In 2019, Kenny Omega, Cody Lords, Young Bucks and Tony Khan formed all elite wrestling, with Kern becoming the president of the promotion and wrestler becoming Executive Vice President. Unfortunately, being an EVPS has brought a lot of criticism and responsibility. This admits that Omega is one of the more “disappointing” things about his AEW run.
In an appearance on Adi Shankar’s podcast, Omega and Shankar discussed the need to self-censorship in the wake of “Cancel Culture” and explained how they experienced this in AEW. “For me, that was the most unfortunate thing [thing] In fact, when it comes to becoming an AEW EVP, it was about becoming an AEW EVP… We just said we were hooking everything we did.
Omega added that he has a great responsibility to his fanbase as well as his employees at AEW, and that he and his friends have missed out on the days of being simply a “ragtag group” who is creative in the “Elite” series. “We knew we were kidding. People loved what we were doing at the time. They were all laughing with us and us. “But we’re just like, man, are you a bit sad that we can’t do that anymore?”
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