Kenny Omega Taking Some Time Off?

[543Y2J]

I do wonder where he goes from here this year, I am desperate to see and meet him here in the UK. His goals stay the same though and I look forward to when he wins the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in the future. He is a made man, if he wasn't so already.

[Phil Parent]

Gedo seems like a fan of giving people time away from NJPW to freshen up their faces, just consider what happened with Suzuki-Gun. Not a bad idea, something that WWE should consider doing.

I'm thinking that Bullet Club will spend a LOT of time in ROH this year.

[Deleted]

Please come to ROH.

On this forum lately, I've seen the idea brought up of Bullet Club mainly being an ROH thing now, and I'm all for that,

[Urethra Franklin]

So what number will he be in the Royal Rumble?

[corndog]

Hopefully this is just a chance to recharge his batteries and work stateside. I really hope he doesn't join WWE, they have too many people as it is to fully utilize him.

[Deleted]

Kenny knew exactly what would happen once he said this and it happened everyone immediately linked him to WWE because of what happened last year the man knows his audience.

LIJ , CHAOS , SUZUKIGUN will all fight one another untill Dominion and then BC will return and we get the Okada Vs Omega rematch.

[lionheart21]

As much as I'd like to see a talent like Omega in the biggest company in wrestling, he should just stick to what he's doing now, which is being arguably the biggest non-WWE name in wrestling today. Last year, he became the only Gaijin to ever win the NJPW G1 Climax, which means that they have a ton of respect for his work.

However, we did have our doubts, I did at least, about how AJ would do in the WWE and look how that's turned out.

[Raskovnik]

I'm 99.9% sure he's just working everyone, but it goes without saying that I'd be heartbroken if he went to the WWE. I see him taking some time off, showing up in ROH to kick some ass and raise hell while doing some indie dates, then returning at Dominion after CHAOS thwarts Suzuki-gun. I don't see Suzuki knocking off Okada as thrilled as I'd be to see it happen. He's held AJPW and NOAH gold, seeing him strapped up with the IWGP Heavyweight title would be too cool. But that's not happening, nor would it make all that much sense.

[HMARK Center]

Yeah, if Kenny wasn't going to win at the Dome in an epic like that then there was really nothing to follow up that performance with, just a big "what now?" By taking a bit of time away he'll rest up, be refreshed, and the fans will be super eager to see him again when he returns and likely takes the gold. Plus, he's worked so many tours in a row now and had some brutal matches on them, it's high time the guy got a vacation, or at least a slightly eased up work schedule.

Still not sure about all of Bullet Club hitting up ROH (are Kenny's visa issues worked out?), but it's definitely an idea ala Suzuki-Gun in NOAH, just building on what they've already set up there. Maybe if Kenny can get there he can be part of the home stretch for that angle, because I highly doubt he's going to be away from NJPW for very long. Latest I'd figure he'd return would be April or so, maybe right after New Japan Cup.

[N E O G E O B O Y S]

I will love to see Kenny on the WWE but not now, I feel like if he did that, NJPW will sour even more on gaijins in the top

[________ has left the building]

New Japan wouldn't put him over so strongly just for him to run off to WWE. This is just a storyline explanation of why he won't be still in the title picture with SuzukiGun running things once more. But stranger shit has happened. Kidani declaring war on WWE won't fall on deaf ears. Not with someone with Vince's old bloodthristiness like Hunter listening.

[BRAINFADE]

Jan 7, 2017 8:35:19 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

New Japan wouldn't put him over so strongly just for him to run off to WWE. This is just a storyline explanation of why he won't be still in the title picture with SuzukiGun running things once more. But stranger shit has happened. Kidani declaring war on WWE won't fall on deaf ears. Not with someone with Vince's old bloodthristiness like Hunter listening.

Since when did Kidani declare war on WWE? Honest question by the way, did he actually say something along those lines?

[________ has left the building]

Jan 7, 2017 10:06:37 GMT -5 BRAINFADE said:

Jan 7, 2017 8:35:19 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

New Japan wouldn't put him over so strongly just for him to run off to WWE. This is just a storyline explanation of why he won't be still in the title picture with SuzukiGun running things once more. But stranger shit has happened. Kidani declaring war on WWE won't fall on deaf ears. Not with someone with Vince's old bloodthristiness like Hunter listening.

