WRESTLE KINGDOM 17: Kenny Omega Interview

WRESTLE KINGDOM 17
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🇺🇸 Jan. 3rd 10:20pm PT
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2023年1月4日(水) 東京ドーム大会
『アントニオ猪木追悼大会 WRESTLE KINGDOM 17 in 東京ドーム～闘魂よ、永遠に～』
今大会のダブルメインイベントIとなったIWGP USヘビー級選手権では、“あの男”が衝撃の電撃参戦！
AEWのケニー・オメガが王者ウィル・オスプレイに挑戦し、全世界注目のドリームマッチが実現する。
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▽『WRESTLE KINGDOM 17 in 東京ドーム』
2023年1月4日(水) 午後3：20 開始　東京・東京ドーム
※新日本プロレスワールドは 第0試合から全試合配信！
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・第0-1試合 エキシビションマッチ
大岩陵平（本隊） vs. ボルチン・オレッグ（本隊）
※午後3：20開始予定
・第0-2試合『KOPW 2023』進出権争奪ニュージャパンランボー
※参戦選手数とルールは後日発表
・アントニオ猪木メモリアル6人タッグマッチ
真壁刀義（G・B・H）＆小島聡（本隊）＆永田裕志（青義軍） vs. 藤波辰爾（DRADITION）＆鈴木みのる＆タイガーマスク（本隊）
※午後4：20開始予定
・第1試合 IWGPジュニアタッグ選手権試合
[挑戦者]YOH（CHAOS）＆リオ・ラッシュ（CHAOS） vs. [王者]TJP＆フランシスコ・アキラ（UNITED EMPIRE）
・第2試合 IWGP女子選手権試合
[挑戦者]中野たむ（STARDOM / COSMIC ANGELS） vs. [王者]KAIRI（フリー）
・第3試合 IWGPタッグ選手権試合
[挑戦者]後藤洋央紀＆YOSHI-HASHI（CHAOS） vs. [王者]ダックス・ハーウッド＆キャッシュ・ウィーラー（AEW）
・第4試合 『NJPW WORLD認定TV王座決定トーナメント』決勝戦
成田蓮（本隊） vs. ザック・セイバーJr.
・第5試合 NEVER無差別級選手権試合
[挑戦者]タマ・トンガ（GUERRILAS OF DESTINY） vs. [王者] “ザ・マシンガン”カール・アンダーソン（WWE / The OC /BULLET CLUB）
・第6試合 武藤敬司新日本プロレスラストマッチ
武藤敬司（PROWRESTLING NOAH）＆棚橋弘至＆海野翔太（本隊） vs. 内藤哲也＆SANADA＆BUSHI（LOS INGOBERNABLES de JAPON）
・第7試合 IWGPジュニアヘビー級選手権試合 4WAYマッチ
[挑戦者]マスター・ワト（本隊） vs. [挑戦者]エル・デスペラードvs. [挑戦者]高橋ヒロム（LOS INGOBERNABLES de JAPON） vs. [王者]石森太二（BULLET CLUB）
・第8試合 ダブルメインイベントI レック Presents IWGP USヘビー級選手権試合
[王者]ウィル・オスプレイ（UNITED EMPIRE） vs. [挑戦者]ケニー・オメガ（AEW / The Elite）
・第9試合 ダブルメインイベントII IWGP世界ヘビー級選手権試合
[挑戦者]オカダ・カズチカ（CHAOS） vs. [王者]ジェイ・ホワイト（BULLET CLUB）
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[@redrag0n_]

No one is more dangerous than Omega when his interviews have Japanese subs

[@glui2001]

NJPW Omega > AEW Omega

[@kutloanomatela4776]

"But then again its time to kiss this f***ing company goodbye" Kenny giving indication he was leaving. Now he is returning and following up to why he left. Masterful storytelling by Kenny

[@rassslinRant]

