Kenny Omega Was ‘At Peace’ With Moving To Backstage Role In AEW

AEW star Kenny Omega has opened up about being “at peace” with moving to a backstage role in AEW if he needed to.

Omega has been battling with diverticulitis which caused him to be near-death, but has recovered enough to make a return to the ring.

In an interview with CBC News Manitoba, Omega opened up about his journey to recovery and how the acceptance of a potential behind the scenes role actually helped him on his path to wrestling again.

He explained:

“I think a big part of it which helped me a lot on this journey was that I was at peace with being able to take a huge step back if I needed to.

“If I needed to have a completely non-physical role within the company and just be an office guy in the back that’s never seen but is still contributing, I was happy to have just been involved with this project that is AEW, with this company, with its wonderful fans, its athletes.

“I think that having that sense of calmness and being able to accept the current situation actually helped me put forward more of an effort in the pursuit of getting back what I lost.

“Because I feel like if I was in a panic mode, I would have run around like a chicken with its head cut off, not knowing whether to go left, whether to go right, should I try something new, or should I keep doubling down on what I’m currently doing?

“I think just being honest with myself in this case, and just being very open minded to not only the fact that things may work if I try something new, but if they don’t work, to be able to accept, ‘Okay, I’ve tried everything that I could, I can’t say that I didn’t try, let’s see what’s next.’

“But being able to have this smorgasbord of options for me to have available – especially with current day medical science, supplementation and all that – there are all these things that I never had access to years and years and years ago, which are absolutely for sure helping me in today’s world, with information, energy, all that stuff.

“I probably would have been in a world of hurt without that sort of help.

“So I’ve had a lot of wonderful people all around me, the team of people that I work with in AEW that have always been there to help, and to always pursue whatever the next best medical or supplementation scientific advancement might be out there to help my condition.”

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Kenny Omega wrestled on last night’s AEW Dynamite in Winnipeg, where he, Jack Perry and Brody King defeated The Demand.

Omega will challenge MJF for the AEW World Title at Dynasty next weekend.

Will Kenny Omega Defeat MJF At AEW Dynasty

With AEW All In London coming up at Wembley Stadium, one of the highly rumored matches is Kenny Omega vs Will Ospreay – which could be for the AEW World Title.

However, business has noticeably improved for AEW since MJF’s return and World Title win, meaning it could be a risk to take the title off him at this stage.

Tony Khan might have quite a big decision to make as to whether he would rather hold Omega vs Ospreay in Wembley, or continue to ride the momentum of MJF’s World Title run.

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