There’s A Reason AJ Styles Repeated Himself Three Times When Asked About Kenny Omega

AJ Styles has ruled out a match with Kenny Omega, saying the most requested dream match of his career is never going to happen.

Speaking on his Phenomenally Retro Podcast, Styles addressed the matchup directly.

“The same dream match that everybody wants me to have with Kenny Omega. The match that’s never gonna happen unless something crazy happens, and I can’t imagine that. Kenny’s my buddy, so to be in the ring with him would be fun, and we’d tear the house down, I have no doubt about that. But again, that’s not gonna happen.”

He elaborated on the feeling of the missed opportunity.

“I would have liked to have had a match with him anywhere, but it didn’t happen. I got too old and we went different places. It is what it is, it just wasn’t meant to be. It’s never going to happen. Just throwing that out there, it’s never going to happen. Never going to happen.”

Styles retired at the 2026 Royal Rumble in a match against Gunther and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2026 during WrestleMania weekend. He and Omega shared only one singles match, in 2006, and last shared a ring as tag partners on the January 5, 2016 edition of NJPW New Year Dash. Omega remains active as an AEW EVP.