Kenny Omega

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Lore & Background

Before joining AEW in 2019, Omega was known for his tenure in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) from 2014 to 2019, during which he held the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, in addition to various other titles. He was also a former member and leader of NJPW's Bullet Club stable. He incorporates elements from video games in his persona. Throughout his career, Omega has also performed as part of independent promotions worldwide, including DDT Pro-Wrestling, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, as well as larger promotions, such as Ring of Honor, Impact Wrestling, and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. While wrestling in the latter two promotions, he held the Impact World Championship and AAA Mega Championship, and during the spring and summer of 2021, he held the AEW World, Impact World, and AAA Mega titles simultaneously as a triple champion. In AEW, he has held the AEW World Championship twice, the AEW World Tag Team Championship once (with "Hangman" Adam Page), the AEW World Trios Championship twice (both times with Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson), and the AEW International Championship once. He became AEW's inaugural Triple Crown winner in September 2022 after winning the World Trios title, and then AEW's inaugural Grand Slam champion by winning the International Championship in March 2025.

In Their Own Story

The atmosphere in Osaka-jo Hall was electric on June 9, 2018, as Kenny Omega faced Kazuchika Okada in a two-out-of-three falls match at Dominion. This bout would eventually receive a seven-star rating from sports journalist Dave Meltzer, the highest rating he has ever awarded to a professional wrestling match. It was one of three times Omega earned Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Match of the Year distinction. The crowd witnessed a masterpiece that solidified his reputation as an elite performer. Later, during the spring and summer of 2021, Omega achieved a historic feat by holding the AEW World, Impact World, and AAA Mega titles simultaneously as a triple champion. His dominance continued into 2025 when he won the International Championship in March, becoming AEW's inaugural Grand Slam champion after previously securing the Triple Crown in September 2022 with the World Trios title.

Reader's Guide

Widely regarded as one of the best professional wrestlers of all time, Omega was named Sports Illustrated's Wrestler of the Year in 2017 and topped Pro Wrestling Illustrated's list of top 500 male wrestlers the following year and in 2021. He has also attained the latter publication's Match of the Year distinction three times; one of those matches, in which Omega competed against Kazuchika Okada in a two out of three falls match at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall in June 2018, received a seven-star rating from sports journalist Dave Meltzer, the highest rating Meltzer has ever awarded a professional wrestling match. He was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2020.

Did You Know?

• Omega made his professional debut in 2000 at age 16.
• He held the IWGP Heavyweight Championship once during his NJPW tenure.
• Omega was named Sports Illustrated's Wrestler of the Year in 2017.
• He topped Pro Wrestling Illustrated's top 500 male wrestlers list in 2018 and again in 2021.

Kenny Omega's Championship Triumph

As of February 2019, Kenny Omega is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he serves as an active wrestler and executive vice president. He is the leader of The Elite stable and holds the AEW World Championship in his second reign.

Willow Nightingale's Historic Triple Crown

It explicitly states that Kenny Omega became AEW's inaugural Triple Crown winner in September 2022 after winning the World Trios title, and subsequently AEW's inaugural Grand Slam champion by winning the International Championship in March 2025.

The Painmaker's No Holds Barred Vendetta

However, it confirms that during the spring and summer of 2021, Kenny Omega held the AEW World, Impact World, and AAA Mega titles simultaneously as a triple champion.

AEW's Expansion into Montreal

The source states that Tyson Smith was born in Winnipeg on October 16, 1983, and grew up in the city's Transcona suburb. It does not contain information regarding AEW's expansion into Montreal.