Gabe Kidd Highlights Differences Between AEW And NJPW

Reigning NJPW Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd spoke with Fightful on a number of topics, including how you can’t compare AEW with NJPW as he believes they are a pro wrestling company while AEW is a TV show.

Kidd said, โ€œI came in and beat people up in five minutes. Easy to me. Then I stole, well I didnโ€™t steal, I was rightfully entitled to it. I took about five boxes of catering. Thatโ€™s the best thing about AEW, their f***ing catering. We get salmon rice bowls over there. Iโ€™ll take a nice little steak dinner for the next three days. Going there is easy for me. Iโ€™m used to doing tours. If I go there and do one show a week, come on. These guys canโ€™t compete. You canโ€™t put us on the same level. โ€˜They are a high level pro wrestling because theyโ€™re on TV.โ€™ Are they? F**k. New Japan is where the s**t is. Weโ€™re on the road every single week. G1 finishes, a week later, weโ€™re on the next tour. We keep moving. You canโ€™t [compare] the two. We are a pro wrestling company. You are a TV show.โ€

You can check out Kiddโ€™s comments in the video below.

(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)