Konnan recently spoke with Instinct Culture by Denise Salcedo where he discussed his creative roles across numerous promotions, his thoughts on AEW and WWE as well as his thoughts on Dominik’s debut.
During the interview, Konnan spoke about All Elite Wrestling not using some talent in the right capacity, namely Kenny Omega, the Lucha Brothers and Santana & Ortiz. He supported his analysis by saying Kenny Omega is treated like a rockstar in Mexico and positioned as the top wrestler he’s been pushed as before, but it doesn’t come off that way in AEW, where he is a current Tag Team Champion with ‘Hangman’ Adam Page.
“They’re both super talented and it’s really weird to me that in AEW I don’t think they’re really being used to the best of their ability. Because whatever they have Pentagon and Fenix doing now, it almost felt like okay, we have all these guys, we don’t really have anything for them yet, let’s just do something with them all together just to throw them in the ring. Pentagon and Fenix are on a whole other level, they really are.
“And same thing with Santana and Ortiz, I personally am not feeling this thing they are doing with the Best Friends but other people do like it. I don’t, I know they can be used in another capacity. So I would say they haven’t been used to the best of their capacity. But I would also say the same thing about Kenny Omega. Because I’ll tell you what, if you’re a fan and they tell you ‘Hey, see that guy that’s in AEW that’s supposedly one of the best or the best technical wrestlers in the world,’ he doesn’t really come off like that. Now I am just gonna show you a big difference, it doesn’t mean I am smarter or that I am better, nothing like that, I am just gonna show you a difference. So when Kenny Omega comes to Mexico, he’s the Triple A {Lucha Libre AAA} Champion, so what we do is, we put him against the best wrestlers in Mexico… and we let him go out there, tell his story, be a rockstar, do a 30-minute great match, and the people react to him and I am not kidding you, like a rockstar.”
Kenny Omega will defend the AEW World Tag Team Championship with Hangman Page against FTR at All Out; the Lucha Brothers, Santana and Ortiz are confirmed participants in the 21-Man Casino Battle Royal.
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