Wrestler Profile

Kenny Omega

Kenny Omega is the wrestler who globalized the modern main event. The Winnipeg native became a legend in Japan, where his Golden Lovers team with Kota Ibushi and his epic IWGP trilogy-plus-one against Kazuchika Okada — including a two-out-of-three falls match many call the greatest ever — redefined what wrestling matches could be.

As an AEW founder and executive, the Best Bout Machine won the AEW World Championship and staged a collector's run holding AEW, Impact and AAA titles simultaneously. His matches with the Young Bucks as the Elite, his ladder war against the Lucha Brothers, and his singles epics with Will Ospreay and Bryan Danielson anchor AEW's in-ring canon.

A battle with diverticulitis nearly ended his career, making each comeback chapter feel borrowed against time. WrestleRanks voters rank Omega as a living legend — the one man guaranteed to attempt something nobody has seen before.

Promotions

Kenny Omega is associated with AEW (2023–2026), NJPW and AAA.

Championship history

• IWGP Heavyweight Championship (NJPW) — Former champion · 1 reign
• IWGP Intercontinental Championship (NJPW) — Former champion · 1 reign
• IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship (NJPW) — Former champion · 2 reigns
• AAA Mega Championship (AAA) — Former champion · 1 reign
• AEW World Championship (AEW) — Former champion · 2 reigns · Former AEW World Champion; lost the title to Will Ospreay at All In London.
• AEW World Tag Team Championship (AEW) — Former champion · 1 reign · with Hangman Page
• AEW World Trios Championship (AEW) — Former champion · 1 reign · with Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson
• AEW International Championship (AEW) — Former champion · 1 reign

PWI rankings history

Kenny Omega has been ranked in the PWI 500 11 times, first at No. 318 in 2009 and most recently at No. 25 in 2023. The highest placement is No. 1, reached in 2018 and 2021.

Placements by year: 2009 (No. 318), 2010 (No. 142), 2011 (No. 85), 2012 (No. 185), 2013 (No. 125), 2014 (No. 183), 2018 (No. 1), 2020 (No. 13), 2021 (No. 1), 2022 (No. 19), 2023 (No. 25).

Compiled from the annual rankings published by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. See the 2023 edition.

Teams and factions

A current member of The Elite.

Kenny Omega in the WrestleRanks rankings

Kenny Omega is tracked as a professional wrestler on WrestleRanks. WrestleRanks standings are decided one week at a time, from fan voting and editor input. Read more about how our rankings work, or see the live, interactive profile with weekly rank history and voting on the Kenny Omega ranking page.

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