AXS TV Airing 10 Hour Kenny Omega Marathon Later This Month
AXS TV announced that they will be airing a ten hour Kenny Omega themed marathon, titled Kenny Omega-thon, starting at 2:00PM ET on December 28th. The marathon will follow Omega’s rise in stardom in NJPW starting with his G1 Climax 2016 tournament victory and concluding with his IWGP Heavyweight Championship match from King of Pro Wrestling 2018.
Content listing:
- 2:00PM ET – G1 Climax 26 Final – Kenny Omega vs. Hirooki Goto (G1 Climax 2016)
- 3:00PM ET – Wrestle Kingdom 11 – IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada (c)
- 4:00PM ET – Dominion 2017 – IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Omega vs. Okada (c)
- 5:00PM ET – G1 Special in USA – IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Championship Tournament Final – Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii (G1 Special 2017)
- 6:00PM ET – Wrestle Kingdom 12 – IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Championship – Chris Jericho vs. Omega (c)
- 7:00PM ET – New Beginning in Sapporo 2018 – IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Championship – Jay White vs. Omega (c)
- 8:00PM ET – Dominion 2018 – IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Omega vs. Okada (c)
- 10:00PM ET – G1 Special in San Francisco – IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Cody vs. Omega (c) (G1 Special 2018)
- 11:00PM ET – King of Pro-Wrestling 2018 – IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Cody vs. Kota Ibushi vs. Omega (c)
Misc. Wrestling News & Notes
ROH announced a new match and start time change for their December 14th Final Battle 2018 event in New York City, New York. The new match was revealed to be Kenny King vs. Eli Isom and the new start time will be at 8:00PM ET instead of the usual 9:00PM ET for ROH events.
Major League Wrestling announced that Jason Cade has been pulled from the card of their December 14th Never Say Never event in Miami, Florida due to a recent ankle injury. Hijo de LA Park was announced as Cade’s replacement for the event’s Four-Way Ladder match for the vacant MLW World Middleweight Championship.
Impact Wrestling announced that they will be releasing three full classic shows for free this week on their YouTube channel as appreciation for recently surpassing two million subscribers on the platform. The free shows are the first ever NWA-TNA pay-per-view event, the December 20th episode of Impact from 2007, and Bound for Glory 2012.