One of the biggest storylines of the year has been Kenny Omega and whether or not he will jump to the WWE. It has been rumored for the past several weeks after Omega announced that he was stepping away from Japan. It has been a whirlwind of rumors and speculation about what his next step will be.

With the 2017 Royal Rumble coming up on Sunday. Omega’s name is at the top of the rumor mill for surprise entrants. After his match at Wrestle Kingdom 11, he has been the hottest free agent in professional wrestling and it was speculated that WWE would be trying very hard to get him.

Kenny Omega appeared on the Thursday edition of Wrestling Observer Radio (subscribe here) and detailed his future on Thursday afternoon.

Essentially, he says that he is NOT signing with WWE and will be re-negotiating with New Japan Pro Wrestling in February for a likely one year deal.

Subscribers of the Observer can listen to the full interview with him here.

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This will come as a big disappointment to many WWE fans who wanted to see him jump ship and enter the Royal Rumble. This will also come to the extreme pleasure of fans of NJPW.

Glad he cleared things up because a lot of WWE fans would be extremely upset if he didn’t show up this Sunday. Happy that he is choosing what is best for him.

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