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Originally Posted by Simple Fan
He was Mr. TNA when TNA was what NJPW is now but had the advantage of being in the United States. Kenny is great but I dont think he's at AJ's level of popularity in the states. Kenny would still get a huge reaction though if he showed up, just not as big as AJ in Orlando for the Royal Rumble big.
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The other thing is AJ spent most of his career in what was basically WWE-lite. It made it a little less of a culture shock seeing him in WWE. TNA obviously had more exposure in the US at a time but it wasn't exactly a beloved and revered company. If it were then we'd be putting Samoa Joe, Bobby Roode, etc. in this discussion as well. AJ needed that ROH/NJPW run to bring himself back to relevance. In front of a similar smark crowd, I definitely think Omega making a surprise entrance in a WWE ring would get a monster reaction.