5 best Kenny Omega matches you must watch

#2 Kenny Omega vs Kazuchika Okada, Wrestle Kingdom 11 – 6 stars

What many proclaimed to be the early favourite to win the Match of the Year for 2017 happened just four days into the new year at New Japan Pro Wrestling’s version of Wrestlemania – Wrestle Kingdom 11. In the main event of the encounter, Kenny Omega challenged Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

Expectations were high for this match and everyone was expecting the moon. There was no way they could deliver, right? Wrong. The two put on one of the finest professional wrestling matches in the history of the sport and went at it for nearly fifty minutes.

I won’t spoil this for you but our final entry of this list contains spoilers because of the rematch between the two, so you have been warned.