{"id":37855,"date":"2019-02-08T19:54:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T00:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=37855"},"modified":"2019-02-23T15:17:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T20:17:55","slug":"kenny-omegas-aew-contract-allows-him-to-still-work-for-njpw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/02\/08\/kenny-omegas-aew-contract-allows-him-to-still-work-for-njpw\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenny Omega&#8217;s AEW Contract Allows Him To Still Work for NJPW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After his appearance at\u00a0<strong>All Elite Wrestling<\/strong>&#8216;s press conference confirmed that Omega would be joining AEW most fans thought they had seen the last of him in an NJPW ring.\u00a0 Some mourned the loss of the companies biggest gaijin star others were rejoicing at the departure of the Elite member.<\/p>\n<p>This may not be the case after all as Kenny Omega spoke with\u00a0<strong>Dave Meltzer\u00a0<\/strong>on Wrestling Observer Radio to talk\u00a0about his contract and joining AEW.\u00a0 During the interview the question came up of Omega ever working for NJPW again and Omega stated that &#8220;I have it written into my contract&#8230;.that I can go anytime I want and appear for New Japan Pro Wrestling&#8221; even mentioning that he would not have been able to get such terms if he had joined the WWE.<\/p>\n<h1>Kenny Omega&#8217;s AEW Contract Allows Him To Still Work for NJPW<\/h1>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pw23JU5i3J0<\/p>\n<p>This means that the door is still open for the former IWGP Heavyweight Champion to work for NJPW.\u00a0 NJPW has moved quickly to move\u00a0<strong>Jay White\u00a0<\/strong>into the top four to replace Omega as their number one gaijin and some fans were happy to see the back of Omega so whether or not a return would go down well with fans or not is another question.\u00a0 Regardless, we may yet see Omega step into an NJPW ring again possibly for a rematch with\u00a0<strong>Hiroshi Tanahashi\u00a0<\/strong>or a continuation of his legendary series with\u00a0<strong>Kazuchika Okada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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