Kenny Omega Alludes To Upcoming Return Being His Final Run As Active Wrestler: "We'll See How I Do"

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Kenny Omega might be gearing up for his final run as an active in-ring performer.

"The Cleaner" spoke during a Twitch stream for CEO Gaming and discussed his injury recovery and how his eventual return to the squared circle could be his last.

“If I get another major setback, that’s it," Omega said. "That’s it, I’m done, I can’t do this ever again. Two times, three times a day, really painful rehab, not even knowing what it’s going to be like when I get back in the ring. I have no clue. It’s scary, actually."

Omega continued, "You see people, they come back to the ring and you’re just happy to see them back. There is a different kind of expectation put on me, and I think that anything less than what they are expecting, which is already unrealistic, is going to lead to a lot of ridicule, which is what I get every day anyway.

"You can probably understand and imagine how difficult it is, struggling twice, three times a day, trying to get things to work that maybe never worked before, and trying to re-route things in your brain to get around the things that aren’t going heal," he added. "People think, ‘Kenny is hurt, he took time off,’ snap your fingers, I come back and I’m 100%. Life doesn’t work that way. Bodies don’t work that way. Athletes don’t work that way. It’s very difficult to formulate a plan and to execute it. We’ll see how I do."

Watch video footage from Kenny Omega's CEO Gaming Twitch stream where he talks more about his upcoming in-ring return via the clip embedded below courtesy of the following tweet. H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes.