19 Things We Learned From Kenny Omega On Edge & Christian's Podcast
18. Kenny Was Told To Have Short Matches In This Year's G1
Christian told of his admiration for the time Kenny puts into his matches, agreeing that he too needs time to perform his best work as it allows him to tell a story and get the crowd invested.
Kenny then told of how on a couple of occasions during this year's G1 that he was told to "wrap it up" inside six minutes and he was questioning himself: "Oh man. How was I going to have a chance to structure anything that people are going to believe in?"
Omega told of how putting on these shorter matches was a struggle because he was so used to having carte blanche - being told to go out there and have a 35-40 minute matches. He admitted he struggled to bring that same schtick inside a short version and have the people care.
He then told of the doubt he went through while putting these matches together, questioning whether he actually could and, believe it or not, if he sucked because he'd almost forgotten the art of getting people to care inside a six minute time fame... imagine being Kenny Omega and questioning whether you suck or not.