Kenny Omega News: Retirement, E3-NJPW, Old Injuries (Patreon)

Had the chance along with other media ahead of the NJPW G1 Special in San Francisco. He told me that during his time as a junior heavyweight, he was dealing with a pretty bad neck injury that ran the risk of getting a lot worse. In the two years since he's moved up to heavyweight, however, he's gotten to a point physically where there's nothing he can't do now that he couldn't do then. 

As far as E3 as his matchup goes, he got it cleared with New Japan Pro Wrestling ahead of time, but admitted that the company didn't really understand the gravity of what was going to go down. When NJPW got a new President, Omega caught him up to speed on how everything would go down, and the President was all for it. Since E3, Omega hasn't spoken to him again because they've been all over the map.

I asked him if facing Chris Jericho at the age Jericho is potentially motivated him to carry on the same kind of legacy. Omega said that Jericho was the first wrestler he really patterned himself after, so it would be somewhat poetic for his career to find that same path, and he can't really envision himself slowing down any time soon. If he does for some unforeseen reason, he has faith in the New Japan Pro Wrestling roster to be able to carry themselves, even globally.