Kenny Omega‘s in-ring return has been confirmed for NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty.

Former AEW World Champion Kenny Omega has not wrestled since December 2023, as he has been sidelined with diverticulitis. He received right into a backstage altercation with Gabe Kidd at NJPW Energy Battle. Omega later agreed to face him at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty. NJPW has now formally introduced the match.

The official announcement, courtesy of NJPW’s web site, is as follows:

“Kenny Omega’s altercation with Gabe Kidd backstage at Energy Battle on November 4 has been the speak of the wrestling world for a number of weeks. This week noticed Kenny Omega challenge an interview saying that after consideration and dialogue with NJPW officers, he was prepared to wrestle Kidd on the Tokyo Dome. That problem was accepted, first on social media after which in Yokohama by Kidd, who took to the microphone to yell that ‘it doesn’t matter what NJPW or the followers need, what issues is what I need’. Kidd’s expletive laced tirade, on the finish of a violent and dominant brawl in opposition to Chase Owens and KENTA, has now been recognised, and the match is official.

Kenny Omega will step right into a pro-wrestling ring in anger for the primary time in 396 days, and in an NJPW ring for the primary time in two years precisely. Will he prevail in opposition to the violent mad man within the Tokyo Dome?”

Up to date Card

The up to date card for NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty is as follows:

• Worldwide Girls’s Cup Finals
• Yota Tsuji vs. Jack Perry
• NEVER Openweight Championship: Shingo Takagi or Konosuke Takesita (c) vs. Shingo Takagi
• Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ricochet
• The Younger Bucks vs. TBA
• Kenny Omega vs. Gabe Kidd

Kenny Omega On NJPW Return

In a current interview with Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful, Omega mentioned returning to NJPW.

“Yeah, the way in which I take a look at it’s lots of people, not solely in Japan, however internationally, they by no means knew who I used to be till I did huge issues in New Japan. So I actually do owe New Japan a big thanks,” Kenny Omega mentioned. “I do really feel that there’s a debt I’ve to repay in a roundabout way, form, type, or trend. And I feel that if by performing on the Tokyo Dome, by making my comeback on the Tokyo Dome, is a approach to assist repay that, if it could possibly assist one thing for his or her enterprise, then I’m very happy to do this.

There may be at present no phrase on when Omega will return to AEW programming.

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