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Kenny Omega’s 2022 was not what you would call a banner year for the former AEW World Champion. With his run as the “Belt Collector” officially done and a small mountain of needed surgeries compounding, leading to over half a year away from the ring and a missed spot at the Pay-Per-View virtually made for […]

In case you’re somehow living under a professional wrestling rock, you’ve certainly heard the rumor that WWE really wants to sign Kenny Omega when his contract with AEW comes due at some point in the next year or two. AEW fans want him to stay, obviously, as what would All Elite Wrestling be without the […]

Kenny Omega is a man with a foot in two very different worlds. In AEW, he’s a member of The Elite, a lighthearted trio who are always down to have a good time and currently hold the AEW World Trios Championship, and in New Japan Pro Wrestling, he’s “The Cleaner,” arguably the most popular gaijin […]

Despite being the proud holder of the reigning “Match of the Year” for his efforts against Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega hasn’t sniffed a serious feud with MJF or otherwise for a singles championship now that he’s back and cleared to wrestle in AEW once more. What gives? Is NJPW going to be the home of […]

Whether you like it or not, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks, collectively known as The Elite, love to have some fun in the AEW ring. Sure, they’ve all taken part in legitimate five-star bangers, with The Bucks wrestling an absolutely incredible effort against FTR at Full Gear 2020 and Omega holding the honors of […]

Though he was long gone from AEW at the time, having already re-debuted in WWE at WrestleMania 38 and even wrestled his now-signature Hell in a Cell match against Seth Rollins, more than a few fans wanted to know what Cody Rhodes, the blue-eyed revolutionary who helped to spearhead All In nearly half a decade […]

As crazy as it may be to realize, The Elite, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks, never actually defended the AEW World Trios Championships during either of their title reigns. That’s right, while their first reign being defenseless isn’t too surprising, as the trio were stripped of their belts after just three days due to […]

After a few weeks away from AEW television, The Elite are back but not in the wrestling ring. No, Kenny Omega, the Young Bucks, and the rest of their crew, Don Callis, Brandon Cutler, and Michael Nakazawa, are taking a page out of their hero Michael Jordan’s book and playing basketball. “Ladies and Gentlemen, check […]

Folks, it’s official: Kota Ibushi, the former multi-time IWGP Champion inside New Japan Pro Wrestling and long-time tag team partner of AEW World Trios Champion Kenny Omega, is a free agent. After years of negative back-and-forth banter between the “Golden Star” and NJPW management, and a string of injuries that kept him out of the […]

Though the ultimate announcement shouldn’t come as too big of a surprise, as he’s been on the outs with the company for years now, it still feels weird to write that Kota Ibushi, one of the most decorated Japanese wrestlers of the last decade, is no longer employed by New Japan Pro Wrestling. Initially signed […]

AEW Megastar Kenny Omega and Netflix actor Rahul Kohli are now both officially part of the Like a Dragon universe as they appear in Ishin. Upcoming action-adventure game Like A Dragon: Ishin will be getting cameos from two superstars who are also big video game nerds: AEW Executive Vice President and former AEW World Champion […]

“Switchblade” Jay White is one of the pillars of New Japan Pro Wrestling. He’s a five-time world champion with the promotion, with his most recent title reign, with the IWGP World Championship, coming to an end at Wrestle Kingdom 17, the leader of Bullet Club, and the self-proclaimed “Catalyst of Professional Wrestling” for having his […]

After over six months away following a brutal combination concussion/head injury suffered at Forbidden Door, Adam Cole is officially back in AEW, and fans of the promotion couldn’t be more excited. Gone are the days of comparing his initial AEW run to his NXT prime, or worse, folks throwing around the “Fatam Cole” nickname, and […]

When WWE released a David Guetta ft. Bebe Rexha-soundtracked trailer for their forthcoming 30th-anniversary edition of RAW – dubbed RAW XXX – fans of professional wrestling noticed more than a few familiar faces of in-ring performers who aren’t currently employed by the company. From Bryan Danielson’s “Yes” movement under his Daniel Bryan moniker to Mercedes […]

And just like that, AEW has new World Trios Championships, as Kenny Omega, and the Youg Bucks, collectively known as The Elite, have bested their deepest-seeded AEW rivals, Death Triangle, to become champions once more. That’s right, though they technically never lost the belts the first time, as Tony Khan stripped the strap after the […]

When Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay were duking it out in a 35-minute match for the ages at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17, fans online had one not-so-surprising name trending on Twitter: Dave Meltzer. That’s right, the Roger Ebert of Pro Wrestling himself has been one of the biggest champions of both “The Best Bout Machine” […]

Wrestle Kingdom 17‘s first 10 matches were all good to very good – with one lone expectation – but when Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay made their way into the ring – scored to “One Winged Angel” and “Elevated,” respectively – fans in the Tokyo Dome were treated to nothing short of a legendary bout, […]

With New Japan Pro Wrestling’s marquee card of the year, Wrestle Kingdom 17, just over the horizon, fans will finally be afforded the biggest treat of the year: WWE’s Karl Anderson back in a “King of Sports” wrestling ring. … okay, maybe seeing “Bright Lights” back in an NJPW ring in a singles match against […]

While Kenny Omega is talking plenty of trash on Will Ospreay ahead of their forthcoming match at Wrestle Kingdom 17, AEW’s “Best Bout Machine” has also found some time to discuss other aspects of professional wrestling, including his run in DDT Pro Wrestling, the promotion he worked for before jumping to New Japan Pro Wrestling […]

