Kenny Omega Reveals Tony Khan Was Willing To Buy A Streaming Service For AEW

Speaking on the Swerve City Podcast, AEW's Kenny Omega has revealed that Tony Khan was once willing to buy a streaming service for the promotion to get it off the ground. Omega explained:

"I went to the room at the Tokyo Dome hotel and [Tony] was just talking. I could definitely get a grasp that he was a historian. He knew facts about everything. Super ultra fan type stuff and interesting data to know because he was able to predict the wrestling forecast and things, and why it was actually realistic that we could pull it off. I remember him saying - and he seemed very committed - ‘I’m going to start a promotion. Whether I can get a TV deal or not, I’m going to find a way to have our product be seen, whether it be buying my own streaming service or what. I’m going to do this.’ 

Omega also spoke about changing his style upon leaving NJPW for AEW.

"I developed a style, to my own fault, that was very physically demanding. It came to a point where if I didn’t give people that, people would think I’m a shell of what I used to be, or I was phoning it in. I was scared of how long was my career going to last if I don’t do this now? I also wanted to have a chance to give a new version of myself that people could also identify with. If I went back to Japan, I could take the old Kenny Omega ‘Cleaner’ ‘Best Bout Machine’ - and then there’s also the AEW American side of Kenny that I could splice that with, kind of mix it in. Then, I have someone who could maybe wrestler four, five, maybe ten years longer than I could have."

H/T to Fightful.