AEW President Tony Khan has now commented on the status of Kenny Omega, who has announced that he’ll be out of action ‘indefinitely’.
Omega took to social media on Friday (December 16) with a photo of himself in a hospital bed. The popular star stated in the post’s caption that he had tried to push past the pain, but is now on an indefinite hiatus.
Tony Khan addressed Omega’s comments during the ROH Final Battle media scrum, noting that he believes Omega has ‘taken a turn for the better’, and that hardly anyone knew how sick Omega was.
Wishing Omega well, Khan said:
“I know Kenny put out a statement of his own and I completely support it and I spoke to him today and of course we’ve been very concerned.
“Honestly, it’s hard to focus on pro wrestling with somebody that you care about, somebody that is so responsible for all of this in so many ways. I don’t know if we could have launched AEW and this would have all been possible without Kenny Omega.
“Certainly, he’s as influential on the launch of AEW as anybody, and he’s one of the greatest pro wrestlers in the world, and he’s also a really important figure in this promotion and this business, so I think we’re all really concerned, but thankfully he’s communicating.
“I think we’re hoping for the best, and it’s …I think it’s taken a turn for the better. The most important thing is that he got help from the doctors at the right time and didn’t wait any longer because he was in a lot pain.
“I don’t think anybody knew how sick he was, because nobody would have…you know, to be honest, I think I’ll leave it to him to give updates because he’s already communicating and it’s he’s already kind of been communicating and it’s his health and I don’t want to speak for him, but we’re all praying for Kenny Omega and thankfully, it seems like there’s good reasons to be very optimistic, but we were all really worried about him.
“So it was honestly really hard the last 24 hours focusing on wrestling when somebody who is a part of our wrestling family has something happening that’s not wrestling like that. So there’s you know, whenever there’s a real life situation like that It always takes the most precedence, but we’re thinking about Kenny Omega and hoping he gets well very soon and wishing him the best.
“Sometimes it’s not about wrestling, even on a great night of wrestling like this, that’s probably the first and foremost thing. It’s a great question. Thank you. All the best Kenny get well soon, man.”
The specifics of Omega’s condition are not yet known, but we will provide more information as it becomes available.
We here at JJA Sport Studio wish Kenny Omega a safe, full and complete recovery.
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