Gabe Kidd got into a fight with Kenny Omega at NJPW Power Struggle, and he commented to the matter in a new interview. As noted, Omega and Kidd brawled backstage in a video that took place at Monday’s show, with Kidd being “fined” over the matter.
Kidd spoke with Sports Illustrated’s The Takedown about the brawl, and you can see some highlights below:
On confronting Omega: “Listen, I went to him backstage. I didn’t try to get into any of this stuff happening. I knew where he was going to be after he got off the mic, I knew where he was gonna be, so I waited for him and those little rats of f**king press staff, they were waiting around the corner, they heard us talking. I was just trying to have a conversation with him, but I was pissed. Listen, I said this to him before anything, before pro wrestling, I’m a man, a very mad one, so if you disrespect me like that, I hate when these people like MJF and Kenny, they try to act like they don’t know what my name is because they’re not cool and they try to act cool in front of these other people, wrestling fans, who are also not cool. It’s just a bunch of not cool people trying to act cool and it ain’t a good look, you get slapped for that where I’m from. So, I was just trying to have a conversation with him what happened, happened.”
on the reaction to the video: “So, I think you know my phone’s been blowing up the past hour, everyone, all these little nerds on the internet, they’re like, ‘who’s this guy, why is he stepping to the GOAT?’ I don’t even care about any you little nerds, I don’t even care what you think of this guy, you worship this man and I slapped the s**t outta him backstage after he got rude. So, you can’t say anything to me, this guy you worship got bitched out by me. That’s all I got to say on that.”
On a possible match with Omega at Wrestle Dynasty: “So, don’t talk to me about ‘oh who’s gonna step up and have a match with me?’ I slapped the s**t outta you backstage, what you think I can do in front of 50,000 people in the Tokyo Dome? I will end you, Kenny. So of course I’m down for that match on January 5th, I ain’t thinking about anything else, it’s up to that little bitch whether he accepts it or not.”
On Omega saying that Kidd reminded him of CM Punk: “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 s**t 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.”