"I want to go back to that time when New Japan was in its infantile stages of creeping into the West..." You and me both. That was a magical time, especially for those of us who were watching regularly since NJPWWorld made it possible to watch New Japan live. Some of my best memories as a wrestling fan. Omega talking about "feeling" something and how he didn't for Ospreay, who can do the moves, is interesting. Omega, AJ, Devitt, Ospreay etc. have all been able to do "crazy moves" as the Gaijin Ace in NJPW, but I don't think any of them made fans feel like Omega did. Dude had grown men crying when he won the IWGP title. It's not just New Japan, it's the wrestling industry as a whole. Yes, I will always prefer to see a match with five minutes of choreographed flips than five minutes of chin locks and rest holds, but if you can combine great moves with great characters who I get are "running up that hill", as Omega was in '17 and '18, then you've got magic.

[@Figs3]

I hope that we get NJPW Kenny Omega. Not AEW Kenny. He's a husk of what he once was. Kenny from New Japan was so good!

[@jonathandevereaux298]

@@Figs3 he has been working through some serious injuries

[@Figs3]

@@jonathandevereaux298 before the injuries. I'm talking his rivalry with Mox the first time. Or when he was quadruple champ. He wasn't as explosive he wrestling differently. It's obvious. Not as strong. More for pops.

[@rriggs6547]

@@Figs3 He had been dealing with the vertigo and some other injuries for a while in NJPW before AEW even existed. We haven't gotten to see him on his own yet since his time back.

[@rriggs6547]

Yes. I love Styles and I think White is a great heel. But Kenny drew me into the stories like no one else has in years. And the Okada vs Omega feud is right up there with the Flair vs Steamboat feud for me. It wasn't just the matches. Those were incredible. But everything outside of the matches just sucked you in as it built up. And I get that Omega can get silly at times. But in the ring he is all business. This interview was the serious Omega that made his matches with Naito and Tanahashi and Okada and others so great. And this is the persona I have been hoping to see in AEW but have yet to find.

[@generalgrievous92]

Words can't describe how excited I am for this match

[@YURI-mv7hl]

ケニーがいた頃の新日本は本当に面白かった。内藤とのG1の決勝戦は衝撃的だった。戻ってきてくれて嬉しい。

[@omarpaucar7580]

Fantastic interview, Kenny once again proving why he's an amazing professional.

[@simeonwindeth1847]

Kenny Omega is the piller of Gaijin NJPW Wrestlers . Will Ospreay is brilliant but he cannot compare to what Kenny Omega did for NJPW globally and throughout 2015 to 2019.

[@AJBadwan]

I am happy to see Kenny Omega in NJPW again. I hope he brings back the old Omega music entrance from 2017-18

[@drunksnufkin]

Very important talk by Kenny. I appreciate it.

[@stuartpenzer773]

Given all the reported bad blood between Kenny and njpw it's amazing to see him back in a new Japan ring

[@thecleaner6566]

Kenny was not on good terms with NJPW, but with the former president.

[@Figs3]

I'm fine with Kenny coming back. But The Bucks need to stay gone.

[@guillemf08]

@@Figs3 why? what did the bucks do?

[@Figs3]

@@guillemf08 they were the ones that convinced NJPW to only focus on the elite when they were planning on leaving. Remember how it stopped being about Bullet Club and became about The Elite? The company only focused on them. Ignoring LIJ, Chaos, and Suzuki-Gun. NJPW was heavily pushing them to the point where all their eggs were in one basket. Then they just bounced. Cody's idea was to leave. But the Bucks planned to screw over New Japan.

