Kenny Omega, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kenny Omega

Canada-born Japanese professional wrestler

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1983

Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Profession: professional wrestler

Nationality: Canada, Japan

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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About Kenny Omega

  • Tyson Smith (born October 16, 1983) is a Canadian-born Japanese professional wrestler better known by the ring name Kenny Omega.
  • He is an executive vice president of All Elite Wrestling, where he is also signed as a performer. Omega is known for his tenure in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, during which he held the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, the IWGP United States Championship, and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship among other titles.
  • He was a member of the Bullet Club stable, later serving as the group's leader.
  • He became the first and only non-Japanese professional wrestler to win the G1 Climax, the promotion's premier tournament, when he defeated Hirooki Goto in the 2016 finals.
  • Omega has also performed as part of independent professional wrestling promotions worldwide, including DDT Pro-Wrestling, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.
  • Omega additionally has competed in larger national and international promotions, such as WWE, Ring of Honor, and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.
  • He is the current AAA Mega Champion in his first reign. In 2017, Omega was named Sports Illustrated's Wrestler of the Year.
  • The following year, he topped Pro Wrestling Illustrated's list of top 500 male wrestlers.
  • He has also attained the publication's Match of the Year distinction twice.
  • 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 combat sports journalist Dave Meltzer, the highest rating Meltzer has ever awarded a professional wrestling match.

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