10 Wrestlers Who Can HONESTLY Be Labelled A Genius
5. Kenny Omega
Kenny Omega, through his sheer genius and the audacious marketing of it, has built a towering legacy in real time.
A new breed of professional wrestler, a man who has embraced the performance art element, Omega has broken a rule of storytelling to advance it: like Flair before him, he both shows and tells you how good he is, and in doing so, he sets and meets an expectation of transcendent wrestling. This is key to his reputation and drawing ability: Omega is in a position to guarantee brilliance, and is received as a living legend.
Omega is a propulsive, explosive, charismatic showman with an incredible knack for match-building detail. Capable of taking the audience on genuine odysseys through his conditioning and intricate, rewarding storytelling nous, the biggest complaint his detractors hold against him is his affected movements, his theatrical brand of charisma. And he undercuts this, every time, with his astonishing V-Trigger. It is a stunning achievement of the inch-perfect physical timing Omega has, and that is something that cannot be denied. His ability to smash himself into the faces of his opponents with such force and velocity is unparalleled.
How he has avoided concussing anybody is a mystery, and it's ironic: the talent who apparently betrays the magic is the one whose trick you cannot work out.