While AAA wanted Kenny for the event, he was unable to appear at the event.“
In a new interview with Nick Hausman, AAA booker Konnan said that they tried to get Omega on the card for TripleMania, but the former AEW World Champion didn’t want to commit to the show due to the fact he was still negotiating a new contract with All Elite Wrestling.
“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.”
Konnan
Kenny has been off AEW TV since he was attacked by the Blackpool Combat Club on the March 29th edition of AEW Dynamite. We will have to wait and see if AEW will announce his new deal once its signed.
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