Kenny Omega on Co-Existing With Kazuchika Okada as Comrades Now

– Sports Illustrated’s Justin Barrasso, AEW star and IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega discussed his relationship with NJPW star and his former rival Kazuchika Okada. Below are some highlights:

Kenny Omega on if he noticed Kazuchika Okada using his catchphrase: “Absolutely it did. I checked my text messages right away to see if there was something I wasn’t privy to.”

On Omega still willing to have the back of Okada: “I wouldn’t be so quick to scratch his name off the list of guys I wouldn’t help. Our match together was a wild-card draft. It was a fun time. It felt to me like, ‘We had our thing. Our thing is done. I’ve said it before—Okada is very sharp. He is who he is for a reason. I had a lot of fun teaming with him at New Japan Dash, so I wouldn’t strike that off the list of potential people who I wouldn’t mind having their back.”

On how it’s cool for them to be comrades now: “We’re in completely separate divisions right now. I’m U.S. champion, and he’s competing for the IWGP heavy. It’s good to let us exist in our respective worlds and be comrades for a change.”