Kenny Omega feels confident AEW World Championship picture is stronger than ever
Kenny Omega is interested in throwing his hat in the ring for another AEW World Championship opportunity. Additionally, he feels the roster is stacked with impressive prospects capable of holding the promotion’s top prize.
Omega discussed the AEW talents he sees befitting to be World Champion with Adam Barnard of The Sportster. He acknowledged MJF’s current reign, while listing Darby Allin, Kyle Fletcher, Konosuke Takeshita, Kevin Knight, Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland being notable names whose association with the title elevates the promotion.
“I feel like especially now because I’ve been here since the beginning. This is probably the most exciting for me that the title scene has been and the amount of competitors vying for the belt. Sometimes you’ll have a champion and you’ll know who’s gunning for it and you know that’s going to be the story for the long run. And now I mean geez we have MJF as a champion but it could easily be Darby. It could easily be a Kyle Fletcher. It could easily be a (Konosuke) Takeshita, Kevin Knight, (Kazuchika) Okada. Who knows? Maybe it could be me. It could be an (Will) Ospreay, Swerve (Strickland).”
“We have so many possibilities where if that belt went around their waist, it wouldn’t look odd. It wouldn’t look out of place And I would feel that the company’s in good hands. And I think it’s the first time where we’ve had close to almost 10 guys where you could put that belt on and it’s going to be okay.”
The former AEW World Champion is gearing up to face Zack Sabre Jr. at Forbidden Door on June 28. They reignited their nearly decade old rivalry, dating back to their NJPW tenure.
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