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, โI came in and beat people up in five minutes. Easy to me. Then I stole, well I didnโt steal, I was rightfully entitled to it. I took about five boxes of catering. Thatโs the best thing about AEW, their f***ing catering. We get salmon rice bowls over there. Iโll take a nice little steak dinner for the next three days. Going there is easy for me. Iโm used to doing tours. If I go there and do one show a week, come on. These guys canโt compete. You canโt put us on the same level. โThey are a high level pro wrestling because theyโre on TV.โ Are they? F**k. New Japan is where the s**t is. Weโre on the road every single week. G1 finishes, a week later, weโre on the next tour. We keep moving. You canโt [compare] the two. We are a pro wrestling company. You are a TV show.โ
You can check out Kiddโs comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)