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103-559: Tyson Smith (born October 16, 1983), better known by the ring name Kenny Omega , is a Canadian-born professional wrestler . He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is also an executive vice president. He is a former one-time AEW World Champion and AEW World Tag Team Champion . He is out of action indefinitely due to diverticulitis . Before joining AEW in 2019, Omega was known for his tenure in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) from 2014 to 2019, during which he held

206-616: A gaijin . Omega defeated Ryusuke Taguchi to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the first time at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2015. He retained the title over Taguchi in a rematch on February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka . In the following months, he successfully defended the title against Máscara Dorada at Invasion Attack 2015 and Alex Shelley at Wrestling Dontaku 2015 . Omega lost

309-481: A Blood & Guts match . On August 2, 2023, it was announced that Omega, the Young Bucks, and Adam Page had all signed multi-year contract extensions with AEW. On August 27 at All In , Omega, Adam Page and Kota Ibushi was defeated by Bullet Club Gold ( Jay White and Juice Robinson ) and Konosuke Takeshita in a trios match. On September 3 at All Out , Omega was defeated by Takeshita losing twice on pay per view in

412-571: A Winner Takes All match to retain his AEW World Championship and also win the Impact World Championship . At Slammiversary , Omega defeated Sami Callihan in a no disqualification match to retain the Impact World Championship. On the premiere episode of AEW Rampage on August 13, he lost the Impact World Championship to Christian Cage . In November 2022 at Historic X-Over , Omega returned to New Japan Pro-Wrestling via

515-553: A three-way match . At All Out on September 5, Omega defeated Christian Cage to retain the AEW World Championship. He lost the title to Page on November 13 at Full Gear . That same year, Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked him No. 1 on its list of the top 500 male professional wrestlers for the second time. Omega took a hiatus from competing in November due to injuries. He underwent hernia and knee surgeries. Omega returned on

618-594: A two out of three falls match with no time limit for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall , becoming the first Canadian wrestler to win the title in the process. The match received a seven-star rating from Meltzer, which remains the highest rating ever given to a match. Omega then defeated Cody to retain his title at NJPW's G1 Special in San Francisco on July 7. Following

721-655: A 60-minute time limit draw. The match was rated 6 1 ⁄ 4 stars by Dave Meltzer, higher than their previous match, making it the highest-rated match by Meltzer at that time. During the G1 Special in USA in July 2017, Omega defeated Michael Elgin, Jay Lethal, and Tomohiro Ishii in an eight-man tournament to become the inaugural IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion . The event also saw signs of dissension between Omega and new Bullet Club member Cody . On August 12, Omega won his block in

824-476: A 96% rate of social work majors passing their licensing exams compared to the 76% rate for the entire state. In addition, Sattgast Hall is home to a number of natural sciences programs and pre-professional studies. Bemidji State University accepts approximately 60% of students that apply. They also have an Honors Program which offers classes specific to participating students. Students from their honors program attend regional conferences. For 16 years BSU has had

927-552: A DDT-style match to YouTube, in hopes they would interest Ibushi into working with him. After seeing the videos, DDT invited Omega to Japan to wrestle Ibushi, which Omega accepted; he made his first appearance for the promotion in August 2008. Omega stated that wrestling in Japan had been one of his dreams, as the local scene appealed to his creative side, feeling that he was able to show his personality and express himself. He and Ibushi then formed

1030-437: A bike rental service for students called "Bucky's Bikes" and a place where items may be donated and are given away to students at no charge. The Sustainability Office is funded by a student "green fee" of $ 7.50 a semester. In a tradition dating back to the mid-1990s, anytime the team wins homecoming, the players run from the football stadium to nearby Lake Bemidji and dive in. The tradition dates to 1995 when Bemidji State upset

1133-710: A custom entrance video in the style of the game. In addition to video games, Smith also draws inspiration from the television show Star Trek: The Next Generation and superhero cartoons to develop elements of his in-ring persona. At Fyter Fest in June 2019, Smith also donned ring gear that references the character Akuma from the Street Fighter series. During his run in Bullet Club, Smith did his interviews entirely in English, refusing to speak Japanese. In an interview, he stated that he

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1236-462: A few others, their real name. One notable exception was made for David Otunga because of his real marriage to singer Jennifer Hudson at the time, which gave WWE some mainstream exposure. Low Ki used the alias "Senshi" during his second TNA stint to reserve his primary ring name for other use. A similar example is the team known as The Dudley Boyz in ECW and WWE and Team 3D elsewhere. WWE trademarked

1339-508: A goalie. He also worked at branches of retailers IGA and Costco . Smith first became interested in a career in professional wrestling after one of his friends from Transcona Collegiate Institute (TCI) began training with Top Rope Championship Wrestling (TRCW) in Winnipeg. Smith ended his ice hockey career plans, turning down a scholarship offer from Bemidji State University and began training under TRCW promoter Bobby Jay, whom he met while he

1442-513: A half years at Failure to Communicate when he teamed with El Generico in a tag team match, where they defeated The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson). Omega returned to PWG to compete in the 2014 Battle of Los Angeles on August 29, advancing all the way to the semifinals until he was eliminated by the eventual winner of the tournament, Ricochet . He returned again for the 2017 Battle of Los Angeles on September 2, teaming with The Young Bucks and defeating Flamita , Penta 0M , and Rey Fenix in

