{"id":149644,"date":"2022-11-20T09:48:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T15:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=149644"},"modified":"2022-11-20T10:06:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T16:06:38","slug":"kenny-omega-set-to-return-to-njpw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/11\/20\/kenny-omega-set-to-return-to-njpw\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenny Omega set to return to NJPW"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2208303061\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kenny Omega is returning to NJPW.<\/p>\n<p>At the NJPW X Stardom Historic X-Over event earlier today, Omega appeared in a video to challenge IWGP U.S. Hvt. Champion Will Ospreay to a match at Wrestling Kingdom 17 on Jan. 4, 2023. Ospreay accepted Omega&#8217;s challenge and the match is now official.<\/p>\n<p>Omega last appeared for NJPW on Jan. 4, 2019 shortly before AEW was launched.<\/p>\n<p>The following matches are now confirmed for Wrestle Kingdom 17:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada<\/li>\n<li>IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega<\/li>\n<li>IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori vs. Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado vs. Master Wato<\/li>\n<li>IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions FTR vs. TBA<\/li>\n<li>NJPW World Television Championship Tournament final: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ren Narita<\/li>\n<li>IWGP Women&#8217;s Championship match: IWGP Women&#8217;s Champion Kairi vs. Tam Nakano<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Contact Sean at pwtorchsean@gmail.com follow him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sr_torch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SR_Torch<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KennyOmegamanX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kennyomegamanx<\/a> has challenged <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillOspreay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@willospreay<\/a> for the IWGP United States Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 17!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njwk17?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njwk17<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NJPWxSTARDOM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NJPWxSTARDOM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BCPxPr6olo\">pic.twitter.com\/BCPxPr6olo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwglobal\/status\/1594290521824194562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KennyOmegamanX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KennyOmegamanX<\/a> has challenged <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillOspreay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WillOspreay<\/a> for the IWGP United States Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 17!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njwk17?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njwk17<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NJPWxSTARDOM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NJPWxSTARDOM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MGPCQcAhFL\">pic.twitter.com\/MGPCQcAhFL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwworld\/status\/1594296110914637826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3513643348\"><div id=\"pwtor-245146567\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; Kenny Omega is returning to NJPW. At the NJPW X Stardom Historic X-Over event earlier today, Omega appeared in a video to challenge IWGP U.S. Hvt. 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