Josh Alexander ‘very excited’ for Kenny Omega AEW dream match
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will be a dream come true for Josh Alexander.
For the first time ever in a singles match, Alexander faces off with Kenny Omega on Dynamite from Orlando, Florida. It’s a matchup that Alexander has wanted for a long time. Just the possibility of facing Omega is one of the reasons that Alexander decided to sign with AEW during free agency.
“I mean, I’m very excited. This is one of the reasons why I came to AEW,” Alexander told Busted Open Radio ahead of Dynamite. “I’ve been chasing this match for the past 10 years. It’s been something that’s been on whatever you want to say — my dream match list, my bucket list. Someone I’ve had a bunch of respect for. I’ve followed his career from DDT through New Japan, everything he’s done. Like, I was at Ring of Honor shows in Markham, Ontario watching this guy wrestle in the early 2010s and stuff like that. I think he’s been amazing.
“And as a Canadian wrestler, I look at other Canadian wrestlers as I’m following their footsteps. I idolize the Bret Harts, the Owens, all these people, the Edges, the Christians. And I think Kenny Omega is just another in that lineage of great Canadian wrestlers that have gone out into the world and made a name for themselves. Now I’m doing the same. I gotta walk in those footsteps and I gotta walk right through him. And tonight I finally get my opportunity, so I’m psyched.”
Alexander, a former TNA World Champion, debuted for AEW in April 2025. He told Busted Open that he’s loving his time in AEW. It’s similar to TNA for him, except for being a bigger production with a wider travel schedule. There was a bit of an adjustment period switching locker rooms, but Alexander has made friends with his new co-workers.
“It’s good to be figured in. I love the new opponents,” Alexander said before noting that he was caught off guard by how much of the audience wasn’t familiar with him before he debuted in AEW. With that new audience, Alexander has enjoyed showing them that he can excel at promos in addition to wrestling in the ring.
Alexander plays a heel in AEW as a member of the Don Callis Family. He noted that Callis should be on commentary for his match against Omega tonight.
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