Former WWE star makes a pitch to AEW after shocking actions on TV: "Make it even grosser"
One of AEW's top stars and champions brutally ambushed his longtime rival this week during the promotion's latest television special. Former WWE Superstar Nic Nemeth has now shared his reaction to the angle and offered his views on how it can help advance the feud that the talents in question are locked in.
This past Wednesday at Summer Blockbuster, Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada and International Champion Kenny Omega officially signed the contract for their highly anticipated All In: Texas Winner Takes All match. A new title, dubbed the AEW Unified Championship, was also unveiled as the prize that will be on the line for the iconic showdown.
Unfortunately, the signing did not end well for The Cleaner, as he was blindsided by Okada, who revealed that he had allied with Don Callis. The Rainmaker brutalized Omega, attacking him around the abdomen and causing him to cough up blood before escaping with The Invisible Hand.
Addressing this development on a recent edition of Busted Open Radio, Nic Nemeth praised this angle for establishing a clear heel-face dynamic for the upcoming title unification match, which will continue the legendary rivalry between the former NJPW stars.
"Now you have a definitive bad guy and good guy, so if you are one of those outsiders and you are WWE based, and you just started watching AEW a year or two ago or whenever, you now have this story, mixed with someone is blatantly the heel now and one is the guy who is scratching and clawing to stay alive."
The reigning TNA World Tag Team Champion continued:
"Now with all those factors, and you have a month to go to make it even grosser or make it more lopsided, however you want to go, I love it when you can check a bunch of boxes. The history and the story's there, yes. The sickos all know these guys, yes. They know everything there is, now in a couple of minutes, you let outsiders know how important this match is on its own," said Nemeth. [H/T - Wrestling Inc]
It remains to be seen whether Omega or Okada will prevail over the other next month at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
Kazuchika Okada's next AEW match has been announced
In the wake of Kazuchika Okada's vicious assault on Kenny Omega this week at AEW Summer Blockbuster, the former NJPW star was challenged by Mark Briscoe. The Sussex County Chicken did not take kindly to the Continental Champion's actions on Wednesday and therefore called Okada out to face him this coming week at Grand Slam Mexico. The match has since been made official.
It remains to be seen whether Briscoe will manage to overcome Okada at the Jacksonville-based promotion's upcoming TV special.