1545-507: A make his in-ring return at Wrestle Dynasty on January 5, 2025. He would be then be confronted backstage by Gabe Kidd , which led to a brawl between the two. A fan of video games , Smith incorporates ideas from the medium into wrestling maneuvers, entrance music, and gimmick concepts. The Kenny Omega ring name was originally inspired by the character Omega Weapon from the Final Fantasy video game series. He named his finishing maneuver

1648-462: A press conference to announce that Omega was set to sign with the promotion once his DDT contract expired on October 26. Omega, dubbing himself the Cleaner, made his debut under contract on November 8 at Power Struggle , where he was revealed as the newest member of Bullet Club, despite having previously dismissed the idea of joining the villainous foreigner stable, claiming that he did not consider himself

1751-592: A regular competitor for ROH. The Elite lost the title to Tanahashi, Michael Elgin , and Yoshitatsu on April 10 at Invasion Attack 2016 . On April 27, Omega retained the IWGP Intercontinental Championship over Elgin, which marked the first time two Canadians main evented an NJPW event. On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2016 , The Elite regained the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. On June 19 at Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall , Omega lost

1854-488: A relationship with Liaoning University , a university in China . Each year a professor from Liaoning University goes to BSU to teach Chinese and each summer BSU students participate in "Sino-Summer", a month-long visit to China with half of the time spent at Liaoning University and half touring other parts of China including Beijing , Xi'an and Guilin . The Bemidji State University Student Association holds weekly meetings where

1957-498: A six-man tag team match. On July 25, 2008, Omega appeared for the promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), losing to Delirious in Toronto, Ontario . The following night, Omega competed at ROH New Horizons , losing to Silas Young. The following year, he defeated Austin Aries , Jay Briscoe , and Roderick Strong in a Four-Corner Survival match . On November 14, 2009, Omega competed against Aries for

2060-674: A tag team match. After the match, Bullet Club turned on Styles, with Omega taking over the leadership of the stable. At The New Beginning in Niigata on February 14, 2016, Omega defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the vacant IWGP Intercontinental Championship . Six days later, he and The Young Bucks–the Bullet Club subgroup known as The Elite –won the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship from The Briscoe Brothers and Toru Yano at Honor Rising: Japan 2016 , an event co-produced by NJPW and ROH. That same month, Omega had signed on to become

2163-486: A tag team named the Golden☆Lovers . In 2011, Omega competed in a match against a nine-year-old girl named Haruka. A video of the match went viral, making international news and receiving polarizing responses, after which Omega received death threats. Wrestler Mick Foley , conversely, praised Omega's work as a heel, asking why he was not on national television. Omega later stated that he was asked to work with Haruka due to

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2266-751: A variation of it, sometimes modifying the spelling to better fit their gimmick , such as Dave Bautista becoming Batista (later reverting to his real name for his Hollywood acting career), Patricia Stratigeas becoming Trish Stratus , Jonathan Good becoming Jon Moxley , Bryan Danielson becoming Daniel Bryan (when he wrestled in WWE), Richard Fliehr becoming Ric Flair and Randall Poffo becoming Randy Savage . Others simply use part of their name, such as Bill Goldberg using Goldberg , Nicole Garcia-Colace using Nikki Bella , Mike Mizanin using The Miz , Cody Runnels using Cody Rhodes , and Michael Wardlow using Wardlow . Many female wrestlers go solely by their first name such as. It

2369-411: A victory over Honda and Miyu Yamashita in a tag team match. On November 1, 2008, Omega appeared for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) during the 2008 Battle of Los Angeles , where he was defeated in the first round of the tournament by local talent Brandon Bonham. The next night, during a three-way tag team match in which Omega competed, he was Irish whipped into the ropes by Davey Richards , only for

2472-404: A video message, challenging IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay , to a match for the title at Wrestle Kingdom 17 . At the event, Omega defeated Ospreay, winning the title for the second time. He dropped the title back to Ospreay at Forbidden Door in June after interference from Callis. In November 2024 at Power Struggle , Omega returned to NJPW, and announced his intentions to

2575-531: A word count of 4,000 or less and poetry submissions of 75 lines or less per poem. English instructor Maureen Gibbon created the online magazine. In 2019, the English department launched the new student publication Paper Plains , with Maureen Gibbon in position as the academic advisor. The Northern Student became Bemidji State's campus newspaper in 1926. Since its conception, the newspaper has been solely staffed and managed by students, as well as published and distributed weekly at no charge to its readers. In

2678-532: Is a public university in Bemidji, Minnesota , United States. Founded as a preparatory institution for teachers in 1919, it provides higher education to north-central Minnesota. It is part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. BSU was founded in 1919 and opened under the name Bemidji State Normal School . The first president, Manfred Deputy, was appointed to run the new institution, and

2781-637: Is a highly respected tradition in Mexican lucha libre for performers to hide their true identities, usually wrestling under masks, and revealing a luchador's identity without their permission is considered a serious offence with real-life consequences. Professional wrestlers are often referred to by their contemporaries by their ring name. In interviews, Bret Hart regularly referred to Mark Calaway, Curt Hennig, and Kevin Nash by their ring names ( The Undertaker , Mr. Perfect , and Diesel ). Ring names are often trademarked by

