Kenny Omega Has Diverticulitis, Out Indefinitely

[4real]

Assume Ibushi will step in for Kenny maybe?

[Mid-Carder]

Good luck to him, it's a terrible condition.

When he said he couldn't push past the pain, did he mean the pain of the Golden Jets?

[Glitch]

This makes me wish there was a letter writing campaign like with Hogan, except it's Get Well Kenny (and also it's not kayfabe). All us little Kennymaniacs hope he can come back to the ring better than ever. ;_;

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Hopefully he takes all the time he needs. I don't think anybody would blame him for taking a long time off. Diverticulitis sidelined Brock freaking Lesnar, and it's been obvious that Kenny hasn't been wrestling at 100% for years.

[bob]

Dec 16, 2023 7:48:44 GMT -5 Glitch said:

This makes me wish there was a letter writing campaign like with Hogan, except it's Get Well Kenny (and also it's not kayfabe). All us little Kennymaniacs hope he can come back to the ring better than ever. ;_;

I sent Hulk a shit ton of a letter way back then

[cass de bain]

Kenny's an integral piece of AEW to me, so this is a huge blow.
I truly hope he gets better as soon as possible, and that he takes all the time he needs to heal up.

[Jindrak Mark]

Before he retires or goes super part-time I hope he gets to main event a Wembley show.

Cody is gone. The Bucks doing it in a tag match seems unlikely. Kenny is the most likely of those 4 original guys to do it and Wembley shows would never have been possible without them starting everything off. He made his name (mainstream wise) main eventing the Tokyo Dome with Okada and main eventing Wembley would be a great way to cap off his career.

[jm]

Dec 16, 2023 16:05:08 GMT -5 Jindrak Mark said:

Before he retires or goes super part-time I hope he gets to main event a Wembley show.

Cody is gone. The Bucks doing it in a tag match seems unlikely. Kenny is the most likely of those 4 original guys to do it and Wembley shows would never have been possible without them starting everything off. He made his name (mainstream wise) main eventing the Tokyo Dome with Okada and main eventing Wembley would be a great way to cap off his career.

I'm hoping and praying Omega/Ospreay III main events Wembley next year.

[The Gallus Mark]

I’ve got it too and while this shit sucks, with a big change in diet, it can be manageable.

But, when it flares up, you can’t do anything. I’m sure that’s what Kenny is dealing with right now.

Hopefully they can adjust things and he can get to feeling better asap.

[HMARK Center]

Dec 16, 2023 16:10:46 GMT -5 The Gallus Mark said:

I’ve got it too and while this shit sucks, with a big change in diet, it can be manageable.

But, when it flares up, you can’t do anything. I’m sure that’s what Kenny is dealing with right now.

Hopefully they can adjust things and he can get to feeling better asap.

Yeah, it might be manageable with some changes, in which case he could be back pretty soon, or it might require what Lesnar got, which would make it a longer recovery.

Whatever it is, I’m just glad they caught it, dude’s put his body through hell for the fans and should take whatever he needs to recoup.

[chazraps]

So, I'll say this about Diverticulitis - there's been many, MANY advances in the treatment of it in the past five-six years, much more so than when Brock was treated for it, almost night and day. 2021 in particular saw a lot of new research made public that's really changed everything from patient comfort to regained ability, etc.

Based on this and Kenny getting it at age 40 MUCH younger than the average age for it, there's no reason to think that he won't make a complete 100% recovery to the Kenny we love without missing a step.

That's not to say Diverticulitis isn't incredibly serious and something to definitely be concerned about (and my thoughts and best wishes toward everyone in this thread currently battling or having recovered from it), but rather a recovery from it looks different now than the last time Brock battled it.

A sad note though, from my understanding is that while ability and everything returns, modern Diverticulitis survivors are advised to never eat popcorn or anything with seeds again, which unless I'm misremembering would take out a lot of Kenny's personal favorite foods. I don't want t speculate, even though I just did, but that's a bummer to think about.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

Dec 16, 2023 17:38:41 GMT -5 chazraps said:

So, I'll say this about Diverticulitis - there's been many, MANY advances in the treatment of it in the past five-six years, much more so than when Brock was treated for it, almost night and day. 2021 in particular saw a lot of new research made public that's really changed everything from patient comfort to regained ability, etc.

Based on this and Kenny getting it at age 40 MUCH younger than the average age for it, there's no reason to think that he won't make a complete 100% recovery to the Kenny we love without missing a step.

That's not to say Diverticulitis isn't incredibly serious and something to definitely be concerned about (and my thoughts and best wishes toward everyone in this thread currently battling or having recovered from it), but rather a recovery from it looks different now than the last time Brock battled it.

A sad note though, from my understanding is that while ability and everything returns, modern Diverticulitis survivors are advised to never eat popcorn or anything with seeds again, which unless I'm misremembering would take out a lot of Kenny's personal favorite foods. I don't want t speculate, even though I just did, but that's a bummer to think about.

