Tony Khan: I’m Absolutely Going Out Of My Way To Accommodate Kenny Omega, I Probably Pushed Him Too Hard In 2025 While He Was Beaten Up
Tony Khan feels he may have pushed Kenny Omega’s limits in 2025.
The headlining bout of the 2026 All In pay-per-view will be Kenny Omega defending the AEW World Championship against Will Ospreay.
Days out from the show, the pre-All In media call took place, and AEW President Tony Khan fielded questions from the media. While speaking about Omega versus Ospreay, Khan shared that he’s been going out of his way to accommodate Omega’s schedule because he feels he may have pushed Omega too hard in 2025 while he was beaten up.
“Last year, Kenny Omega undertook a very ambitious comeback, and he returned at the Tokyo Dome, came back to America and we inserted Kenny full blast. He won the AEW International Championship and he was going so hard and he was doing so well for us, and I think that myself and all of us put a lot on Kenny and last year, maybe at first, it was even too much and too fast, and coming out of All In last year, Kenny was really beat up and we needed to give him time to recover. The first six months of the year, he did such a fantastic job for us as the International Champion, and it took a lot out of him and I think he looked back at that and decided, I’m going to have a bigger 2026. I’m gonna accomplish even more in 2026… He’s been taking incredibly detailed care of his body and he managed his recovery this year to get from match to match, and it’s helped him wrestle at his highest level, and be the very best Kenny Omega and he’s been very smart about the training. It’s very much by design that there have been times when Kenny has been represented in videos and packages and I think the AEW team has done a tremendous job putting some of the best video packages we’ve ever done regarding Kenny Omega versus Will Ospreay at AEW All In London… Kenny’s been training, getting in his very best condition. Taking the very best care of his body and it’s been working for him, you have to say… I’m going out of my way to absolutely accommodate (Kenny) because I believe it is what helps Kenny get to his very best and now having been through this experience with him and knowing that last year, I probably pushed Kenny harder… Now looking at things and seeing that this year, he’s come in at a brilliant pace and he is in the very best condition. He knows exactly when to push it himself and working with him to find the perfect schedule to make sure that Kenny is in the very best conditions so that when he walks out to that ring as the AEW World Champion, the fans will get the very best of Kenny Omega, the very top of the profession, the main event man, The Best Bout Machine…”
Omega’s last singles bout was on July 26th when he defended the AEW World Championship against Kevin Knight at the Redemption pay-per-view.
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