Via Wrestling Observer, the former IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega is leaving New Japan Pro Wrestling and says he needs to take time away.
Below is what he said:
Below is what he said:
“There is no real place for me to fit, so it’s best for me not to be in (NJPW),” Omega is quoted as saying. “I can’t be there working under Tanahashi. I don’t think he’s surpassed me, don’t think he’s better. If we can, I want to face him again. But I need time away, and not just from New Japan.”
Quotes credit: F4Wonline
Omega’s contract with NJPW is set to expire at the end of the month.
In the case you don’t know, Omega loss his IWGP Heavyweight Championship to Hiroshi Tanahashi at Wrestle Kingdom 13 and did not appear the following day at New Year’s Dash.
He is likely to go either All Elite Wrestling or WWE.
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