2884-448: Is also common for wrestlers of all genders to use a nickname in addition to their real name for marketability and other reasons. Ricky Steamboat is an atypical instance of a wrestler adopting a ring name to sound less intimidating, as his legal name of Richard Blood was considered unfitting for his babyface persona. Some (mostly independent ) wrestlers still go to great lengths to ensure that their real names are not publicly known. It

2987-574: Is the closest dorms to the academic buildings, and has single and double dorm rooms. Cedar Apartments offers single parents a place to live on campus. It provides a fenced outdoor playground and an indoor play area for children. Tamarack Hall is the tallest building in Beltrami County . Bemidji State University is taking steps to reduce their environmental impact and have pledged to be carbon-neutral by 2050. They have an office on campus devoted to sustainability efforts. The sustainability office provides

3090-764: The One-Winged Angel (a reference to Final Fantasy VII character Sephiroth ) and the running knee strike he employs as a signature maneuver the V-Trigger (a technique used in Street Fighter V ); integrated the Hadouken attack from the Street Fighter video game series as a signature move; and used of variations of Mega Man antagonist Dr. Wily 's theme music as entrance themes. For his final appearance as an NJPW-contracted wrestler at Wrestle Kingdom 13, Smith collaborated with Undertale creator Toby Fox to create

3193-509: The 2017 G1 Climax tournament with a record of seven wins and two losses, advancing to the finals, where he was eventually defeated by Tetsuya Naito . He successfully defended his title against Juice Robinson on September 24 at Destruction in Kobe and against Yoshi-Hashi on October 15 at the NJPW and ROH-co-produced Global Wars: Chicago event. At Wrestle Kingdom 12 on January 4, 2018, Omega defeated

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3296-667: The AAA Mega Championship from Fénix. He retained the title against Dragon Lee at Triplemanía Regia in December and against Laredo Kid at Triplemanía XXVIII the following year. He defeated Andrade El Idolo to remain the AAA Mega Champion at Triplemanía XXIX in August 2021. In November, Omega vacated the AAA Mega Championship due to injuries, ending his reign as the title's longest-reigning holder. In 2023, Omega faced

3399-537: The AEW World Championship , AEW World Tag Team Championship , and AEW World Trios Championship , making him AEW's inaugural Triple Crown winner . Hailed as one of the best professional wrestlers in the world, Omega was named Sports Illustrated ' s Wrestler of the Year in 2017 and topped Pro Wrestling Illustrated ' s list of top 500 male wrestlers the following year and in 2021. He has also attained

3502-536: The AEW World Tag Team Championship , marking the first title change in the promotion's history. After defeating him in a rematch on the Thanksgiving Eve episode of Dynamite on November 27, Pac began relentlessly pursuing a rubber match with Omega. After attacking Omega's friend Michael Nakazawa , Omega agreed to the match on 5 February 2020. The two wrestled in a 30-minute Iron Man match on

3605-662: The IWGP Heavyweight Championship , IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship , as well as other titles. A member and one-time leader of the Bullet Club stable , he incorporates elements from video games in his persona. Throughout his career, Omega has also performed as part of independent promotions worldwide, including DDT Pro-Wrestling , Jersey All Pro Wrestling , and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla , as well as larger promotions, such as Ring of Honor , Impact Wrestling , and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide . While wrestling in

3708-465: The IWGP Heavyweight Championship . Omega not only won the tournament in his first attempt but also became the first non-Japanese G1 Climax winner in history. Towards the end of the year, despite having the opportunity to return to ROH, Omega was asked by NJPW not to take any outside bookings heading into Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome. Due to this, Omega did not appear for ROH for the rest of 2016. He lost to IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada in

3811-769: The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship . On January 23, 2011, at Fantastica Mania 2011 , an NJPW and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre co-promoted event in Tokyo, the Golden☆Lovers lost title back to Apollo 55. He also competed in the 2010 and 2011 Best of the Super Juniors tournaments. Omega returned to NJPW in May 2013 to take part in the 2013 Best of the Super Juniors , where he managed to win five out of his eight round-robin matches, advancing to

3914-901: The JAPW Heavyweight Championship by defeating Low Ki . On April 19, he retained his title against Frankie Kazarian at Spring Massacre . Omega lost the JAPW Heavyweight Championship to Jay Lethal at Jersey City Rumble on February 28, 2009. Omega competed in a six-way elimination match for the JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship on December 10, 2010, during which he was eliminated by the eventual winner, Jushin Thunder Liger . On May 15, 2011, he defeated Liger in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during New Japan Pro-Wrestling 's inaugural US tour to win

4017-588: The KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship . Omega's team lost the championship to Hino, Honda, and Hoshitango . On August 25, Omega lost the DDT Extreme Championship to Danshoku Dino . On January 26, 2014, the Golden☆Lovers defeated the respective teams of Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto as well as Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo in a three-way match to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship. The team of

