Gabe Kidd Confronts Hiroshi Tanahashi At NJPW G1 Climax Backstage Presser

Gabe Kidd called out Hiroshi Tanahashi, confronting him backstage at NJPW’s G1 Climax show on Monday morning. Kidd is competing in the tournament and during the backstage press event, he confronted the NJPW President and called him out.

“Hey Tanahashi, hey, come here,” Kidd began (per Fightful). “You walking past me? Let’s get it for the cameras. Stand here. Shut the f**k up and listen to me, look at me. You look at me in the eyes, I want you to see the hate in my eyes, you pay attention. I don’t know what you and these other little office busy bodies think that you’re doing, but you really want Shota to be that guy, don’t you? You really want Tsuji to be that guy. You really want Naruta, all these boys, musketeers. They ain’t got s**t on me.”

He continued, “Do I lie when I talk, do I talk lies? No I don’t, I say what I’m going to do and I do it. I’m the man up in here, none of them little bitches. It’s me. Let me get this very clear. In 2008, New Japan was rock bottom, you remember? You saved this company, you saved this company. That was 2008, this is 2024 and I am actively saving this company every day so if you don’t start paying me the respect I f**king deserve — putting those boys here and me there, no, I’m better than every single one of them. You don’t put the respect on my name that I deserve, I’m going to take everything from you. Everything.”

You can see the video below:

Gabe Kidd Confronts Hiroshi Tanahashi At NJPW G1 Climax Backstage Presser

Gabe Kidd Confronts Hiroshi Tanahashi At NJPW G1 Climax Backstage Presser

Gabe Kidd Confronts Hiroshi Tanahashi At NJPW G1 Climax Backstage Presser

Gabe Kidd Confronts Hiroshi Tanahashi At NJPW G1 Climax Backstage Presser

Gabe Kidd Confronts Hiroshi Tanahashi At NJPW G1 Climax Backstage Presser