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Kenny Omega

Tyson Smith, better known as Kenny Omega, is a Canadian wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he holds the IWGP United States Championship.

He is best remembered for his long stints in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he held the IWGP Heavyweight Championship once, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship once, the IWGP Intercontinental Championship once, the IWGP United States Championship and one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. In the summer of 2016 he also won the main tournament of the federation, the G1 Climax, proving to be the first and only non-Japanese wrestler to have achieved this result.

He is a four-time world champion in wrestling having held the AEW World Championship, the Impact World Championship, the AAA Mega Championship and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

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