4120-491: The ROH World Championship but was defeated. At Final Battle 2009 , he competed in a Four-Corner Survival match, which was won by Claudio Castagnoli . In September 2010, Omega competed for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), losing to Prince Devitt in a match for Devitt's IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship . On October 11 at Destruction '10 , the Golden☆Lovers defeated Apollo 55 (Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi ) to win

4223-498: The University of Wisconsin-Superior , having served as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs since 2012. On August 13, 2021, Hensrud announced she would retire effective June 30, 2022. There have been twelve presidents in the history of Bemidji State University. Bemidji State University offers 47 different areas of study. Many courses are available online. BSU offers the only BFA in professional and creative writing in

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4326-482: The promotion that creates a character or gimmick for a performer. It is common to see one performer use a variety of ring names throughout their career, even if their overall persona remains similar. This is especially true in WWE , which has largely forced most wrestlers that have debuted since 2006 to use a WWE-owned ring name instead of a ring name that they used on the independent circuit or, such as with Daniel Bryan and

4429-680: The "Dudley Boyz" name, leading them to have to change their name when they went to TNA. The members' individual names were also trademarked by WWE, forcing them to have to change their names. WWE partially repealed the policy in 2015, allowing wrestlers who were well known in other promotions such as Samoa Joe , A.J. Styles , Shinsuke Nakamura , Austin Aries , Bobby Roode , and Eric Young to use their long-standing ring names (or, in Nakamura's and Roode's cases, their real names) as well as wrestlers who sign "Tier 2" NXT brand contracts such as Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa , who wrestle both on NXT and

4532-476: The 26 February episode of Dynamite , which Pac lost after the match went to sudden death overtime thus ending the feud. At Revolution on February 29, Omega and Page retained the championship against The Young Bucks. Omega, Page, and The Young Bucks competed alongside Matt Hardy against The Inner Circle –which comprises Jericho, Sammy Guevara , Jake Hager , and Santana and Ortiz –in a Stadium Stampede match on May 23 at Double or Nothing , where Omega's team

4635-785: The AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo for the title at Triplemanía XXXI: Tijuana , but was defeated by the champion. On the December 8 episode of its program, Impact! , Omega made his Impact Wrestling debut, appearing in a segment with Don Callis. At the Hard To Kill pay-per-view in January 2021, he competed for the promotion, teaming with fellow former Bullet Club stablemates Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows to defeat Rich Swann , Chris Sabin, and Moose . At Impact Wrestling's Rebellion pay-per-view in April 2021, Omega defeated Swann in

4738-505: The Arena match with The Elite going up against Team AEW (Bryan Danielson, Eddie Kingston, FTR). In 2019, AEW announced a partnership with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide , and Omega made his debut for the latter promotion at its Triplemanía XXVII event, teaming with Matt and Nick Jackson in a losing effort against Fénix, Pentagón Jr., and Laredo Kid . At Héroes Inmortales XIII in October, Omega won

4841-403: The August 17, 2022, episode of Dynamite as a face to team with The Young Bucks who had also turned face, in the inaugural AEW World Trios Championship tournament , where they defeated La Facción Ingobernable in the first round. After defeating United Empire in the second round, Omega and The Young Bucks defeated Adam Page, Alex Reynolds, and John Silver at All Out on September 4 to become

4944-609: The BCC's Jon Moxley in a steel cage match after Don Callis betrayed Omega by stabbing him with a screwdriver. At Double or Nothing on May 28, Moxley, Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta of the BCC defeated Omega, The Young Bucks, and Page in an Anarchy in the Arena match . On July 19 on Dynamite: Blood & Guts , the Elite, along with Kota Ibushi , defeated the Blackpool Combat Club, Konosuke Takeshita , and Pac in

5047-492: The Bullet Club faction, Cody hit Omega with a rolling cutter . When Page attempted to assist Cody in attacking Omega, Kota Ibushi returned to the ring after competing earlier in the night to save his former partner, leading to an embrace between Omega and Ibushi and a rekindling of their friendship. Omega returned to ROH for the Supercard of Honor XII event on April 7, 2018, where he lost to Cody. On June 9, Omega defeated Okada in

5150-475: The Golden☆Lovers and Sasaki won the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship from Irie, Keisuke Ishii , and Soma Takao in April but lost the title to Kudo , Masa Takanashi , and Yukio Sakaguchi the following month. On September 28, the Golden☆Lovers lost the KO-D Tag Team Championship to Takeshita and Endo. Omega returned to DDT for the promotion's Ultimate Party event on November 3, 2019, during which he and Riho scored

5253-442: The IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Ishii at Destruction later that month as well as against Cody and Ibushi in a three-way match at King of Pro-Wrestling the next month. It was revealed in October that Cody, Page, and Marty Scurll would be known alongside Omega and The Young Bucks as part of The Elite, with the group also stating that they were "no longer affiliated with Bullet Club". Pro Wrestling Illustrated named Omega

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5356-459: The IWGP Intercontinental Championship to Elgin in NJPW's inaugural ladder match . On July 3, The Elite lost the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship to Matt Sydal , Ricochet, and Satoshi Kojima . From July to August, Omega took part in the 2016 G1 Climax , where he advanced to the finals after winning his block with a record of six wins and three losses. In the final round, he defeated Hirooki Goto and earned an opportunity to compete for

