or if, Ibushi will return to AEW.
Catch up on our coverage of the July 19 episode of AEW Dynamite here. For a full review, check out the post-show podcast on our YouTube channel.