With New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom less than a week away, the hype for the most anticipated card of 2023 – at least so far – is only continuing to grow. Will “Switchblade” Jay White be able to retain his title against Kazuchika Okada? Will AEW’s FTR drop their third-straight title to Bishamon after […]

When former AEW World Champion Kenny Omega sat down with New Japan Pro Wrestling for a tell-all interview discussing his return to the promotion for Wrestle Kingdom 17 and his bout against long-time internet rival Will Ospreay, it almost begged for a response from “The Commonwealth Kingpin.” Omega called his British-born foil unintelligent, unstable, and […]

While defeating Will Ospreay in only their second singles match is a huge goal for Kenny Omega, as “The Best Bout Machine” does not like the “Commonwealth Kingpen,” like at all, securing bragging rights isn’t his only reason to fly out to the Capitol of Japan for a marquee match at Wrestle Kingdom 17. No, […]

Though it’s still 2022 for a few days more, Kenny Omega is already turning his attention to 2023 and one of the biggest matches of his career, when AEW’s “Best Bout Machine” goes toe-to-toe against “The Commonwealth Kingpin,” Will Ospreay at New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 17. That’s right, after three years away and […]

Wrestle Kingdom is New Japan Pro Wrestling’s equivalent to WrestleMania, and much like WWE’s marquee event, Gedo, Rockey Romero, and company pull out all of the stops to make sure the event is as special as possible. With matches already on the books that felt impossible a few years back, from AEW’s Kenny Omega’s triumphant […]

Kenny Omega is one of the most well-traveled performers in professional wrestling today. He’s worked for New Japan, worked for Ring of Honor, and worked in dozens of other promotions across the professional wrestling world, from Pro Wrestling Guerrilla to Top Rope Championship Wrestling, before helping to found the first legitimate challenger to WWE since […]

MJF hasn’t even been the AEW World Champion for a month, and he’s already begun to elevate the title… just not in the ring. That’s right, unlike Jon Moxley, who was a certified fighting champion, or Kenny Omega, who took the show on the road to Impact and Lucha Libre AAA in addition to his […]

Sami Zayn has been a member of WWE since 2013. He’s worked 811 matches for The Fed on RAW, SmackDown, and NXT – plus hundreds more as an outside-the-ring helper – has worked true-blue “wrestling” programs like his various runs with Kevin Owens that draw massive respect from “smart marks,” and now sits as arguably […]

When The Elite, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks, took the ring for their second match in a Best of Seven series against Death Triangle, the Chicago crowd was absolutely ravenous. The boos borderline drowned out the sounds of “Carry on my Wayward Son,” the team’s new AEW theme, chants of CM Punk erupted on […]

Heading into Dynamite, AEW fans had one question and one question alone: how would the Chicago crowd react to The Elite, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks? Would the local crowd choose to side with CM Punk, their favorite local son who is currently on the outs with the promotion? Or would they instead stay […]

As AEW prepares to return to Chicago for the first show since Kenny Omega, and the Young Bucks, made their triumphant return at Full Gear, one question hangs above the entire event: will fans boo The Elite? Recall, if you will, that Chicago is CM Punk country, and after making his triumphant return to professional […]

Jim Cornette has, um, complicated feelings about AEW. While he will occasionally like something the promotion does, occasionally for the most random of reasons, and has noted “guys” in the promotion like MJF and FTR, for the most part, the long-time wrestling multi-hyphenate has loathed the remaining founding executive vice presidents of the company, since […]

When The Elite emerged from the back at Full Gear for their first appearance in AEW in two and a half months, little pomp and circumstance were spared. The lights went black, the Prudential Center’s video screens filled up with a message, “We are the gears of creation, that turned outside of a machine. The […]

When Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks, Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson, made their return in AEW in a World Trios Championship Match against Death Triangle, fans were over the moon. Finally, after almost three months away from an AEW ring following their suspensions for taking part in the “Brawl Out” with CM Punk and […]

“Carry on, my wayward son. There’ll be peace when you are done. Lay your weary head to rest. Don’t you cry no more,” – these words, originally sung by the band Kansas, now for all intents and purposes, belong to The Elite, as, after claiming and then abandoning the trademark “Wayward Sons” before AEW Full […]

Folks, it’s here, it’s finally here: AEW Full Gear. Soon, Tony Khan will deliver 10 hard-hitting matches loaded with drama, suspense, and intrigue and may even turn over a championship or two for good measure. Fans will see the return of The Elite, who hasn’t graced AEW television outside of the vanishing video package, the […]

Folks, The Elite, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks, are officially back in AEW…ish. That’s right, after semi-returning with a video segment erasing their history from Tony Khan’s promotion a few weeks ago and then following it up with more packages in subsequent weeks, images of Omega and the Jacksons, Nick and Matt, appeared on […]

WWE’s decision to pair Baron Corbin up with JBL is like throwing a mountain of whipped cream on top of a giant vanilla milkshake; if you liked it before, you probably like it as much, if not more now, and if you never had much of a sweet tooth, you’re probably really don’t like it […]

In case it wasn’t made incredibly obvious by the video packages that have graced Dynamite over the past two weeks, The Elite, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks, are back in AEW; before long, the promotion’s televised product will feature Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson yucking it up as babyfaces or heels, depending on […]

With the prospects of CM Punk returning to AEW growing less and less tenable with each passing day, with Dave Meltzer going so far as to suggest that punk has been “voted off the island” by a locker room – including Chris Jericho – that basically wants nothing to do with him moving forward, fans […]