Video: What Happened After AEW Dynamite Went Off The Air

The main event segment of Wednesday night’s episode of Dynamite saw AEW EVP and former AEW World Champion “The Best Bout Machine” Kenny Omega make his highly-anticipated return to television and address the fans, while also revealing the severity of his condition. Omega told the fans in attendance that his doctors weren’t optimistic about his future in wrestling and admitted that there were moments when he considered giving up, but he pushed forward and chose to return to the ring.

Don Callis and the Don Callis Family then interrupted Omega, which led to a brawl where Brian Cage, Lance Archer, and Kyle Fletcher attacked Omega. Will Ospreay then made his way out to make the save. Both men then had a stare-down as the show went off the air with Excalibur revealing that Omega will face Cage on next week’s Maximum Carnage Dynamite special.

After the show went off the air, Omega cut a promo once again for the live crowd in attendance.

Omega said (courtesy of Fightful.com), “I don’t want the message of the day to be, ‘Do not listen to your doctors.’ That’s maybe the wrong advice to give. But what I will say is that if you have strong conviction, if you have a strong belief in your heart, in your mind that you can do something, trust me when I say, that if you really, truly give it your all, you can accomplish whatever it is that you set your mind to. As a fan of wrestling, not only am I happy to perform for you, but I’m happy to watch the stars of AEW and heck, any promotion, I’m just happy to watch professional wrestling, and in the year 2025, oh my goodness, is professional wrestling ever thriving. So no matter how you guys choose to consume it, professional wrestling is alive and well, and boy, it’s taking over the world. If I have my say, if I have any power at all over my person, if I can be even a sliver of what I used to be, I want to be at the forefront of that movement. I want to be one of the people that people talk about when they are talking about this positive wrestling movement. So next week, I will be back in an AEW ring, and moving forward, I would love to absolutely be in the ring performing in front of all you guys, and I know there’s a locker room full of guys in the back, and I know there’s a whole entire world of professional wrestlers that are looking to make your lives just that much more enjoyable. So please, stay tuned, watch wrestling, love wrestling, cheer for your favorite performers, boo whoever you hate because wrestling really is alive and well, and I’m just happy to be a part of it. So thank you again. Now that I’m not being attacked by anybody, I can finally say goodbye, mwah, and goodnight. Bang.”