Kenny Omega recently praised Kurt Angle, and now ‘The Cleaner’ has paid tribute to another wrestler from another generation.
Omega, arguably the best wrestler in the world, is currently recovering from injury, but he’s still offering his verdict on the industry and has now given credit to Curt Hennig, the former ‘Mr. Perfect.’
In the 1980s, Hennig was a phenomenal performer who excelled in numerous promotions including AWA, WWE, and WCW.
A fine talent who went out of his way to make his opponents look better than they were, Hennig featured alongside legendary names including Hulk Hogan and Bret Hart, and Omega has commented on the star who passed away in 2003.
“When I first started to kind of become like a ‘workrate’ guy where I really enjoyed more of what I saw in the ring than the storyline type stuff, he was my first ever ‘oh man this is what wrestling looks like when I’m really into a match,’” said Omega on Twitch.
“Not that I wasn’t into the matches before, I was into them in a different way.”
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