5459-713: The JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship. That same year, Omega wrestled in tapings for Wrestling Revolution Project , performing under the ring name Scott Carpenter. JAPW declared the Light Heavyweight Championship vacant in September 2014. He went on to make appearances during PCW events in October 2018 and March 2019. In 2006, Omega became captivated by Japanese wrestler Kota Ibushi after watching him perform as part of Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling , so he uploaded videos of himself having

5562-598: The Minnesota State system. The program includes a minor and certificates in electronic writing, consisting of courses in weblogs , wikis , web content writing, web design , digital rhetoric, and teaching writing with technology. Another unique program at Bemidji State University is the Indigenous Sustainability Studies degree; this is the only such program in the United States. Bemidji State also has

5665-477: The No. 1 professional wrestler of 2018 in its annual list of the top 500 male wrestlers . Omega lost the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to Hiroshi Tanahashi at Wrestle Kingdom 13 on January 4, 2019, ending his reign at 209 days. He departed NJPW after his contract expired at the end of January. Omega signed a four-year contract with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) on February 7, 2019. He serves as an executive vice president of

5768-540: The Premier Cup and the NWA Canada X-Division Championship on June 2. After competing for Harley Race 's promotion World League Wrestling in September 2005, losing to Keith Walker in a match, Omega was invited to a week-long tryout by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). In October 2005, Smith was sent to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), WWE's then- developmental territory for a tryout, after which he

5871-630: The Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee, and was produced strictly on advertising revenue. After a lawsuit, the Northern Student and Mass Comm. Dept. separated in 1992, and the newspaper relocated to the Hobson Memorial Union. Al Nohner, director of Communications and Marketing, created a media board of faculty, students, and community members to choose future editors-in-chief and advisers, as well as to advise

5974-743: The Winnipeg-based promotion Premier Championship Wrestling (PCW). He won the PCW Heavyweight Championship and the PCW Tag Team Championship in 2003 and 2004, respectively. He unsuccessfully challenged Petey Williams for the TNA X Division Championship at the National Wrestling Alliance's 56th Anniversary Show on October 17. He later won an eight-man tournament, defeating Nate Hardy, Chris Sabin , and Amazing Red , to win

6077-482: The debuting Chris Jericho in a no disqualification match to retain the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. The bout was credited as having grown international interest in NJPW, particularly from North America. On January 28, Omega lost the title to Jay White at The New Beginning in Sapporo . After the match, Omega accepted defeat and stopped Bullet Club member Adam Page from confronting White, which brought out Cody. After months of tension over leadership of

6180-533: The defending conference champion Winona State University in the homecoming game and took their first "victory dip" in the lake. The roots of the tradition date back two years earlier however when, in 1993, an assistant coach attempted to inspire the winless team. He wrote a fictional news story of the upcoming homecoming game. In his account, the team earned an upset homecoming victory and dove into Lake Bemidji in celebration. A real-world victory didn't happen in 1993, nor 1994, but when homecoming victory came in 1995 it

6283-422: The early 70s, the Northern Student merged with the Mass Comm. Dept. at the influence of James McMahon, the public relations director for Bemidji State at the time, who also served as the newspaper's adviser. In 1988, the newspaper was produced through Newspaper Production, a three-credit Mass Comm. course taught and advised by Louise Mengelkoch. During this period, the Northern Student stopped receiving funds from

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6386-755: The episode of All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite . He portrayed the character Cody Travers in a live-action portion of a trailer for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition in 2018, and voiced a fictionalized version of himself in the third episode of the 2023 animated series Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix . Source: Ring name Ring names are much more common in professional wrestling than any other sport; famous examples include Terry Bollea becoming Hulk Hogan , Michael Shawn Hickenbottom becoming Shawn Michaels , Roderick Toombs becoming Roddy Piper , Dwayne Johnson becoming The Rock , Christopher Irvine becoming Chris Jericho , and Phillip Jack Brooks becoming CM Punk . A number of wrestlers adopted their real name or

6489-435: The final round at Full Gear . At Winter Is Coming on December 2, Omega defeated Jon Moxley to become the AEW World Champion for the first time, with the help of Don Callis , and turned heel. At Revolution on March 7, 2021, Omega retained the title over Moxley in an Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch . At Double or Nothing on May 30, Omega successfully defended the AEW World Championship against Pac and Orange Cassidy in

6592-409: The first class consisted of 38 students. The name was changed to Bemidji State Teachers College in 1921, then shortened to Bemidji State College in 1957. In 1975, it took its current name, Bemidji State University. During the 1998–99 academic year, the Board of Trustees recommended changing the name of the university to Minnesota State University–Bemidji, to reflect a change toward unification within

6695-411: The force to snap the middle and bottom ropes, throwing Omega out of the ring. Three months later, Omega returned to the promotion at Express Written Consent , where he was defeated by El Generico after referee Rick Knox hit him with a leaping clothesline after Knox grew tired of Omega abusing him. At PWG's hundredth show on April 12, 2009, he lost to Bryan Danielson . On November 20, 2009, Omega entered