[@MakBot]

That was all a Harold Meij problem

[@takutakutakkunn5498]

ケニーがいなくなってから寂しくなった。新日に派手な色がなくなってしまった。そう思ってた。だからこそ復帰は嬉しい。ケニーのカリスマ性は確かにどのレスラーにも出せない。特に彼は日本語でアプローチしてくれるから他の外人選手よりもより身近に感じることのできる唯一無二の選手だからね。彼がこの試合を行った後の動きに興味があるね。このまま日本でやるのかAEWにもどりスポット的に参戦するのか。どちらにしてもケニーを新日のマットで見れるのは嬉しい。

[@philinegro]

It’s so amazing to see Kenny back in NJPW! This interview is all Kenny, and a bit of pulling back the curtain. I love Kenny’s style of storytelling and prowrestling

[@kyril98741]

Regarding the G1 and mentality comment made me remember his skit with Hangman on how to increase your mental prowess by lending Hangman his copy of Daigo book. Hangman start winning and Omega losing and the next bit was Omega asking the book back. It was so funny.

[@rriggs6547]

That was great stuff.

[@Ahmed-og2jm]

I mean it's a fact regardless of how you feel about him that Kenny is one of the biggest stars in wrestling today

[@lifeofyuno]

Please bring back Devil's Sky for Wrestle Kingdom

[@Jungletraveler00_12]

This could be a great match, and Wrestle Kingdom is the right place for it!

[@TN-se4gx]

ケニーの日本語メッセージ、聞いただけでワクワクする。 やっぱ、本物は違うわ。１．４奪取を切望する。

[@tatu_boost]

やっぱりケニーはプロレス脳が高い🧠 きちんとした分析とビジョンがある📈 早く試合を見たい！めっちゃイイインタビューでした👏👏👏

[@thedefeatedpurpose9772]

I don't think there's anything better in this bussiness than a serious Kenny Omega.

[@srinarayana]

Kenny just openly admitted that NJPW is the most prestigious wrestling company in the world! He just spoke the truth and told us all what we already know.

[@sionrouge1697]

He was talking in terms of THE BELT. He said it's bot the AEW world title or New Japan World title but it's a belt that the most prestigious company made for You(Meaning Himself). Don't over think it. He's putting the belt over not the company.

[@jesseinfinite]

I was waiting for this interview to be on video

[@ciaranbyrne9371]

Kenny called new Japan the most prestigious promotion…he’s coming back!!!

[@ivanidlehand9651]

I know Kenny Omega is looking for better business opportunities but damn he is truly a missing piece to what makes the Wrestling experience complete.

[@averagedusty]

This is so good. Kenny and Will brought me back into wrestling at the end of 2015. I watched Will in England and New Japan on KZbin, I found Kenny in njpw and went back to watch his old ddt matches and have been a full time fan since, like when I was younger. So to see these two rise to where they are and face each other here is awesome. However the match goes I believe it will be great.

[@PowerPackers90]

Time for The Cleaner to bring the All Elite power back to the Tokyo Dome...Bang!

[@Ricegawd718]

What a interview!

[@ryo3431]

もしこの試合に勝ったら今度はバレットを変えたジェイに挑んで欲しい。

[@ricardosalazar2982]

No one has carried the Mantle of the US title like Omega has. Will Ospreay you have a lot to live for.

[@sionrouge1697]

The God speaks.....THE WORLD STOPS

[@user-zh3eo3pv4j]

今はプロレスを見ないで選手だけを見てるファンが増えたからなぁ。

[@alip1082]

I hope kenny's NJPW "Devil's Sky" is back

[@JCSTYLEZ]

I’m very happy he returned to the place who made him one of the best 👏 hope to hear devil sky and the return of the cleaner I’m happy to see the aerial assassin return in osprey but I would love to see a second reign for Kenny omega

[@blinksstayfresh2524]

omega is on another level when it comes to promos in new japan

[@IveGotALovelyBunchOfCoconuts]

He's so smug. I adore him.

[@kiddingbless589]

Bring it! NJPW... I'll must watching these matches !!!

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

I hate seeing my two dads fight. I don't even know who to root for because I don't want either to lose lmao.

[@aaronchasco613]

omegas winning, bet will beats him at forbidden door 2

[@yutikoo]

you’re weird for this

[@DETSRC313]

@@aaronchasco613 📠

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

@@yutikoo thanks for your opinion, it has been discarded

[@Wercik997]

I hope the Young Bucks listen to this and take notice. It's like he's talking to them through Ospreay.

