Kenny Omega Believes Brodie Lee Had a Bright Future Ahead of Him in AEW
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Though he s been playing up his new heel persona on social media lately, AEW World Champion Kenny Omega opted to break from that while appearing on
The Pro Wrestling Junkies podcast this week. The Cleaner was asked about Brodie Lee, who tragically passed away at the age of 41 this past weekend. Omega said he fully believed Lee was destined for extreme greatness during his tenure in AEW, which started back in March when he revealed himself to be the Exalted One of The Dark Order. Some of Lee s highlights during his first year with the company included facing Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship at Double or Nothing, squashing Cody Rhodes to win the TNT Championship and losing it back to The American Nightmare in a widely-praised Dog Collar Match. That bout wound up being the last of his career.
Vince McMahon is a very picky man, especially when it comes to what he wants to see on his company’s television shows. This high quality standard has led to a few Superstars’ dismissals from the company. He’s also not afraid to fire an entire stable if needed.
While speaking to Lucha Libre Online, Fred Rosser, former WWE Superstar Darren Young, said that Nexus was a sink or swim situation. They had a job to do, and if the faction didn’t deliver then Vince McMahon was ready to fire them all.
“It was something that we all needed to deliver. You know, we were doing the first season of it of NXT and then we were in Miami, Florida, and we were brought into this office and we were told by Vince McMahon and the higher-ups that we were going to be doing this and we definitely had to deliver or if we didn’t we would have been fired.”