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Several people in AEW were reportedly upset about what Kenny Omega said during meeting

Aaron Rift

As previously noted, AEW held a “mandatory” meeting prior to the August 24th 2022 edition of AEW Dynamite. Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com noted the following about what Omega said during the meeting…

“Kenny Omega spoke and was the harshest towards the locker room in what we are told by some came off as ‘tough love’ and by others as really ‘heavy-handed.’ Some saw this as Omega trying to light a fire under the roster and others felt differently.”

A claim later came out during the Voices of Wrestling podcast that Omega stated something along the lines of “I wouldn’t have even hired 80% of you.” Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com provided additional details about what Omega’s line…

“He absolutely said the line. One version is that it was very clear when he said it he was being comedic, that he was looking at Will Ospreay when he said it, then said that he was just messing with Ospreay. Many laughed about it. Others took it as serious and there were those upset about it. Several told us it was something totally misinterpreted and taken out of context but others didn’t like it.”