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Y’All In Texas
AEW Unified Championship
Kazuchika Okada versus Kenny Omega
Wrestle Kingdom 11
Dominion 2017
G1 Climax Block B
Dominion 2018
It’s arguably the greatest in-ring rivalry of the 21st century in professional wrestling.
When Kenny Omega left New Japan Pro Wrestling for All Elite Wrestling, we didn’t know if this match would ever happen again. We didn’t know if relations between AEW and NJPW would ever get warm enough to allow it to happen, no matter how big of a money match it was.
Things did get better between AEW and NJPW, as AEW replaced Ring of Honor as their official American partner after the pandemic. This opened up the Forbidden Door show, which in 2022 Kenny Omega missed due to recovering from injuries. In 2023, Kazuchika Okada main evented against Bryan Danielson while Kenny Omega lost to Will Ospreay.
In 2024, Kenny Omega was once again on the shelf. Kazuchika Okada, on the other hand, had left New Japan Pro Wrestling for All Elite Wrestling. He teamed with the Young Bucks at Forbidden Door 2024 to face The Acclaimed and Hiroshi Tanahashi.
Now we had both men in the same promotion for the first time since 2018 but it was a question if Kenny Omega could recover from diverticulitis for these two to ever face off again. And once they did, could it ever possibly compare to what they did at two Dominion’s, G1 Climax, and Wrestle Kingdom 11? Did too much time go by? Has Omega been too ravaged by injuries?
Kenny Omega’s return from injury has included his win against Gabe Kidd at Wrestle Dynasty in an incredible match, beating Brian Cage, his tag match with Will Ospreay against ProtoShita at Grand Slam Australia, defeating Konosuke Takeshita for the AEW International Championship, a quick match with Blake Christian, a three way against Ricochet and Speedball Mike Bailey, an eight person team match against Elite and Ricochet, Anarchy in the Arena, and a four way involving Brody King, Mascara Dorada, and Claudio Castagnoli.
Much like John Wick, it’s taking a little while for Kenny to really get going but he seems to now be in a place where maybe he isn’t 2016 Kenny Omega, or 2018 Kenny Omega, or even 2020 Kenny Omega. But he’s still one of the best professional wrestlers on planet earth.
Then you have Kazuchika Okada. Oh, my sweet sweet Okada.
I don’t know how many times I have to defend the guy but I’ll keep doing it until there’s no more rain to make.
I knew what Okada was going to be from day one, and yet some people are still confused by what he’s doing. For anyone who needs to have it spelled out for them again? Okada thinks he’s more important than everyone in All Elite Wrestling. He thinks he’s a god that’s both untouchable and doesn’t need to work hard to accomplish whatever he wants. He’s the quickest AEW champion of all time. He’s yet to ever be beaten for the title. He defended it at the 2024 Continental Classic. Every time he wrestles he doesn’t take the match serious until someone smacks him in the face. Once someone makes Okada care because they are bringing the fight to him? That’s when you start seeing the real Kazuchika Okada.
That was the story in the match with Will Ospreay at Worlds End. That was the story against Speedball Mike Bailey at Double or Nothing. Once Okada starts getting close to losing control in the match you start seeing the fire come back. In the Continental Classic he didn’t take Daniel Garcia serious and the match went to a draw. Against Kyle Fletcher he didn’t take him serious either and Fletcher ended up pinning him. It forced Okada to take his matches with Mortos and Benjamin more serious than usual. It forced him to lock in for Ricochet. And it forced him to lock in against Ospreay in the final, which was a big reason that’s the best match he’s had since joining AEW.
I am under the impression once the day comes that Okada stops being the cheeky villain who thinks he’s better than everyone? He’s going to allow the fans to celebrate the Rainmaker Pose after the best dropkick in professional wrestling and he’s going to lock in to be the best wrestler on the planet one more time.
I also think he’s going to lock in for the fifth one on one match against Kenny Omega.
So long as both men can stay healthy for the match I do expect an absolute classic. Is it going to be better than any of their last four matches? If it ends up being that? It’ll be because this time it isn’t just a battle of pro wrestling supremacy. It’s about Okada re-rupturing Omega’s stomach, aligning with Don Callis, and making this about more than just a wrestling rivalry.
I’ve barely talked about the fact this will be for the new AEW Unified Championship, combining the Continental Championship with the International Championship. I’m glad they didn’t call it the Intercontinental Championship, and it’s interesting the plates include Okada doing a Rainmaker and Omega hitting the One Winged Angel.
I originally thought they would be permanently combining the championship titles but apparently it’s actually just special for this match:
So this means the International and Continental are not going away, the champion can wear three titles, and the Unified Championship likely goes away if the winner (Okada or Omega) lose one of the championships. It’s basically just to signify this match. It also looks like the Continental Classic will still be for the Continental Championship.
I don’t expect them to go 60 minutes or anything. But I do expect this to be the type of match you’ll have to remind yourself to breathe.
