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Tyson Smith (born October 16, 1983) is an Canadian professional wrestler. He currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he competes under the ring name Kenny Omega. Besides wrestling, he is also the executive vice president of AEW.[1] He is currently out of action indefinitely after being diagnosed with diverticulitis.[2]
| Kenny Omega | |
|---|---|
.jpg) A headshot of Omega in 2019 | |
| Born | October 16, 1983 Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Kenny Omega Scott Carpenter |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 219 lb (99 kg) |
| Billed from | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (by way of North Carolina) |
| Trained by | Bobby Jay Dave Taylor |
| Debut | February 2000 |
Smith has also competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Ring of Honor (ROH), Impact Wrestling, and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). As well as competing on the independent circuit for DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG).
Smith has won many Championships in many different companies. In AEW, he is a one-time AEW World Champion, one-time AEW World Tag Team Champion, and two-time AEW World Trios Champion.
During his early career in DDT Pro-Wrestling, Omega was in a tag team with Kota Ibushi called the Golden☆Lovers.[3] They would later team again in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and All Elite Wrestling (AEW).[4]
During his time in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Omega was known by the nickname The Cleaner.[5] He was the leader of the stable Bullet Club, a group of heel gaijin. He was kicked out of Bullet Club on the Night 2 of The New Beginning in Sapporo after he lost the IWGP United States Championship to Jay White and got hit with the Cross Rhodes by Cody Rhodes.[6]
On February 7, 2019, Omega signed a four-year contract with All Elite Wrestling (AEW).[7] Omega made his AEW in-ring debut at Double or Nothing on May 25, 2019 losing to Chris Jericho.[8]
At Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea Part Deux: Second Wave, Omega and Adam Page won the AEW World Tag Team Championship after defeating SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky).[9] They would lose the titles to FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) at All Out.[10]
Omega would focus on single matches afterwards. At Full Gear, he defeated his former tag parter Adam Page in the finals of a AEW World Championship number one contender tournament.[11] He would go on to win the AEW World Championship at Winter Is Coming and turn heel after Don Callis got up from the commentary booth and distracted Jon Moxley. When Moxley turned around, Omega hit him in the head with a microphone and pinned him.[12]
Due to AEW's working relationship with Impact Wrestling at the time, Omega would also appear on episodes of Impact!. He would go on to defeat Rich Swann on Impact Wrestling's Rebellion pay-per-view to win the Impact World Championship.[13] On the August 18 debut episode of Rampage, Omega would lose the title to Christian Cage.[14]
At Full Gear, Omega would lose the AEW World Championship to Adam Page and took time off from wrestling to heal from injuries.[15][16]
On the August 17, 2022 episode of Dynamite, Omega returned to AEW and was revealed to be the third partner for The Young Bucks. The three would compete in a tournament to crown the first AEW World Trios Champions.[17] They would win the Championships against Adam Page and The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, and John Silver) at All Out. However, they were later suspended and stripped of them because of a real-life backstage fight that took place between Omega, the Young Bucks, CM Punk, and Ace Steel.[18]
Omega and the Young Bucks returned from suspension on November 19, 2022 and faced Death Triangle at Full Gear but lost.[19]
During their feud with the Blackpool Combat Club, Omega and the Young Bucks said that they would they would have a mystery partner join them for their fight at Blood & Guts. On the July 13 episode of Dynamite, Omega and the Young Bucks revealed Kota Ibushi as their mystery parter, reuniting the Golden☆Lovers.[20] They would go on to defeat the Blackpool Combat Club, Konosuke Takeshita, and Pac.[21]
On August 2, 2023, Omega signed a multi-year contract extension to stay with All Elite Wrestling.[22]
Smith is fluent in Japanese, having learned the language after spending many years living and working in Japan.[23] He hosted a show called Cleaner's Corner on YouTube where he reviewed and played old video games.[24]
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