[@ivanidlehand9651]

The Young Bucks did it for the bucks. It's practically in their name. AEW was cut into little pieces and sold to the highest booker.

[@user-qn6tz8mw4m]

新日を世界一のプロレス団体って言ってるのめっちゃ好き そのベルトへの愛着よく分かるから またケニーに巻いて欲しい

[@brandensimmons653]

When Kenny speaks the whole 🌍🌍🌍 listens

[@thisisBSTAR]

Kenny in 2023 is gonna be a doozy 🎉

[@user-jr9vv2cw7c]

イデオロギー闘争の時も、ケニー応援してたから辛かったなあの時は😷

[@aaronchasco613]

omega gonna win the belt, defend it a few times in japan and on dynamite, then lose it back to will at forbidden door 2

[@user-of1mm2tn5j]

正論というか強論すぎるｗｗとわいえリング上で二人がバチバチやるのは絶対面白いだろうから期待しかない

[@onios2448]

NJPW Heel Omega is one of the best versions of Kenny :) I do like when he's a face with the Bucks though because I like when the wrestlers I favor are the good guys XD

[@Onyyyxx]

Show them, Kenny! Show them all!

[@tgtgd]

口が開くほどの正論ばかり😮僕はケニーが新日本のリングに立っていた時代をしらないけどこの動画を見てケニーは新日本で活躍してほしいと思った。そして新日本を世界へ

[@roh_09]

Bomber match coming in 2 days!❣️✨

[@marcogarcia4197]

Excelente Kenny Omega y saludos desde Lima Perú

[@Reign_Fire2022]

It's gonna be legendary‼️🥂✨

[@themadcat5288]

NJPW you're a multi-million dollar company, get a sound guy.

[@HARUbbx]

ケニーが新日のことを世界一の団体って…この上ない喜び… 勝ってほしいな…！ 入場曲何使うんやろ？

[@rriggs6547]

I have still followed NJPW over the past couple of years. But it has been hard. The Evil debacle and that whole sub-faction is just unwatchable. And there have been some great matches. I have loved watching Shingo and anything Ishii does. I have enjoyed the progression of Yoshi-Hashi and Taichi. But I have felt the storytelling has been lacking overall. I hope this can reinvigorate the company and there will be more cross over between the two companies. I want to see FTR in tag league. I want to see someone like Wardlow or Claudio in the G1. I want to see Darby challenging for the open-weight title. And I want to see Dangerous Tekkers challenging the Acclaimed and a Chaos trio (not Best Friends) fighting for the trios belts. Both have big rosters and some people going to the other promotion for 3-4 months at a time could benefit both. Fresh faces and then they get a return pop as well.

[@jazsminp1362]

Kenny omega.............sweetheart ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@SweetTOKYOBOY]

やっぱり人間は環境で顔付き変わるんだな 日本離れてからのケニーの顔はいかにも外国人って顔になった

[@user-bj1vy8cr7r]

深いぜ・・・

[@jnsmith111]

I still think NJPW screwed up with not having Omega win back to back years in the G1.

[@EVOLUTION2024OWEN]

キングダム 17 がケニー オメガに帰ってくるのが待ちきれない

[@EarlDavis427]

When I see this double main event, all I can think about is when Naito got screwed outta the main event against Okada in favor of Nakamura/Tanahashi. I wonder if they had a fan vote, if this match would close out the show. This feels like the main event

[@rriggs6547]

I think Meltzer was right when he said the Okada match is the main event for Japan and the Omega match is the main event for the rest of the world.

