10 Biggest Heat Magnets In Wrestling Right Now

10. Kenny Omega

Kenny Omega has some ego on him.

It is richly deserved, of course; he doubled New Japan World subscriptions across his programmes with Chris Jericho and Hiroshi Tanahashi, set gate records, broke the AEW PPV buy rate before the biggest free agent signing spree in modern history, and AEW was far more competitive with WWE when he reigned with the World Title. He's also the most critically revered performer of his and indeed any other generation in some circles.

He has previous. After winning the IWGP Heavyweight Title at Dominion 2018, he alienated several of his peers by claiming that the "domestic [NJPW] talent" "have to step up your game". Despite claiming this wasn't a negative comment, it was sure as sh*t received as one, and it would appear that his skyscraper-high demands and standards have bled into the frayed fabric of the AEW locker room.

Per PWInsider, Omega was the most "harsh" speaker in a meeting that went about as well as a lockdown Zoom quiz with your family. His approach was described as either "tough love" or "heavy-handed", so it would appear that CM Punk isn't the only talent who thinks he's a bell end.

But!

Omega walked back into a company that had fallen critically and commercially following his run as the man, and was so good that he convinced even the most jaded observers that, while he was obviously telling a story, he probably wasn't 100% - before arriving at All Out in Dominion '18 shape and drawing the loudest reaction of the night during his exchanges with Hangman Page. He's right to have those standards.

Tell him when he's telling lies.