Kenny Omega on Thinking About Life After His In-Ring Career Is Over

– Former AEW World champion Kenny Omega recently appeared on Wrestling Observer Radio, and he discussed his future in the wrestling business once he was done in the ring. Below are some highlights (via Fightful):

Kenny Omega on what would be next for him after he finishes his in-ring career: “I’m always thinking about it, especially now because you see how fragile everything is and how it could end. I don’t necessarily mean from a personal standpoint. I could be injured, and it’s over, or one of the procedures could go wrong. They have to give me the bad news, ‘you’ll never be the same, and you can’t be the person you want to be in the ring,’ or, we wake up tomorrow, and everything digital has been hacked, and there’s an alien life form, and there is no way for material to get out there. It could happen; who knows. It could all end, go out of our control; sorry guys, AEW isn’t a thing, all wrestling isn’t a thing, what is that I do?”

On possibly working as an agent: “I get a lot out of being an agent; I enjoy that. I don’t think I could ever have a dojo or a school. A big part is I’m just too lazy to organize something like that. For me to be in a position where I could teach or give advice or layout matches, I find it very personally fulfilling. If there were ever an opportunity like that in wrestling once I am done actively, I feel like I would be happy in the workplace, being able to do that.”

Omega on Jerry Lynn and Dean Malenko’s agent work: “I see incredible performers from when I was watching guys like Jerry Lynn and Dean Malenko on television. I see the joy they get out of knocking one of their matches out of the park, and I can totally understand that feeling. When I would do a girls’ match that had high stakes, and they knocked it out of the park, it’s an incredible feeling, and it brought me back to when I would coach basketball. I love being a coach, and I love being in that position, and even if I’m not a performer, if there is something I can take from professional wrestling and find it fulfilling.”

ON his interests outside of wrestling: “I do have other interests as well. I love working in the gaming community; I love working with anime and that sort of stuff. If there are opportunities there, it would be great to investigate those. Wrestling will always, at some point, be part of my life, even if I’m just a guy doing a podcast appearance to give my perspective. I probably would never say no to that because I enjoy having an opinion and just talking about it. I always see wrestling as part of me, and if I have anything to give or give back, I would like to do it.”

Omega has been out of action since November when he lost the AEW World title to Hangman Page and recovering from several injuries.