
Kenny Omega had a scary moment taking the Tiger Driver ’91 from Will Ospreay at AEW & NJPW: The Forbidden Door 2.
During a recent Uproxx interview, “The Cleaner” addressed the dangerous spot that had fans on the edge of their seats.
Featured below are some of the highlights.
On the Tiger Driver ’91 spot with Will Ospreay from AEW & NJPW: The Forbidden Door 2: “Hopefully it leaves fans questioning is he okay? Itโs all about the match. Weโre battling in that ring and I want you to go along for the ride with us. If they thought everything else in that match was just the worst shit theyโve ever seen in their life, but that one moment, got them for a second, โHeโs not going to kick out, heโs not going to get up, they better get the gurney, call in the fucking airlift,โ thatโs perfect. And if I had a whole match of those types of reactions, even better. Itโs all part of my job, itโs all part of my profession. These are things that I take a lot of pride in and I think thatโs why when I went into this match, thereโs a lot of physical and mental preparation that goes into it because I was really preparing myself to wow the crowd to this kind of level.”
On how he’s always careful with moves that could end up badly and having plans for life after wrestling: “People that wanted to shit on something or people that want to frown upon something, or for people that want to say, โWell, if it were me, I wouldnโt have done that.โ I didnโt get to where I was by being able to do things that everyone else could do. I realized, and I recognized that I do have special talents that maybe not everyone else can do. Without revealing too much, I think a lot about my health. I think a lot about life after wrestling. I think a lot about my current life. I think about next weekโs Dynamite and the week after that. I would never do something I didnโt trust myself in performing 100 percent.”
Check out the complete interview at Uproxx.com.