The recent AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II pay-per-view saw Kenny Omega drop the IWGP United States Heavyweight Title to Will Ospreay. A hot topic coming out of the match was the Tiger Driver 91 that Omega took from Ospreay, which you can see below. Omega was dropped on his head, but was said to be OK after the match. Since then, Omega has addressed the move, while veterans such as Konnan and WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash have weighed-in.
WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam, who made a name on risky and innovative moves, discussed Ospreay’s Tiger Driver 91 to Omega during episode 7 of his “1 of a Kind with RVD” podcast. Courtesy of the show, RVD had the following thoughts after watching the spot:
“So, you know, either way – dangerous, but I’m not going to shame anybody for it because I don’t know. I’m not gonna act like I know what I don’t know. You know, I’m not gonna assume anything.
“I know that because I was so flexible and because I always wanted to put everything into all of my bumps and because my style is so action oriented. I used to always tell people like if they give me a back suplex to go ahead and like, throw me on my back of my neck and have my knees overshot and have my knees bounce off the mat while I’m landing on the back of my head.
“I did that to guys like Jericho. I did that to guys in all Japan and they would really take advantage of it, you know, so they would like really put a lot into it and like, wham. And, uh, even if it did hurt sometimes my ego would never let me expose that. So I would just be like, ‘Send it in brother.’
“Did anybody go to take a a stretcher ride afterwards? Then the risk is probably worth the reward. It looked pretty fucking good. It’s got us talking. Good job.”
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