NJPW Star Mocks “Embarrassing” CM Punk Incident
CM Punk’s name is still in the news.
Kenny Omega made a special appearance at NJPW Power Struggle and gave the clearest indication yet that he’s preparing to return to the ring. During a promo, Omega said he’d like to tackle one of the company’s young stars, potentially at Wrestle Dynasty on January 5th, 2025.
Shortly after delivering the good news, Omega was confronted backstage by Gabe Kidd.
In the days after the fight Kenny Omega gave an interview where he compared the incident to the famous backstage brawl following AEW All Out 2022 involving himself, CM Punk, the Young Bucks, and Ace Steel. Omega said that like Punk, Kidd is “unfit to be a professional.”
I immediately remembered the incident that happened in AEW. I won’t say his name, but I thought that Gabe was unfit to be a professional, just like that guy. He said a lot of bad things about AEW, but that’s irrelevant now. For now, I can’t trust Gabe.
Gabe Kidd Takes Aim At CM Punk And Kenny Omega
During an interview with SP3 of SI’s The Takedown, Kidd wasted little time in firing back at Omega. In the process, he also took time to mock CM Punk and his altercation with Jack Perry at All In 2023. Punk was fired shortly after the event, with Tony Khan claiming he feared for his life.
CCTV footage of the incident was subsequently aired on the April 10th episode of Dynamite.
Kidd said the footage of the incident involving “Little Phil” was the most embarrassing thing he’d ever seen.
“What I did find funny is he ran from the building immediately, ran to Tokyo Sports, said I pushed him and took a fighting stance and he got the first hit in. Well if you did, I didn’t feel shit because everyone heard that slap I gave you in that video.
Listen, I don’t care about any of those other guys, any of those stories. You saw the video of Jack Perry and ‘he who must not be named, little Phil’ we’ll call him?
Little Phil, It was the most embarrassing thing I ever seen and they advertised it to air on TV, that was the most bonkers thing I ever seen in my life. I’ve seen better scraps at nursery, it was embarrassing, so I don’t care if he compared it to that.”
Kiss will be back in action on November 8th when he defends his NJPW Strong Openweight Title against Kosei Fujita at NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed.
Meanwhile, Kenny Omega’s return to the ring has yet to be confirmed after almost a year out of action. Omega hasn’t wrestled since getting the better of Ethan Page on the December 9th episode of Collision. He was diagnosed with diverticulitis shortly after the taping.