6798-729: The franchise and promotion are owned by its parent company Bushiroad . Smith considers himself straight edge as he avoids the recreational use of alcohol and drugs. He has suffered from vertigo since 2018. He is close friends with wrestler and former tag team partner Michael Nakazawa . Smith is fluent in Japanese . As of August 2018, he lived in the Katsushika ward of Tokyo . He said in October 2016 that he "loved Japanese culture before even realizing it was, in fact, Japanese culture" and that his favorite video games and cartoons were Japanese. He has since acquired Japanese citizenship. Regarding his life outside of wrestling, he said in 2016 that he had no time to think about relationships because he

6901-557: The gimmick straightforwardly, he later integrated comedy into the persona as a response to people who thought he was portraying a janitor, doing so by coming out for his matches holding a mop and a broom. Over the course of their careers, the relationship between Omega and his Golden☆Lovers tag team partner Kota Ibushi has been portrayed with romantic undertones. On the partnership, Omega stated in 2018: "Let people think what they want to think. If LGBT people can identify with our story, ... I'm good with that." Omega and Ibushi's partnership

7004-404: The inaugural AEW World Trios Champions , and with that Omega also became the first AEW Triple Crown Champion by virtue of winning the World, Tag Team, and Trios Championships. After the All Out post-event media scrum , Omega and The Young Bucks clashed with AEW World Champion CM Punk and producer Ace Steel in a legitimate physical altercation following comments Punk had made about them during

7107-427: The independent circuit to keep their ring names (or, in Gargano's case, his real name). Gargano and Ciampa have since signed exclusive WWE contracts. "In-house" WWE wrestlers still use WWE-owned ring names. In rare cases, the rights to a wrestler's ring name may be owned by a company with little or no connection to professional wrestling, such as Marvel Comics ' ownership of the name Hulk Hogan until early 2003, which

7210-414: The last two promotions, he held the Impact World Championship and AAA Mega Championship , and during the spring and summer of 2021 he held the AEW World, Impact World, and AAA Mega titles simultaneously as a triple champion. His 2011 Wrestling Retribution Project tournament championship now serves as the revived Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling 's world championship, the PWA Champion's Grail. In AEW, he has held

7313-467: The latter publication's Match of the Year distinction three times; one of those matches, in which Omega competed against Kazuchika Okada in a two out of three falls match at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall in June 2018, received a seven-star rating from sports journalist Dave Meltzer , the highest rating Meltzer has ever awarded a professional wrestling match. He was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2020. Tyson Smith

7416-715: The main event of Wrestle Kingdom 11 on January 4, 2017. At 46 minutes and 45 seconds, the match was, at the time, the longest in the history of the January 4 Tokyo Dome Show . Sports journalist Dave Meltzer gave the match a six-star rating in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter , adding that Omega and Okada "may have put on the greatest match in pro wrestling history". The match was also praised by wrestlers Bryan Danielson, Mick Foley, and Stone Cold Steve Austin . On January 6, 2017, Omega stated that he would be "stepping away from Japan to reassess [his] future", adding that he

7519-417: The match, Bullet Club members Tama Tonga , Tanga Loa , Bad Luck Fale , and King Haku attacked Omega, Cody, and every other Bullet Club member who tried to aid them, forming their own branch within the stable. Omega and Cody subsequently reconciled alongside the rest of Bullet Club. In September 2018, Omega appeared at the independent event All In , where he defeated Penta El Zero. He successfully defended

7622-659: The match, the series (4–3), and the AEW World Trios Championship. On March 5 at Revolution , Omega and The Young Bucks lost the title to House of Black . Omega's team failed to regain the championship later that month on Dynamite , losing to the retaining House of Black in a three-way-trios match that also involved The Jericho Appreciation Society . After the match, the Blackpool Combat Club (BCC) and Page appeared and brawled, leading Omega and The Young Bucks to help Page. On May 10 on Dynamite , Omega lost to

7725-509: The newly formed Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System after other larger institutions had done so. Prominent vocal and written opposition from students, alumni , and local Bemidji residents forced the board to withdraw the recommendation to change the name. Current enrollment is about 5,300, with students from 44 US states and 40 countries. Faith Hensrud was named Bemidji State University's eleventh president on April 20, 2016, and took office on July 1, 2016. She previously worked at

7828-588: The newspaper returned to the Mass Comm. Dept., the media board was disbanded, and a new adviser from the Mass Comm. Dept. was appointed. During the following fall, the Northern Student briefly partnered with the Bemidji Pioneer for advertising and began placing issues of the Bemidji Pioneer inside the Northern Student . After three months of publication, it was determined that the two newspapers should remain completely separate. The school sports teams are called

7931-421: The newspaper. A few years later, the Northern Student began receiving funds from the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee again. For over a decade the Northern Student functioned outside the Mass Comm. Dept. In the fall of 2009, the paper was without an adviser. After the paper was threatened with a lawsuit, the media board appointed an adviser, who was forced to retire less than a year later. In May 2010,

8034-592: The prefix "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Numerous boxers have used ring names or nicknames as their mode of identification during their professional boxing careers, particularly during the late 19th century and the early 20th century. The ring name "Kid" was particularly popular, indicating the boxer's comparative youth. Since the mid 20th century, ring names for boxers have typically been less common, although nicknames have become more popular in recent years. Famous examples of boxers who used ring names include: Bemidji State University Bemidji State University ( BSU )

