Kenny Omega Says Fans Should Let Go Of Their Preconceived Notions Of Wrestling

Kenny Omega has always looked at wrestling and thought about how things could be done differently. His way of putting matches together and telling stories have often been very different from traditional means of pro wrestling.

Now, he has said he believes fans should let go of their preconceived notions of what wrestling should be. During his recent appearance on Talk is Jericho, Omega discussed how fans can look at wrestling differently. Here is the quote, courtesy of Fightful:

“It is the empty cup analogy. You don’t arrive to a lesson with the cup half full, come with an empty cup. That way you can learn everything that we’re about to teach. A lot of people have preconceived notions about how wrestling should be. They’re judging based on what they’ve seen in the years that they’ve watched professional wrestling. People that have the open mind that come to watch these shows are the ones that are going to benefit the most out of this. The wrestlers that watch what we do, that study what we do with an open mind, they’re the ones who may take our position when we’re about ready to pack it in. But it’s the ones that feel that wrestling has to be a certain way, that wrestling has to be the way that it was done by one man, Vince McMahon, who had the empty Cup, right? He was the one who paved the way for everything.

“If they’re not like that, man, don’t expect to change anything! Just expect to be, you know, a cog in the machine of professional wrestling. Don’t expect just to be another fan, another number that everyone counts in the big ratings war. It’s not about numbers, it’s not about being a worker ant to the queen. This is about us doing what we think we’re capable of and that’s changing the way that you watch wrestling, the way you think about wrestling, the way that you’re emotionally invested in wrestling, and also to expect the unexpected, which people haven’t been able to do for a number of years now.”

Kenny Omega has been the talk of the wrestling business since winning the AEW World Championship from Jon Moxley on December 2. Since then, he and Don Callis have been the stars of Dynamite and Impact Wrestling with Omega leading the crossover between the two promotions.

He will team with Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows to face Rich Swann and the Motor City Machine Guns at Impact’s Hard to Kill pay per view.

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