Konnan on Reason Why Kenny Omega Was Not Booked for AAA’s Triplemania XXXI Monterrey

As noted before, Lucha Libre AAA has been working on plans for AEW’s Kenny Omega to compete in a match against Hijo del Vikingo at one of their Triplemania XXXI events this year.

A recent episode of the Haus of Wrestling podcast featured AAA head booker Konnan as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Konan revealing that the reason why Omega was not booked for this Sunday’s Triplemania XXXI Monterrey event was due to Omega not wanting to commit to the event since he was busy negotiating a potential new contract with AEW at the time.

“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.”

Konnan also stated that he currently believes that Omega recently signed a new contract with AEW.

“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.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com