8137-493: The promotion as well as one of its in-ring talents. He competed at the promotion's inaugural event, Double or Nothing on May 25, where he lost to Chris Jericho in the main event, after which both men were attacked by Jon Moxley . A scheduled match between Omega and Moxley for the All Out pay-per-view on August 31 did not take place due to Moxley suffering an MRSA infection. Omega instead competed against Pac at All Out, where he

8240-493: The safe nature of his work and that he personally trained her before their match. In the same year, Omega represented DDT in All Japan Pro Wrestling 's 2011 Junior League , making his debut for the promotion on September 11. After three wins and two losses, he finished second in his block and did not advance to the finals. On October 23, Omega defeated Kai to become the new World Junior Heavyweight Champion . He lost

8343-500: The scrum. As a result, AEW President Tony Khan suspended all involved. Both the AEW World Championship and AEW World Trios Championship were then vacated. Omega and The Young Bucks returned at Full Gear on November 19, challenging Death Triangle for the AEW World Trios Championship in a losing effort. This was the first match in a best-of-seven series between the two teams, which concluded in an Escalera De La Muerte ladder match on Dynamite on January 11, 2023, where Omega's team won

8446-493: The semifinals of the tournament. On June 9, Omega was defeated in his semifinal match by Devitt, following interference from Devitt's stable, Bullet Club . A year later, he took part in New Japan's 2014 Best of the Super Juniors tournament from May 30 to June 6, finishing with a record of three wins and four losses, with a loss against Taichi on the final day, which cost him a spot in the semifinals. On October 3, 2014, NJPW held

8549-425: The span of a week - In a six man tag team match at All In and in a singles match at All Out. On October 1 at WrestleDream , Omega along with Kota Ibushi and Chris Jericho lost to The Don Callis Family members Takeshita, Will Ospreay and Sammy Guevara . On the October 25 episode of Dynamite , Omega challenged AEW World Champion MJF to an title match on the October 28 edition of Collision which MJF accepted. Omega

8652-409: The spring of 2014, three times in 2015, and in early 2019. After his release from WWE, Omega intended to forge a career in mixed martial arts and entered Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournaments before deciding to return to professional wrestling. He then reinvented his wrestling persona and developed a new distinct move set. On March 8, 2008, Omega competed for Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW) and captured

8755-992: The student senate influences life on campus. The members of the student senate are from a diverse group of students based on a number of factors including their year in school. They are voted in by the students through popular elections. Bemidji State University provides over 100 clubs and organizations, both on and off campus. These clubs include interests in music, art, culture, outdoors, business, engineering, athletics, faith, and select majors and minors for students interested in research. Bemidji State only has two active Greek life organizations on campus, Theta Tau Epsilon Fraternity and Delta Theta Kappa Sorority. The university has five residence halls (Linden, Pine, Birch, Oak, and Tamarack), as well as Cedar and University Heights apartments. Freshmen are required to live in either Oak Hall or Tamarack Hall, with few exceptions. Linden offers suites that house two to three people. Pine has single-gender floors with single rooms or two person dorms. Birch

8858-731: The title back to Kai on May 27, 2012, in his sixth title defense. On December 23, Omega defeated El Generico to win the KO-D Openweight Championship for the first time. On January 27, 2013, Omega defeated Isami Kodaka in a title vs. title match , retaining his title and winning the DDT Extreme Championship held by Kodaka. He lost the KO-D Openweight Championship to Shigehiro Irie on March 20, 2013. On May 26, Omega, Ibushi, and Gota Ihashi defeated Yuji Hino , Antonio Honda , and Daisuke Sasaki to win

8961-493: The title to Kushida on July 5 at Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall . On September 23 at Destruction in Okayama , he regained the title from Kushida, following an interference from Bullet Club stablemate Karl Anderson . On January 4, 2016, Omega once again lost the title to Kushida at Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome . The following day, Omega teamed with Bullet Club leader A.J. Styles to defeat Shinsuke Nakamura and Yoshi-Hashi in

9064-455: The wrestler's gimmick changes, either subtly or dramatically. After debuting in WWE as the " Connecticut Blueblood " Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Paul Levesque's character later morphed into Triple H . A more drastic change sometimes occurs when a wrestler turns heroic or villainous , such as when Hulk Hogan joined the villainous nWo (New World Order) and became "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan. His new attitude

9167-663: The year's Battle of Los Angeles , which was contested for the vacant PWG World Championship , defeating Kevin Steen , Scott Lost , and Joey Ryan in the first, quarter, and semifinal rounds, respectively. He defeated Roderick Strong in the final round to win the tournament and become the PWG World Champion. On February 27, 2010, Omega lost the championship to Richards at As the Worm Turns in his first defense. On October 27, 2012, Omega made his first appearance for PWG in over two and

9270-484: Was "weighing all options". On January 26, Omega announced on Wrestling Observer Radio that he would be flying back to Japan in February to negotiate a new deal with NJPW for "at least one more year". He returned during the first night of Honor Rising: Japan 2017 in February. Omega competed against Kazuchika Okada in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on June 11 at Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall , which ended in

