Former AEW World Champion Kenny Omega has opened up about the struggles he has faced in rehab and says another injury would finish his wrestling career.
Omega has not competed in an AEW ring since losing his AEW World Championship to former tag team partner Hangman Adam Page at Full Gear in November 2021.
On the following episode of Dynamite, he announced he was taking some time away, leaving Elite business in the hands of his close friends, The Young Bucks.
Since then The Best Bout Machine has been out of action as he deals with a plethora of injuries including a torn labrum in his shoulder, a hernia, and issues with his knees. The star also revealed that he had been struggling with vertigo since 2018.
Speaking on the CEO Gaming Twitch channel, Kenny Omega addressed his recovery and says those expecting him to be back to his best instantly on his return when that comes might want to think again:
“If I get another major setback, that’s it. That’s it, I’m done, I can’t do this ever again. Two times, three times a day, really painful rehab, not even knowing what it’s going to be like when I get back in the ring. I have no clue. It’s scary, actually. You see people, they come back to the ring and you’re just happy to see them back. There is a different kind of expectation put on me, and I think that anything less than what they are expecting, which is already unrealistic, is going to lead to a lot of ridicule, which is what I get every day anyway.”
“You can probably understand and imagine how difficult it is, struggling twice, three times a day, trying to get things to work that maybe never worked before, and trying to re-route things in your brain to get around the things that aren’t going heal. People think, ‘Kenny is hurt, he took time off,’ snap your fingers, I come back and I’m 100%. Life doesn’t work that way. Bodies don’t work that way. Athletes don’t work that way. It’s very difficult to formulate a plan and to execute it. We’ll see how I do.”