Stay tuned to for more. That did not stop Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay from putting on one of the best matches in recent history and an immediate candidate for 2023 Match of the Year. In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer provided details on the original plan for the feud between Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay that led to a match at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17, where Omega beat Ospreay for the IWGP United States Title. The first cut back Zayn was eating popcorn and being side-eyed by Reigns when he offered him a bit. Zayn keeps opening his refrigerator, but instead of Ghostface stabbing him through the eye, he just gets a carton of milk. There is a reason fights like that became legendary, and this will similarly be remembered for a long time.
"And at that point, he leaned the table up on the railing and started running Ospreay's head into the broken table and he was putting his own head through it, he was breaking more of the table, he was committed to this. As of about 5 hours after the match finished, it's Cagematch rating is 9. According to Meltzer's ratings, the top-rated matches of all time that have surpassed the previous five-star ceiling are: 7-Stars: - Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega IV – NJPW Dominion 6. The champion hit a savage Chelsea Grin, two Hidden Blades and a top-rope OsCutter, but Omega unbelievably stretched his shoulder from the mat. Omega dripped with heel showmanship; almost double the taunts and more than triple the fouls. Kenny Omega vs Will Ospreay is a dream match that many have been waiting for since the two men started taking jabs at each other during Omega's injury recovery last year. Jack The Jobber looks back at the biggest matches in January 2023, featuring Will Ospreay going to war with Kenny Omega at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom, Bryan Danielson's battles with Takeshita and Bandido on AEW Dynamite and much more!
Like Omega, he started as a junior heavyweight in New Japan, capturing the Best of the Super Juniors tournament title in 2016 and holding the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship three times. The champion had his head drilled into a table in brutal fashion, his already bloodied face becoming more gruesome, before he was violently spiked into the mat. We then got Ospreay almost doing a Jerry Lawler–style dropping of the strap/hulk-up after catching a knee strike. Omega hasn't wrestled since. Some were also happy to see The Cleaner back in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Meanwhile, some suggested Omega and Ospreay were the best wrestlers in the world. Kenny Omega vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi – NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13. Or you can follow us over on our Twitter and Facebook pages. Omega reversed a superplex attempt to plant Ospreay into the exposed top-turnbuckle, before he dropped the champion off the top rope in a show of sheer brutality. They battled on the top rope for control, with Omega hitting some stiff shots to Ospreay's kidney area and driving him down on the metal bolt with a DDT, sort of a version of El Generico's old top rope brainbuster finish. Will Ospreay vs. Hiromu Takahashi – NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night One.
Ospreay has picked up Omega's gauntlet since he left. Submission holds as a base to fall back on was replaced by an uptick in strike exchanges. 6-Stars: - Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat – the Landover, Michigan live event, March 18th, 1989. It's expected that AEW will cover the Omega vs. Ospreay Wrestle Kingdom 17 match on TV sooner than later. This graph shows more clearly how each man held advantages in different minutes of the match. Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing, and Literature Religion and Spirituality Science Tabletop Games Technology Travel. The fast-paced Ospreay then climbed to the top and hit Omega with a sky twister on the outside. What was your reaction to Kenny Omega winning the IWGP United States title for the second time? Omega fired back-up, spiking Ospreay with a gruesome Poisonrana, followed up by a neckbreaker, to bring a razor-close nearfall. With Ospreay down at ringside, Omega placed a table over him and jumped from the top rope with a destructive Double Stomp, putting a gaping hole through both the table and Ospreay. THe match featured Omega hitting a v-trigger to the back of Ospreay's head in the exposed corner, a catch suplex off the top from Omega, Ospreay hitting multiple hidden blades and a styles clash, and more. Match fixture: Promotion: All promotions. Omega hadn't returned to Japan since starting in AEW in 2019 and was hurt during last year's joint AEW-NJPW Forbidden Door pay-per-view, a show which may have had this match on it. WWE] Royal Rumble 2017 The Best Contest Ever.
The wrestling world claimed that this match deserved a minimum of five stars. Kim Kardashian Doja Cat Iggy Azalea Anya Taylor-Joy Jamie Lee Curtis Natalie Portman Henry Cavill Millie Bobby Brown Tom Hiddleston Keanu Reeves. The Young Bucks vs. Kenny Omega & "Hangman" Adam Page – AEW Revolution 2020. The entrances were "simple" by Wrestle Kingdom standards, but still, effectively let the fans know exactly who was walking to the ring. This was Omega's most heelish show in terms of taunts plus fouls. But if they're going to let them, do it, there's a limited audience for this kind of style and AEW's got all of them already.
Let us know in the comments section below. The plan for this match was to make a lot of big moves, but to hold back a little because it was the first match in a series, not the final match. While promoting his appearance in the Like A Dragon: Ishin video game in an exclusive interview with ComicBook, "The Best Bout Machine" discussed his health status following that streak of critically-acclaimed matches. And AEW is a domestic paycheck. The lengthy match on Wednesday was bloody and tense. Syuri vs. Utami Hayashishita – STARDOM Tokyo Dream Cinderella Special 2021. Omega then hit Ospreay with a final V-Trigger to the jaw before hitting the One-Winged Angel for the pin. And then Ospreay rolled out to the floor and the seconds and stooges started distracting the referee and making noise so that Ospreay could get color for a while. During the bout, Ospreay was busted open following a top rope DDT onto an exposed turnbuckle. McIntyre hit an impressive no-hand flip tope and a Claymore for a pin, which was barely broken up by Jimmy.
His Takagi series really underlines how much he reduced his usual counter for counter style. Few would debate that these two are among two of the best performers in the industry, arguably numbers one and two on any list. Like Jack Nicholson in The Shining. Like I said, it's an NBA dunk contest. From this the returning Omega was able to take solid. Because where are they going to find any fucking moron that will do this or more in two years? Joe has that same sort of combination of methodical menace, shocking agility, and one-shot knockout power that made Vader such a phenom.