Kenny Omega

Omega in a qualifying match against Seth Rollins

**Tyson Smith** (born October 16, 1983), is a Canadian-born professional wrestler that is an active member of the WSC Roster under the ring name **Kenny Omega**. Debuting as a singles competitor, Omega is currently the leader of The Elite, a trio consisting of Omega, and Matt and Nick Jackson, known as The Young Bucks.

### Occasional Appearances (2019-2020)

Omega made his WSC debut on July 17, 2019 for the WSC Hardcore Championship against Jon Moxley. Even though he tried his best, Moxley eventually retained against Omega. Omega returned in the 2019 Royal Rumble entering #4, though getting eliminated by Braun Strowman seconds later.

Omega then competed in the 40-Man Battle Royal to qualify a spot in the April 2020 Royal Rumble, though he failed. Omega participated in the November 2020 Money In The Bank Ladder Match along with Kofi Kingston, Christian, Ryback, Chris Jericho, The Stage Creator, and Lars Sullivan, though he also failed.

### The Elite (2021)

Omega competed in the first ever WarZone Match for the WSC Hardcore Championship along with Triple H, Shinsuke Nakamura, Samoa Joe, Kingston, Kevin Owens, Keith Lee, and champion Shawn Michaels. Though like always, he failed. Omega then competed in the 2nd ever Ultimate X match along with Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler, Kingston, and Sami Zayn.

During the match, Omega attacked Rollins from behind after the match, which leads the rest of The Shield to help Rollins, but both end up getting Super kicked from The Young Bucks. This sets up the 2nd Winners-Take-All Match between The Shield and The Elite (which unites The Elite in general) for the Hardcore and WSC Hardcore Tag Team Championships.

During the match, The Good Brothers distracts The Shield and The Referee, so The Elite can sneak attack. But as they do, Jon Moxley comes out with a Barbed Wire Steel Chair and cracks Gallows and Anderson across their heads, and Mox goes back into the ring with The Shield to perform a Triple Powerbomb to Matt Jackson. But then The Hurt Business comes out also to help The Elite. Kenny sets up Roman Reigns for Bobby Lashley to Spear him, but Roman ducked, leaving Omega taking the Spear. Lashley, distraught of what happened, gets Superman Punched by Roman then finally pins Omega.

Omega's next appearance came from the 2021 Royal Rumble when he entered at #8 carrying a Barbed Wire Broom. Although he did manage to eliminate Ricochet with a knee to the face and throwing him out, his momentum slowed down when he got knocked the F out by Conor McGregor and getting eliminated by Braun Strowman and throwing him into tires, chairs, and cinder-blocks (which you might remember Omega getting eliminated by Strowman in 2019).

### Deadly Games (2022)

During the reveal of the fifth Deadly Games match, it was then confirmed that Omega and Seth Rollins were scheduled to fight in a qualifying match to compete in the Deadly Games at WrestleMania. Unfortunately, Omega lost the match.

### WSC No Mercy (2023-present)

Omega returned to WSC at the 2023 Royal Rumble at #24. Omega eliminated 2 people, Bron Breakker and Hangman Adam Page, before getting eliminated by Randy Orton. A few months later, Nathan announces that Omega will face against Daniel Bryan, Austin Theory, and Orton in a Fatal 4 Way match with the winner becoming the #1 Contender for the now called WSC World Hardcore Championship. By the end of the match, it looked like Theory was about to win and finally get a title opportunity after hitting the A-Town Down on Orton. Then Mick Foley was seen passing a chair to Theory to top it off. But when Theory turned around he was met with an RKO. Orton went for the pin and won the match, making him the #1 Contender for the WSC World Hardcore Championship from champion Cody Rhodes.

### Personal Life

Smith considers himself straight edge, as he abstains from alcohol, tobacco, and drug consumption. He has a younger sister. Smith has suffered from vertigo since 2018. He is close friends with fellow professional wrestler and former tag team partner Michael Nakazawa.

Smith is fluent in Japanese, and as of August 2018, he resided in the Katsushika ward in the east end of Tokyo. Smith told ESPN.com in October 2016 that he "loved Japanese culture before even realizing it was, in fact, Japanese culture" and that his favorite video games and cartoons were Japanese. He has since obtained Japanese citizenship. Regarding his life outside of wrestling, Smith said in 2016 that he had no time to think about relationships because he was completely focused on his wrestling goals.

A self-professed avid gamer, Smith hosted a YouTube series called *Cleaner's Corner*, in which he played some of his favorite video games. He also attends video game conventions during his spare time. On June 26, 2016, he made a special guest appearance at Community Effort Orlando, defeating fellow professional wrestler Xavier Woods in a game of *Street Fighter V*. Smith portrayed the character Cody Travers in a live-action portion in a trailer for *Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition* in 2018.