[@user-vd5te1yg7m]

ケニーはいつも効果的に日本語を使うよね。ファンへの煽りが抜群に上手いことがよく分かる。自己プロデュース力もプロレスの才能の一つなんだよな。

[@YukiMatsu_GAMES]

ケニーが勝ったら次はジェイか？ それともAEWとエンパイアとの闘いになるのか？ ケニーが戻ってきただけでここまでワクワクしちゃうケニーのカリスマ性は本物だ

[@Courage_yussann]

最後なんて、質問は英語なのに、返答が日本語だから、副音声を聞いてるんか？って思うくらい日本語が上手すぎる！！

[@user-tr9vw6sk1k]

絶対にないと思うけど理想はケニー対オスプレイでケニー勝ってジェイ対オカダでオカダ勝ってジェイがケニーに挑戦して欲しいなぁ〜

[@buddypreece1716]

THE FUCKING MAN!

[@thecleaner6566]

「USヘビー級ベルトは、新日本が俺の為に作ったベルトだ」は、演出もあるだろうが、確かにそうだ！と思ったね。

[@countrylife04]

the greatest Gaijin in NJPW history 👆👉🔥

[@sumitofujimoto]

全てはケニーの新日本への継続参戦次第

[@insertgoodname4809]

This is like 20% work and 80% shoot!

[@moisture9615]

ケニー退団してから新日見なくなったんだよなー

[@patale1640]

Where can I get that shirt Kenny is wearing!?

[@ihciuhs_58]

勝っても負けてもオスプレイがこの試合後に怪我で欠場しなければいいな。IWGP世界ヘビーの時みたいに首には気をつけて。

[@thekavoman9595]

I hope kenny and ospray stay good enemies

[@uda178cm68kg]

個人的にはジェイvsケニーの方が興味あるかな。

[@dakiiok]

つい最近の週刊プロレスで見たことあるようなインタビュー

[@user-mk3yu5tb8l]

ケニーの日本語のメッセージは痺れるねぇ

[@justinoverall2763]

🤘🏽👌🏽👈🏽☝🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@callmeking1318]

This guy is either the most tone death man on the planet or he’s one of the best heels to ever live 💯

[@angeltodorov5918]

Describing Will Osprey you literally described your two little buddies

[@eddieperez446]

I can't to play as Kenny omega in aew fight forever

[@eddieperez446]

2/23/23

[@auramigraine]

What would Tobyfox think?

[@uchihasmith6582]

Use Devil’s sky

[@thegamejjj3966]

Dam he killed a foreginers

[@WrestlingColin]

Eek you guys had to use the camera mic eh? Might want to throw a denoise effect on there next time if possible.

[@gan9525]

相変わらずのビッグマウスで安心したわいｗ でもなぁ、一番観たいのはやはりヨシハシの「ケニー。俺のハートは砕けたか？」だろうがｗ

[@kedacchi12]

ケニーはめちゃくちゃうまいから負けても格は落ちないし逆にオスプレイは勝てば一気に格が上がる気がします がケニーを応援 まだまだケニーには及ばないとこを見たい

[@user-li8zv3ok1w]

楽しみです。　ムタ中邑よりも😊

[@ReiDemetrio]

If Kenny Omega Wins i hope the AEW will have there own united state championship belt

[@90scarguy]

Fuck no. AEW has a hundred junk belts already.

[@p774tryb]

ヒールな発言に徹するケニーとの試合 こな1試合で完結させるような事だけはして欲しくない

[@gregoryhull6897]

Kenny will pass the torch. Will for the win.

[@MrElectricwave]

Jay White should cost Kenny's his match, then Kenny should return the favor, so we could have Jay White vs Kenny Omega.

[@BAYBAY_316]

Where did they film this at ? An active Warehouse?

[@naoJDAABC]

あの時の棚橋みたいだな 相変わらず巧い

[@bibitiptoes1473]

Should've stayed in Japan. He was more interesting there.

