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Mar 22, 2018 · Ibushi’s attempts to win back Omega drew the ire of fellow Bullet Club member Cody Rhodes, and when he challenged him to a match at January’s Wrestle Kingdom 12, a wedge was driven between the ...
- 10 They Met in DDT
- 9 Kenny Thought They Were Going to Be Rivals
- 8 The Golden Lovers
- 7 Their Second Singles Match
- 6 Their First Split
- 5 The Reunion
- 4 Their Reunion Caused A Rift in Bullet Club
- 3 Their Third Singles Match
- 2 Their Last Matches Together
- 1 Kenny Didn’T Ask Kota to Join AEW
The Kenny/Kota relationship started way back in the mid-2000s, when Kenny Omega was a former WWE developmental wrestler who was branching out in the growing independent scene. Kenny saw videos of Kota Ibushi wrestling for Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling, and soon began calling out Ibushi online, cutting video promos to get his attention. DDT c...
According to Kenny Omega himself, Omega watched the aforementioned videos of Kota Ibushi and saw something special. He realized that this was a man who understood wrestling in a way akin to his own sensibilities. Omega expected that he and Ibushi were going to be career-long rivals but this turned out to not exactly be the case. After their initial...
In January of 2009, Ibushi and Omega formed a tag team called The Golden Lovers, a duo of high flying babyfaces who were pretty much explicitly in love with one another. The Golden Lovers quickly rose to the top of the tag team division, capturing DDT’s KO-D Tag Team Championship, holding it for 106 days. They would score a second run with the belt...
By 2012, Kota Ibushi would not only be IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, but also KO-D Openweight Champion -- DDT’s top title -- at the same time. That same year, Kenny Omega won the King of DDT Tournament, earning a title shot at Ibushi’s Openweight belt at Ryogoku Peter Pan, the promotion’s biggest show. Four years after their initial encounter, ...
Kota Ibushi’s continued success in New Japan would result in him signing to the promotion in 2013 under terms that would allow him to work in both NJPW and DDT. After a final tag team match together in DDT, the two would go their separate ways, with Ibushi working in NJPW’s heavyweight division while Kenny Omega would sign to NJPW in 2014 and wrest...
Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi would have little interaction after that day until the end of the G1 Climax, with Ibushi encountering Omega backstage after the latter’s loss in the finals. Ibushi would attract the attention of Bullet Club member Cody Rhodes, leading to an incident in early January 2018 where Cody and some of his BC cronies attacked Ibu...
As alluded to above, Kenny Omega’s affection for Kota Ibushi got him on the Bullet Club’s bad side, despite being the leader of the group. This allowed Cody Rhodes to essentially assume unofficial leadership of the group, leaving Omega on the outs. But Omega had Ibushi on his side, as well as a few BC dudes who were loyal to him. RELATED: The Young...
By the late 2010s, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi were both in the Heavyweight Division in NJPW. Omega openly wanted to fight Ibushi in the 2017 G1 Climax finals, but it didn’t work out that way. They did, however, meet in their third and final match to date, in the 2018 G1.Playing off their previous matches, Kenny attempted an Avalanche One Winged An...
That G1 match led to Ibushi challenging Omega for the IWGP Heavyweight Title, but Cody Rhodes inserted himself into the match, making it a three-way at King of Pro-Wrestlingin 2018 where Kenny would retain. Despite all this, the two would still team up in matches, often teaming with Kenny’s Bullet Club friends. Their last match together would happe...
WK13 would be Kenny Omega’s final NJPW match, as he was leaving to start a new promotion, All Elite Wrestling, while Kota Ibushi would stay in New Japan. The two still refer to one another from time to time, with Kota mentioning in a backstage interview that he doesn’t think about Kenny. Kenny, somewhat infamously, spoke in an interview about why h...
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Mar 15, 2023 · In the piece, Omega was asked about his years-long Golden Lovers storyline with Kota Ibushi. The two friends’ partnership & rivalry played out during their time with Japan’s DDT and NJPW promotions, and was deservedly heralded as a trailblazing LGBTQ+-positive tale — especially within the pro wrestling world.
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In 2014, Kota goes up to heavyweight permanently, and Kenny remains a junior heavyweight. The Golden Lovers wrestle their last match as a team in October 2014, and Kenny leaves DDT for NJPW. He almost immediately turns heel (becomes a bad guy!). — Simpsons Reference (@EffingBoring) February 23, 2018.
Sep 14, 2022 · Kota Ibushi has now shared some photos with Omega. The Golden Lovers enjoyed a bite to eat, before playing some video games. Ibushi himself hasn’t wrestled since the G1 Climax 2021 finals in October. This bout was notably called off after Ibushi suffered a separated shoulder after botching a top rope splash.
Jun 3, 2023 · When it comes to having love angles in the storylines, Kenny Omega is always put into the mix. Not only is his name associated with the female stars of the industry but also with the men. Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi have a deep connection via the wrestling industry that led the audience to wonder if Kenny Omega was bisexual.
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Jul 6, 2023 · Kenny Omega continues to tease Kota Ibushi’s arrival to AEW as The Elite’s mystery partner in the Blood & Guts match against Blackpool Combat Club on July 19. The mystery partner may very well change the face of professional wrestling, per Omega.
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