Konnan Says Kenny Omega Couldn’t Commit To AAA Shows Due To AEW Negotiations

In a new interview with Nick Hausman, Konnan revealed that he tried to get Kenny Omega to make a few appearances for AAA at TripleMania.

There will be the first TripleMania event in Monterrey on April 16, while the other two events will take place on July 15 and August 12.

Konnan stated that the IWGP United States Champion didn’t want to commit to the events due to him still being in talks with AEW. His contract expires sometime this year. Konnan said,

“Well originally, we were gonna bring in [Kenny] Omega, but he was still negotiating with AEW and he wasn’t sure if he was gonna stay or not. So, we couldn’t commit. He didn’t want to commit [to our show] until he signed, so that was out the window. After that, we asked for a couple people from AEW, they weren’t available and then we asked for another guy and he was hurt, and so basically [who we ended up getting] is Swerve [Strickland], who I have no problem with because he may not have the name value of other people, but he’s an incredible wrestler. I was with him in Lucha Underground.”

“I’m assuming [he re-signed]. I never really asked him, but there are plans for him in the future so I’m thinking he already signed, you know? He wasn’t sure if he was gonna stay and WWE was talking with him, so we couldn’t get him to commit.”

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