[@DAITYASO]

(ﾉ´∀｀*)…「世界一のプロレス団体」……… ケニー、マジ好きです。。。

[@ivanidlehand9651]

I can't believe Kenny would say this about Will Ospreay. Will Ospreay being the first name along with Ricochet in the renaissance era of indy wrestling to hit the dirt sheets and scare all the old heads that *"wrestling is by gawd! changing"*. Ospreay took a stab at the sky, tearing open just enough room for a one winged angel to jump through and capitalize. So much capital that Ricochet was purchased with an enticing contract and doing as his name implies: Hitting the WWE wall and not sticking, bouncing off into obscurity in the depths of the wrestling industry. To end my tirade, _Will Ospreay might not be the only one who can do flips but he's the one in this new era that turned the attention to what will forever be known as that New Era of Wrestling. Breaking the stigma of what the indies were, are and forever will be._ Oh and Botchmania is the devil, m'kay.

[@user-dj1sq9im2i]

これケニーか？ DDPのそっくりさんだよな？

[@goodmeaning7778]

Every time Kenny Omega cuts a promo, it shows how selfish of a human he is.

[@cwalser544]

He sounds so selfish here. Jezz dude. You do spots. You don't wrestle.

[@g-coalitionbrother1729]

He thinks he deserves to have an IWGP title be nothing more than his vanity belt, he calls other people unstable when he is the least stable leader that Bullet Club ever had, he calls NJPW itself his disappointing child and claims everything in the company is sorely lacking just because it's without him. He speaks with the arrogance of a self-styled god, sounding like the biggest heel out of all four of these interviews, yet he's supposed to be the babyface in his match with Ospreay. Which makes me believe that this is how not just Kenny Omega, but Tyson Smith, really feels about New Japan, because he's been like this for the better part of the last FIVE YEARS. I can't give thumbs up to the idea of Tony Khan strong-arming Gedo yet again to give *him* a title to take to AEW. Ospreay has to beat this guy.

[@ivanidlehand9651]

I know you're angry and are far from reason right now because Kenny Omega has you so worked up. It's just Kenny has always been a voice from the stands that also speaks from the stage, if that makes sense. So if he's a little bitter it's because he sees the true face of what the wrestling industry truly is. It is why he wants to be the one to change it. Not for just us as the fans or potential talent but for what wrestling can be. At 15:19 is what he envisions. At least for 2023. Again I know you're angry and can't look past that flaw but as time goes on you will see that Kenny Omega and Tyson Smith are one in the same: _Part of what IS Pro Wrestling_

[@g-coalitionbrother1729]

@@ivanidlehand9651 So what he envisions is taking another IWGP title to AEW to entice NJPW fans to watch AEW and letting everyone know that Will Ospreay is not him? What exactly is special about that? How exactly is that any different from what Jay White's goal would be if he were to walk into AEW and challenge MJF at the next Double or Nothing?

[@XeviousvSBlackmanta]

Hmmm Kenny, the man who often referred to himself as a demigod acting like it? Hmmmmmm🤔🤔🤔

[@brandonselitetv1436]

People forget Kenny Omega wasn't necessarily a true Young Lion being that he was in DDT Pro for a long Time so I can imagine he has a different vision for NJPW than Tanahashi who is a Young Lion by heart and he sees NJPW in a bit of a more "Don't Fix what Ain't Broken." I expect from Tanahashi not Kenny Omega

[@stevesolstad88]

I love Kenny Omega, but is his fake tan on his face dramatically different than his chest? 🤣

[@yajinimo]

オスプが負けてるのは日本語が話せるとこだけや😎

[@user-oh3vh7ll7d]

わし、棚刺よりオメガを応援してたけどもトラウマになったんだね。。。。。

[@user-lg8ty4te9z]

秋の黄昏さんと、同意です。

[@user-oh3vh7ll7d]

@@user-lg8ty4te9z 様 ありがとうございます(^o^) でも、AEW行きが金のためとかいう事への守銭奴扱いを 嫌っての大義名分かもしれませんね。 オスプレイ氏の動画観ると、どうやらそのように見てるようですし(ﾟ_ﾟ;) いずれにしろ、オスプレイVSオメガカードは素晴らしい物になるでしょうし、 オスプレイ戦で終わりではなく、定期的に参戦して欲しいですよね。 あっ、新年明けましておめでとうございます(*^_^*)

[@sanada_rockstar]

ケニーは No need です