After lacking nearly the whole thing of 2024 as a result of being recognized with diverticulitis, former AEW and IWGP World Champion Kenny Omega made a particular look in his previous stomping grounds of NJPW on the firm’s latest Energy Wrestle occasion. Omega has been teasing a return to the ring for a while, and on “Wrestling Observer Radio,” Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez each assessed Omega’s probabilities of showing at Wrestle Kingdom 19 on January 4, and Wrestle Dynasty on January 5.
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“If Omega is cleared by that day [January 5], which he’s definitely … they’re gunning for that day,” Meltzer mentioned, who additionally acknowledged that NJPW shot a backstage angle between Omega and Gabe Kidd at Energy Wrestle that teased a future match between the 2. Nonetheless, Alvarez believes that Omega may very well be on each reveals given the rumors of Omega and NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi doubtlessly going through The Younger Bucks. “I do not assume it is out of the realm of risk that he does that match on the January 4 present, and the tag match with The Bucks on the January 5 present.”
Omega was final seen in AEW again in Might, when he made an look in his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, which led to The Elite brutally attacking Omega and him in the end leaving the world in an ambulance. This was achieved in order that Omega may have surgical procedure on his intestines to assist struggle the diverticulitis, and since then, he has been in Japan coaching with longtime good friend and tag workforce associate Kota Ibushi, who has additionally acknowledged that Omega needs to be again in motion by the beginning of 2025.
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