IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega was planning on debuting a special hype video (shown below) for his IWGP World Title Match against Hiroshi Tanahashi at Wrestle Kingdom 13. It appears that New Japan Pro Wrestling will not be using the video, hence why he posted it on social media. Called “Kenny’s Quest”, it opens up in a video game store, with a debate over who is better between Tanahashi & Kenny.
The game, played by a Kenny fan, goes into detail about Tanahashi working hard while Omega is too busy “changing the wrestling world”, a key debate in today’s wrestling scene. They fight over who is the true hero in the story and they battle in true video game-style competition. In a shoot, Omega called out Tanahashi on a number of things (his health, support by the NJPW President) before trying to ask Kota Ibushi for help, but he didn’t show up. Just when Kenny is down and out The Young Bucks appear and through the power of The Elite, Kenny continues on. The theme of mercy by Kenny is displayed, before the game ends with the message, “This isn’t a game. We all know how that in reality, this world is kill or be killed.”
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 will air on January 4th, 2019 from The Tokyo Dome on NJPW World & Fite starting at 3AM ET / 12AM PT.
Beyond Wrestling unveiled a plan for a new weekly streaming platform. Waiting until April, Beyond will host events at The Electric Haze in Worcester, Massachusetts every Wednesday at 8PM ET.
BREAKING: Starting in April, Electric Haze in Worcester, Massachusetts will host Beyond Wrestling live events every Wednesday beginning at 8pm ET!
A new streaming platform – https://t.co/eG2UqiObKp – will broadcast the #UnchartedTerritory series live every week. pic.twitter.com/coEjDn5BAw
— Beyond Wrestling (@beyondwrestling) December 31, 2018
Dubbed The Unchartered Series, Beyond will debut on the streaming platform IndependentWrestling.TV. The service has hosted promotions like CZW & Limitless Wrestling. Beyond is currently scheduled to throw a New Year’s Event with Heavy Lies The Crown. The main bout features Tracy Williams defending The Independent Wrestling Championship against Orange Cassidy.