Since when did Kidani declare war on WWE? Honest question by the way, did he actually say something along those lines?

I'm on my phone but Enuhito's twitter has a quote from an interview he did where NJPW doing the Cali shows is because WWE signed Styles, Nakamura, Gallows, and Anderson last year. And you got Omega and other spouting off about WWE. Plus the new Tiger Mask W cartoon is basically New Japan vs a fictional WWE company.

[BRAINFADE]

Jan 7, 2017 10:25:03 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

Jan 7, 2017 10:06:37 GMT -5 BRAINFADE said:

Since when did Kidani declare war on WWE? Honest question by the way, did he actually say something along those lines?

I'm on my phone but Enuhito's twitter has a quote from an interview he did where NJPW doing the Cali shows is because WWE signed Styles, Nakamura, Gallows, and Anderson last year. And you got Omega and other spouting off about WWE. Plus the new Tiger Mask W cartoon is basically New Japan vs a fictional WWE company.

Shit, I guess it's on then.

[Milkman Norm]

I hear him and Jim Cornette are gonna go on a road trip.

[Allie Kitsune]

Jan 7, 2017 10:25:03 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

Jan 7, 2017 10:06:37 GMT -5 BRAINFADE said:

Since when did Kidani declare war on WWE? Honest question by the way, did he actually say something along those lines?

I'm on my phone but Enuhito's twitter has a quote from an interview he did where NJPW doing the Cali shows is because WWE signed Styles, Nakamura, Gallows, and Anderson last year. And you got Omega and other spouting off about WWE. Plus the new Tiger Mask W cartoon is basically New Japan vs a fictional WWE company.

“We will announce something soon. We are entering a phase where you are either with WWE or against them. WWE have a lot of weaknesses and time is not on their side.”

This is a statement Kidani made not too long ago, so it definitely sounds like he and Bushiroad want a war with WWE.

[________ has left the building]

Jan 7, 2017 14:32:49 GMT -5 Allie Kitsune said:

Jan 7, 2017 10:25:03 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

I'm on my phone but Enuhito's twitter has a quote from an interview he did where NJPW doing the Cali shows is because WWE signed Styles, Nakamura, Gallows, and Anderson last year. And you got Omega and other spouting off about WWE. Plus the new Tiger Mask W cartoon is basically New Japan vs a fictional WWE company.

“We will announce something soon. We are entering a phase where you are either with WWE or against them. WWE have a lot of weaknesses and time is not on their side.”

This is a statement Kidani made not too long ago, so it definitely sounds like he and Bushiroad want a war with WWE.

I hope he is prepared because WWE does not play nice with those deemed the enemy. Plus them focusing on WWE leaves them open to attacks from puroresu companies they considered beneath them but are slowly rising. Maybe not to their glory days yet but building for the future instead of the quick fix.

[Deleted]

Too many people have run in fear of WWE for so long so Kidani puttin his prevebial balls out there and declaring war on the E is awesome.

[________ has left the building]

Jan 7, 2017 15:03:30 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

Too many people have run in fear of WWE for so long so Kidani puttin his prevebial balls out there and declaring war on the E is awesome.

People thought the same when TNA did it. I rather they not be doing this because of revenge because the audience they are targeting already on their side. They need the casuals and non-fans if they truly want to be a success in the US. They are trying to do something that TNA with some household names couldn't do: go toe to toe with WWE.

[Mozenrath]

Jan 7, 2017 15:19:53 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

Jan 7, 2017 15:03:30 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

Too many people have run in fear of WWE for so long so Kidani puttin his prevebial balls out there and declaring war on the E is awesome.

People thought the same when TNA did it. I rather they not be doing this because of revenge because the audience they are targeting already on their side. They need the casuals and non-fans if they truly want to be a success in the US. They are trying to do something that TNA with some household names couldn't do: go toe to toe with WWE.

Pretty much. It's like with Voodoo Kin Mafia, only less pathetic, but still at most eliciting probably a "That's adorable" from WWE, considering they haven't even run a show by themselves yet in the US. So, uhh, good luck with that, NJPW. Please don't humiliate yourselves, because you can and will if you're actually serious.