IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Kenny Omega, will take on Pentagon Jr. tomorrow night at All In. The event will take place inside a soldout Sears Center Arena in Chicago.
Omega credits the success of the event to wrestling fans being willing to take a chance on an alternative product.
“All In shows there are enough people willing to take a chance on an alternative,” Omega said to Sports Illustrated recently. “It shows that it’s worth putting your heart and soul into that alternative. We’re not looking for a quick path or quick WWE money. Opportunities like All In are great, it’s a tool to find who you are.”
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Kenny Omega on All In
Omega would continue to say that WWE is no longer the only goal for top-tier professional wrestlers.
“WWE was always the be-all, end-all, but now it’s changed so much that you can have your best years without WWE,” Omega continued. “You don’t necessarily have to stress or worry about not having that ‘WrestleMania Moment.’ I used to hear that all the time when I was coming up in DDT. People found a measure of joy by saying, ‘You’ve never walked the ramp on Raw, so who the hell are you?’ I’m hearing a lot less of that. People are realizing the alternative can be just as good, if not better.”
Omega has two big single’s matches coming up in the near future. First, he will face Pentagon Jr at All In tomorrow night. The two have never met in single’s competition before, though they were on opposing sides of a tag match once in PWG. Omega will also defend his IWGP Heavyweight Championship coming up against Tomohiro Ishii on September 15th.
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