Kenny Omega Discusses CM Punk & Daniel Bryan
The Best Bout Machine had plenty of praise amidst rumours of Punk and Bryan becoming #AllElite.
With rampant speculation that both Daniel Bryan and CM Punk could both soon become #AllElite, AEW World Champion (and EVP) Kenny Omega has been discussing both talents during an appearance on Wrestling Observer Radio.
On Bryan (as per WrestlingInc), the Best Bout Machine praised him as "incredibly intelligent" and "one of the most technically sound athletes to ever step foot in the ring".
After talking up how D-Bry was able to create a movement that culminated in him headlining WrestleMania 30 and becoming WWE Champion, Omega enthused:
"He was able to kind of turn everything around and emerge as a megastar, because he's smart enough in a wrestling sense and a business sense. Just like in ROH, how he was able to have those fans in the palm of his hands, he's able to have the entire WWE Universe in the palm of his hands with one word. Really, the only other person I can think of that did that was Austin with the 'What?'. There's really nobody else I can think of who had that much power with one word. And wrestling ability? Of course, second to none. One of the most crisp, one of the most technically sound athletes to ever step foot in the ring, especially in the current age."
When the conversation turned to CM Punk, the Cleaner said:
"CM Punk, a guy who probably has a different line of thinking than your current-day performer, your average performer, and he has this incredible reputation, and he has fans to this day who would follow him to the ends of the earth. A very dedicated fanbase. And that fanbase believes he's the best in the world and will be the best until the end of time. If you're able to have people like that who follow your career so passionately, you probably have something very special about you. It just goes to show you that the way he presented himself, the way he spoke about himself, the way he spoke to his opponents, how he performed in the ring, entrance music, his image. He was always very meticulous and he was very intelligent about how he went about it."
The big question on everyone's lips right now, of course, is whether either Daniel Bryan and/or CM Punk will end up in All Elite Wrestling.
When asked about that, Omega said how "it's cool for me to think that I'll be able to get in the ring with these two. Possibly." - talking up how the stories that can be told excite him just as much as the wrestling that could take place.