NJPW Star Kenny Omega Comments On Seth Rollins Utilizing His Knee-Strike As A New Finisher
WWE's Seth Rollins recently debuted his new finishing move, and it will have been very familiar to fans of Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada's recent NJPW title match. Find out what Omega had to say about it...
As we all figured he would once his feud with Triple H was put to bed, Seth Rollins dropped The Pedigree as his finishing maneuver and began using a knew strike he's expected to start calling The Kingslayer.
The strike is actually an amalgamation of Kenny Omega's V-Trigger and Kazuchika Okada’s setup for his Rainmaker clothesline, and was already used by the former in their highly acclaimed NJPW title match back in January. When Rollins debuted the move on TV recently, Omega took to Twitter with a snarky response, but he has now clarified that he was only joking during an interview with Sports Illustrated:
“If he was inspired by my match to add that to his arsenal, it’s a great compliment. A finishing move is an important part of one’s character–and sometimes success. So for him, being a top guy in WWE, it’s cool that he chose something that I’d used earlier in the year during my match with Okada. As for the tweet, a lot of guys don’t know that I used to travel with Rollins all of the time in ROH. We never became the closest of friends, but we’re definitely cool with each other and the mutual respect has always been there. If I was legitimately angry, I’d just flat out say so. I’m not one to shy away from speaking my mind.”
Wrestlers "borrow" moves from each other all the time, so this is really nothing to get into a tizzy over - however, Rollins might want to work on making The Kingslayer look (and sound) a bit more impactful if he's going to continue to use it full time.