While they may be rivals in the ring, Kenny Omega has high praise for Jon Moxley.
Omega and Moxley will face off inside of a steel cage on AEW Dynamite this Wednesday night. In advance of the match, Omega spoke to Sports Illustrated about his feud with Moxley.
“If I’m being honest, the MVP of AEW hasn’t been me,” Omega told SI. “It’s Jon Moxley.”
“For AEW, Jon’s been the one," Omega said. "He’s been at almost every show. He’s bled at almost every show. There is no one higher on the blood-giving list. Maybe that’s what makes this feud so interesting. It’s someone with the notoriety from Japan against someone who was a top player from WWE. And Jon hasn’t stopped working. I was injured, but now that I’m healed up, it’s beautiful that we can restart the song and dance between Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley.”
Omeg and Moxley are currently part of warring factions in AEW, with Omega and The Elite battling Moxley and the Blackpool Combat Club. The rivalry between Omega and Moxley dates back to the first AEW event in 2019. Wednesday will be the fourth time they have wrestled each other in a singles match. Omega currently has the advantage with a 2-1 record.
Omega detailed what his motivations are in his storyline with Moxley:
We go out of our comfort zone and see if we can thrive in the world of our opponents, and that’s really important to remember when examining Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley, Our first-ever match was the Lights Out match, which is not supposed to be in my wheelhouse. Oppositely, after Jon came to AEW, he went out to Japan in the G1 [Climax tournament] to see what it was like to be Kenny Omega.
The dichotomy of our characters is interesting, as is the evolution of it. If you really dive deep and analyze what makes us who we are, I lost that Lights Out match. So what’s the next progression from there? For me, it was to take shortcuts. After that, I decided to flip it on its head and deliver an even more violent match, the Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch. It’s like I’m always chasing the dragon. It’s not enough for people to say I’m the best professional wrestler. I want to beat Moxley at his strong suit. I want to thrive in a world of violence, even more so than Jon. That’s what I’ll convey in the cage this week. I want to be better than Jon.
Wednesday's Dynamite is taking place at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. There are only three episodes of the show left before AEW's Double or Nothing pay-per-view.
Moxley was also recently interviewed by SI. He called the Elite vs. Blackpool Combat Club feud "the absolute apex" of pro wrestling.
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