9373-679: Was born in Winnipeg , Manitoba , on October 16, 1983. He grew up in Transcona , a Winnipeg suburb. As of 2016, Smith's mother works in family services while his father works for the Canadian government as a transport officer. He has a younger sister. Smith's affinity toward professional wrestling began during childhood when he watched tapes of WWE (then-WWF)'s Saturday Night's Main Event , which became his favorite program. Growing up, Smith played ice hockey as

9476-441: Was chronicled in the 2019 documentary Omega Man: A Wrestling Love Story . Omega strives for inclusivity within professional wrestling and believes that "it's important to show in the 21st century that [LGBT people] should feel just as welcome to be a wrestling fan as anyone else". Smith, during his time with NJPW, promoted one of the new Bang Dream! games, during a series of trailers that aired in 2018. Its worth noting that both

9579-441: Was completely focused on wrestling. A self-professed avid gamer, Smith hosted a YouTube series called Cleaner's Corner , in which he played some of his favorite video games. In June 2016, he made a guest appearance at Community Effort Orlando , defeating wrestler Xavier Woods in a game of Street Fighter V . The two often appear at video game conventions together, where at some point he dressed up as Sans for October 30, 2019 in

9682-483: Was defeated. On the premiere episode of Dynamite on October 2, Omega was taken out by a returning Moxley during a six-man tag team match, with Omega's team later losing the contest. In the main event of Full Gear on November 9, Omega lost to Moxley in an unsanctioned Lights Out match . At Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea Part Deux: Second Wave in January 2020, Omega and Adam Page defeated SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky ) to win

9785-596: Was due to Hogan being advertised as " The Incredible Hulk Hogan" early in his career, while Marvel owned the trademark for their comic book character. Sometimes, a wrestler will buy the rights to their own ring name; for example, Steve Borden owns the rights to the name Sting and licenses it to the musician of the same name . The wrestler formerly known as Test took this one step further and legally changed his name to "Andrew Test Martin". Jim Hellwig, known as The Ultimate Warrior , had his name legally changed to simply "Warrior". In many cases, ring names evolve over time as

9888-595: Was enhanced by changing his costume color scheme from his famous red and yellow to nWo's black and white. Steve Williams adopted the ring name Steve Austin to avoid confusion with the then-more established performer "Dr. Death" Steve Williams . Austin would wrestle under that name for several years before signing with the WWF and being given the name "the Ringmaster". This gimmick failed to catch on, and Austin reverted to his established name, reaching his greatest level of success with

9991-461: Was kicked from The Elite stable on the March 6 episode of Dynamite and was replaced by Kazuchika Okada and Jack Perry . On the May 1, 2024 episode of Dynamite , Omega returned to AEW to talk about his health, informing the audience that he was lucky to be alive but would need major surgery in the future. After his address, Omega was attacked by The Elite. The following week, he would book an Anarchy in

10094-450: Was offered a developmental contract and subsequently assigned to DSW full-time. In August 2006, he requested his release from his contract. Omega later stated that his time in DSW was poor, particularly criticizing promoters Bill DeMott and Jody Hamilton , and trainer Bob Holly . Nevertheless, he expressed praise for trainer Dave Taylor . WWE has since reportedly approached him with contracts in

10197-533: Was stacking shelves at an IGA store. After training with Jay for a year, 16-year-old Smith made his professional wrestling debut in the year 2000. He went on to wrestle as part of TRCW for two years, where he developed the gimmick of a Hawaiian surfer named Kenny Omega. The surfer aspect was later dropped and replaced with an otaku -influenced gimmick. In 2001, he graduated from TCI and enrolled in university but dropped out during his first year in order to fully pursue professional wrestling. In 2001, Omega debuted in

10300-535: Was time to get wet. Between 1995 and 2012 the Beavers have won twelve of the seventeen homecoming games. Bemidji State University has several student-run publications and news sources. They include CRE8 magazine, the Northern Student Magazine , and KBSU-TV, KBSU FM 90. CRE8 showcases creative works by writers and artists from northern Minnesota. CRE8 accepts fiction and nonfiction submissions with

10403-487: Was told that his otaku gimmick was "too bubbly" for Bullet Club, which led to him adopting the Cleaner nickname as a reference to people who clean up crime scenes . Smith cited the character Albert Wesker from the Resident Evil video game series as well as Sylvester Stallone 's character, Marion "Cobra" Cobretti, from the film Cobra as inspirations for the Cleaner gimmick. Although Smith originally intended to embody

10506-425: Was unsuccessful at winning the title against MJF. On November 18 at Full Gear , Omega and Jericho, known as The Golden Jets, defeated The Young Bucks, receiving a AEW World Tag Team Championship match. On the December 5 episode of Collision he defeated Ethan Page , which would be his final match in 2023 as later in December, Omega underwent treatment to help battle problems with diverticulitis. During his absence, he

10609-484: Was victorious. On September 5 at All Out , Omega and Page lost the AEW World Tag Team Championship to FTR ( Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood ). Following the loss to FTR, Omega stated that he was going to return to singles competition. From October to November 2020, he participated in a tournament to determine the number one contender for the AEW World Championship and won it by defeating Adam Page in

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