{"id":154181,"date":"2023-02-20T13:25:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T19:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=154181"},"modified":"2023-02-20T13:25:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T19:25:35","slug":"kenny-omega-talks-pro-wrestling-and-aging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/02\/20\/kenny-omega-talks-pro-wrestling-and-aging\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenny Omega talks pro wrestling and aging"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2956672140\" 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>Kenny Omega says that age has made him more gun-shy in a wrestling ring compared to his younger years as a performer. In an interview with Swerve Strickland on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CHi5feIdFRI&amp;ab_channel=SwerveCityPodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swerve City podcast<\/a>, Omega talked wrestling at an older age and the changes that come along with it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are thoughts that don&#8217;t even cross his mind, and because they don&#8217;t cross his mind, he&#8217;s able to commit wholeheartedly into something so crazy he could end his own career,&#8221; Omega said of Will Ospreay&#8217;s mindset compared to his at his age. &#8220;Whereas now that I&#8217;m too old and I&#8217;ve seen so many terrible things in my life. The hamster wheel is always turning, and it&#8217;s like, I get gun-shy sometimes. Now, sometimes it&#8217;s like, &#8216;Oh, boy.&#8217; I&#8217;m in the thick of it. I&#8217;m actually in this match and I know I&#8217;ve gotta do this thing, or might do this thing, and I&#8217;m getting scared. I need to get that out of me. That&#8217;s sort of like one of the cruxes of getting older. You know what I mean? It&#8217;s getting older, wiser, but at the same time, you kind of get a little soft a little bit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Omega and Ospreay wrestled each other Wrestle Kingdom 17 for the IWGP United States Championship. Omega won the match and has been champion ever since. Omega also is a World Trios Champion in AEW along with The Young Bucks. The trio defeated Top Flight &amp; AR Fox to retain their Trios Championships on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/02\/17\/aew-rampage-tv-report-26\/\">last week&#8217;s episode of AEW Rampage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/02\/20\/cody-addresses-vince-mcmahon-putting-dusty-rhodes-in-polka-dots-for-wwe-run\/\">Cody addresses Vince McMahon putting Dusty Rhodes in polka dots for WWE run<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4061903548\"><div id=\"pwtor-675742411\"><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>Kenny Omega says that age has made him more gun-shy in a wrestling ring compared to his younger years as a performer. 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