The current AEW champion has officially left a large faction

The current AEW champion has officially left a large faction

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AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada is completely ready to make the international champion Kenny Omega in a championship check in: Texas 2025. During the contract signing of this long -awaited dream Encounter at the Summer Blockbuster Edition of AEW Dynamite on June 11, 2025, Okada, Okada Expires him bat an Elboon Baton and an elbow, leaves him, bloody and admitted to the hospital.

On June 21, 2025, episode of AEW Collision, Callis Okada introduced the newest member of his faction. This formally marked the end of Kazuchika Okada in the elite party. He came to the group on March 6, 2024 during an episode of Dynamite. The signing of the rain maker was announced by the Young Bucks, who introduced him as a full-time AEW talent and the newest member of the elite.

Kazuchika Okada turned heel to attack Eddie Kingston, in accordance with the young Bucks, who also dismissed Kenny Omega and suspended Hangman page in the same episode. All these events considerably reduced the size of the faction, and with Okada who left for the Don Callis family, Jack Perry and the Young Bucks are the only three members who are still in the group.

These details are also reflected on the official AEW selection page. You can view it below:

Vince Russo says that fans are not for Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega

As mentioned earlier, international champion Kenny Omega and continental champion Kazuchika Okada will take on each other in a winner-in-alles match at AEW All. Wrestling veteran Vince Russo recently made some comments about fans’ perception about the competition.

While you talk about Writing with Russo On Sportskeeda Wrestlebinge he pointed out that most casual fans have no idea who Okada is, and those who know that Kenny Omega does not care about him, making the matchup an uninteresting affair.

“It is not interesting at all. No casual fan knows who Okada is, and those who know who Kenny Omega doesn’t care about him. So the answer is, is a big big no, Bro,” said Russo. [From 2:27 onwards]

Omega and Okada have confronted each other several times with their legendary career. So far they have had four singles competitions, where Omega leads with two wins and a defeat, and their match at NJPW Dominion 2017 ended in a Time-Limit draw. They will be confronted in the series for the first time and the bet could not have been higher. It would be interesting to see who is at the very top: Texas.