Yeah, someone I know has Diverticulitis they can't have any seeds or things of that nature my understanding is that it might get stuck .

[The Captain]

I think you also have to adopt a high fiber diet?

[The Gallus Mark]

Dec 16, 2023 17:38:41 GMT -5 chazraps said:

So, I'll say this about Diverticulitis - there's been many, MANY advances in the treatment of it in the past five-six years, much more so than when Brock was treated for it, almost night and day. 2021 in particular saw a lot of new research made public that's really changed everything from patient comfort to regained ability, etc.

Based on this and Kenny getting it at age 40 MUCH younger than the average age for it, there's no reason to think that he won't make a complete 100% recovery to the Kenny we love without missing a step.

That's not to say Diverticulitis isn't incredibly serious and something to definitely be concerned about (and my thoughts and best wishes toward everyone in this thread currently battling or having recovered from it), but rather a recovery from it looks different now than the last time Brock battled it.

A sad note though, from my understanding is that while ability and everything returns, modern Diverticulitis survivors are advised to never eat popcorn or anything with seeds again, which unless I'm misremembering would take out a lot of Kenny's personal favorite foods. I don't want t speculate, even though I just did, but that's a bummer to think about.

Yes, not being able to eat popcorn is miserable. I went about 2 years without any flare ups, then had a burger that was on a sesame seed bun and didn’t even think about it. Spent the next week not being able to move without insane pain.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Dec 15, 2023 17:32:34 GMT -5 markymark said:

Dear wrestlers and wrestling culture

STOP KILLING YOURSELF FOR AN INDUSTRY THAT WON'T CATCH YOU WHEN YOU FALL

He was sick before the Page match and still wrestled, and guess what, it turns out he has diverticulitis. That seems pretty bad! Probably shouldn't have wrestled on that!

Too many wrestlers continue to work hurt, and get shitloads of praise for it from fans and other wrestlers, and it's f***ing appalling.

I hope Kenny rests for as long as he needs to, maybe heals up an injury or two while he's off, and comes back feeling better and wrestling less often so that we get to have him for longer

[Mozenrath]

Dec 21, 2023 3:53:40 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Dec 15, 2023 17:32:34 GMT -5 markymark said:

Dear wrestlers and wrestling culture

STOP KILLING YOURSELF FOR AN INDUSTRY THAT WON'T CATCH YOU WHEN YOU FALL

He was sick before the Page match and still wrestled, and guess what, it turns out he has diverticulitis. That seems pretty bad! Probably shouldn't have wrestled on that!

Too many wrestlers continue to work hurt, and get shitloads of praise for it from fans and other wrestlers, and it's f***ing appalling.

I hope Kenny rests for as long as he needs to, maybe heals up an injury or two while he's off, and comes back feeling better and wrestling less often so that we get to have him for longer

I don't disagree, but do we know he knew how sick he was? I'm sure plenty of wrestlers have wrestled under the weather, which yeah is definitely not ideal, but it's still a matter of degrees.

[The Captain]

He probably thought he just had a stomach bug at first and not something as serious as diverticulitis.  Especially when the early symptoms are just typical stomach bug stuff like nausea, diarrhea, stomach pain, etc. and Kenny also doesn't seem like he has any of the obvious risk factors.

He probably didn't realize how serious it was until the symptoms not only didn't go away after a few days, but got actively worse.

[Bang Bang Bart]

www.instagram.com/reel/C1I4BObuEqW/?igsh=YzZhZTZiNWI3Nw%3D%3D

this has to be a very serious situation for Don Callis to be posting something like that on instagram that breaks the whole kayfabe of their current feud.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Dec 21, 2023 19:33:29 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Dec 21, 2023 3:53:40 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Dear wrestlers and wrestling culture

STOP KILLING YOURSELF FOR AN INDUSTRY THAT WON'T CATCH YOU WHEN YOU FALL

He was sick before the Page match and still wrestled, and guess what, it turns out he has diverticulitis. That seems pretty bad! Probably shouldn't have wrestled on that!

Too many wrestlers continue to work hurt, and get shitloads of praise for it from fans and other wrestlers, and it's f***ing appalling.

I hope Kenny rests for as long as he needs to, maybe heals up an injury or two while he's off, and comes back feeling better and wrestling less often so that we get to have him for longer

I don't disagree, but do we know he knew how sick he was? I'm sure plenty of wrestlers have wrestled under the weather, which yeah is definitely not ideal, but it's still a matter of degrees.

It absolutely is a matter of degrees, but I have been hearing for years about how Kenny is broken down as f*** and still working, so it's just the latest example

[Chuck Conry]

I don't know if this had anything to do with it or not, but while Kenny looks better and is in better shape than a majority of people something felt off with how he looked. I don't know what gave me the vibe but he just has looked a bit unwell.