10 surprising facts you didn't know about Kenny Omega 

Kenny Omega is the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion
Kenny Omega is the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion

#7 Omega is a former WWE developmental superstar

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Kenny Omega in DSW
Kenny Omega in DSW

During the initial stages of his career, a then-young upstart named Kenny Omega was invited to a tryout camp to the school of Pro Wrestling legend Harley Race and this was certainly no ordinary tryout camp, because the eventual winner of the whole thing was apparently on the verge of receiving a contract with top Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH.

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Despite not getting off to the best of starts in the tryout camp, Omega eventually managed to prove himself to be the most standout performer and instead of earning a NOAH contract, the Winnipeg native was confronted by WWE’s Johnny Ace, who offered the future IWGP Heavyweight Champion a WWE developmental contract instead.

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Omega eventually headed to WWE’s then-developmental brand called Deep South Wrestling, but things didn’t go according to his plan, as he apparently had a pretty terrible time with the company and eventually departed from the WWE in overall.

Following his departure from the WWE, Omega tried to pursue a career in MMA and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, in particular, which also seems to be another unknown fact about ‘The Cleaner’.

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Edited by Kishan Prasad
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