How Winnipeg's Kenny Omega became the biggest wrestling star that most Canadians never heard of

In the early 2000s, you might have been one of the few to see Kenny Omega wrestling in a ring set up in a Winnipeg bar, to an audience of dozens.

Fast forward to this Wednesday night, and he’ll be headlining AEW: Dynamite, the flagship show of U.S.-based All Elite Wrestling, in front of thousands of fans there in his hometown. 

“It’s cool to have a televised wrestling product come back to Winnipeg, and have people that are about to watch what we do live, and on a grand scale, at the arena. So I’m very excited. It’s very cool,” he told Front