Since shockingly joining AEW in early 2021, Paul Wight has largely been confined to non-wrestling roles due to injury, wrestling only seven matches and none since early 2024. But while Wight has occupied his time working as a commentator and coach/producer in AEW/Ring of Honor, and even briefly serving as an ROH authority figure, he has not given up hope about getting back into the ring for yet one more run, including undergoing quite a few surgeries and rehab to get himself back into ring shape.
Should Wight give you the chance to get back into the ring for AEW, the query then becomes who would he prefer to wrestle. That query was posed to Wight while appearing on “Under the Mat with Simon Miller,” and to the shock of nobody who has followed Wight’s AEW tenure, his first answer was a wrestler Wight has been trying to face ever since he first arrived within the promotion. But Wight also had a second answer, revealing he would like to face the present AEW World Champion, though more so due to their contrasting styles than because Wight is in search of gold.
“Once I take a look at our AEW roster, though he isn’t a younger cat, he’s still someone that I’ve had quite a lot of respect with for a very long time, Kenny Omega,” Wight said. “Kenny and I…Man, I might like to either tag with Kenny or compete against Kenny.
“I might like to have a terrific heel run and work Darby [Allin]. Oh my god, cause I could sling Darby’s guts far and wide. Like, even the old style after I slammed Rey into the ring post when he was tied to the stretcher. I can only imagine the carnage I could do with Darby.”
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