Kenny Omega comments on his interest in potentially returning to DDT Pro-Wrestling.
Omega previously wrestled for DDT Pro-Wrestling from 2008 to 2014. Throughout his time with the company, Omega won a number of titles, including the KO-D Tag Team Championship, Openweight Championship, and Extreme Championship. He also won the King of DDT Tournament in 2019. After Omega helped found All Elite Wrestling, he later returned in November 2019. Omega will wrestle in Japan for the first time since 2019 at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17, where he will challenge Will Ospreay for the IWGP United States Tag Team Championship.
In an interview with Monthly Puroresu, Omega was asked whether he’d be open to potentially working with DDT. He responded by emphasizing how special the fans are, and he highlighted the “family environment” that he enjoyed during his time in Japan.
“I did the one show at Ryogoku Sumo Hall which was incredible. It was an incredible feeling,” Omega said. “I can’t put into words what it felt like to go back there and to see so many familiar faces. My mind is blown when New Japan will run a random poll as to ‘Who is the best foreigner of all time in New Japan?’ And then I win it! And it’s like “How?” “You remember me? And you remember me fondly enough to say that I’m that guy?” It’s incredible. So then for me again, this goes back a little bit in 2008, for me with DDT, for those fans. DDT told me, once we announced that you were going to be there and we played that video, our phones were ringing off the hook and we sold this place out just like that.
I was thinking, I could tear up. I talk about it too much, but you remember me from that far ago, like I don’t. I don’t think I could do that in Winnipeg. And that’s where I was born. You know what I mean? But that’s just how special those fans are and they don’t forget. It means a lot to them. It’s special to them. And it’s like you said, Sonny, it’s a real family environment and atmosphere. It’s family, it’s trust, it’s respect, it’s the loyalty. It’s all those positive things that go into the idea that a lot of people have an idea of Japanese culture, which is that honor system, you know, everyone thinks “What is Japanese culture?” They think it’s about samurais, ninjas, and Godzilla.”
Onega then stated that he’d love to come back at some point. He also pointed out that wrestling for Pro Wrestling NOAH could be a possibility.
“I say: ‘Yeah. Sure.’ But, if you take some of the things that make those, what they are embedded within those are, are those qualities, is what makes it such a special country,” Omega said. “So for that fanbase to remember me and to give me just a real nice homecoming, it was wonderful in 2019. And I would love of course, to be back at some point in time. Whether it be for DDT, for NJPW. I’ve never actually once wrestled for NOAH, but since they’re a part of CyberFight, now it’d be cool to do something.”
WrestleZone will have coverage of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 on January 4.
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