Golden Lovers Reunite in 2022
Kenny Omega traveled to Japan for business and stopped on the way to reunite with his Golden Lovers tag team partner, Kota Ibushi.
Kota Ibushi posted today on twitter a series of pictures of him, Kenny Omega, and Michael Nakazawa hanging out in Japan.
This year we saw Ibushi tweet out against New Japan Pro Wrestling for mistreatment and contract issues.
However, it seems after the penalties between all parties involved were given, Ibushi has taken to twitter to update up the wrestling world on his ideas and thoughts for the future — like a possibility of going to AEW once his shoulder heals — and now updating wrestling fans around the world that he’s hanging out with Kenny Omega.
But why is Kenny Omega in Japan? He hasn’t worked with New Japan Pro Wrestling since creating All Elite Wrestling in 2019 with Matt and Nick Jackson, and The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes.
Kenny Omega was recently suspended for being in the backstage brawl altercation with CM Punk, Ace Steel, and lastly Matt and Nick Jackson. According to those “reports" Kenny Omega saved Larry the Dog — owner is CM Punk — and Ace Steel bit Omega on the arm and thigh. Someone in this brawl altercation also had a black eye.
Whatever happened during this backstage brawl-altercation, one thing is true: Kenny Omega along with Matt and Nick Jackson were stripped of their newly won Trios Championships. The Elite won the Trios Championships during the All Out PPV and then taken away within a few days before AEW Dynamite and we now have new Trios Champions.
Kenny Omega was spotted in Japan on business. He appeared to be using a cash register — referencing CM Punk’s rant line of: The EVPs couldn’t run a Target — at Haoming’s Office as seen here:
Prior to all this, Kenny Omega was already booked to appear in Japan to showcase the upcoming All Elite Wrestling video game called Fight Forever at the Tokyo Game Show convention. We now know that this upcoming video game will be released in 2022.
Kenny Omega with Michael Nakazawa then met up with Kota Ibushi, and based on Ibushi’s tweet all of them had a wonderful night out. It’s been years since former Golden Lovers tag team partners were seen together.
It’s a happy day for wrestling fans all across the world.
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