Kenny Omega captures AEW World Championship in epic match over MJF

Kenny Omega walked into The BayCare Sound successful Clearwater, Florida, connected Wednesday nighttime knowing it could beryllium nan last clip he could situation for nan All Elite Wrestling (AEW) World Championship.

It was nan stipulation that Omega agreed to successful bid to look champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF). It’s a akin stipulation that "Hangman" Adam Page agreed to and mislaid to MJF earlier this year. Omega and MJF are 2 of nan apical stars successful all of pro wrestling.

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Scenes from nan tag-team lucifer betwixt Kenny Omega and Adam Page vs. Private Party during All Elite Wrestling Dynamite astatine Landers Center successful Southaven, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (Max Gersh / The Commercial Appeal)

The Clearwater crowd was seemingly down Omega. MJF already ruffled nan feathers of his imaginable challenger astatine All In, Will Ospreay, erstwhile he spat successful his look successful a conception backstage. The tensions were heightened and it marked for a terrific lucifer betwixt nan 2 pro wrestlers.

And nan referee fto them fight. MJF and Omega brought their brawl into nan stands astatine conflict earlier taking it backmost into nan ring. MJF utilized his soiled strategies to debar Omega astatine first. He put nan referee successful his measurement of a V-trigger and past spot into Omega’s face.

"I’m moonwalking to Wembley Stadium whether you for illustration it aliases not," MJF told nan camera during nan match.

Omega tried to put immoderate abstraction successful betwixt himself and MJF. He walked up nan ramp and was capable to return immoderate power of nan match. He climbed up a lifeguard building that was group up astatine nan apical of nan ram and deed a moonsault connected MJF. He sewage MJF backmost successful nan ringing and deed a dropkick from nan apical statement to MJF’s back.

Kenny Omega looks connected during Wrestle Kingdom 13 astatine Tokyo Dome connected January 4, 2019 successful Tokyo, Japan. (Masashi Hara / Getty Images)

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Omega looked arsenic bully arsenic ever and it seemed he was going to return power pinch hopes of becoming nan AEW world champion for nan 3rd time. MJF had different ideas, taking advantage of Omega’s blinding velocity pinch a driblet toehold. But it wasn’t capable to grind Omega’s momentum to a halt.

The 2 went backmost and distant arsenic fans waited to spot who was going to locomotion retired of Clearwater pinch nan belt.

As nan lucifer wore on, MJF attempted to thrust Omega from nan apron into nan denote array pinch a tombstone. However, Omega sewage retired of it and deed a V-trigger connected MJF. The champ was sent flying from nan apron and done nan denote table.

By nan clip MJF sewage backmost up, nan 2 men were intelligibly spent. They attempted to get their past licks in. MJF deed Omega pinch a tombstone piledriver connected a chair but seemingly injured his knee pinch nan move. Omega sewage MJF backmost successful nan ringing and deed 2 much nasty V-triggers.

Somehow, MJF was capable to antagonistic a One-Winged Angel pinch a poisonrana. He deed him pinch a heatseeker but couldn’t get nan pinfall.

AEW Champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman appears during AEW Dynamite astatine Footprint Center successful Phoenix, Ariz., connected Feb. 22, 2023. (Joe Camporeale/USA TODAY Sports)

MJF lined up to deed Omega pinch nan Dynamite Diamond Ring. But Will Ospreay came out to return nan ringing away. Omega was going to deed MJF pinch nan AEW title loop but didn’t person nan heart. MJF deed Omega pinch a debased rustle and nan title. But Omega kicked retired astatine a 1 count.

It was Omega’s move to move connected nan heat. He reached heavy down wrong of him to deed MJF pinch 3 much V-triggers and a One-Winged Angel.

Omega pinned MJF to triumph nan AEW World Championship.

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The crowd went chaotic and it appears Omega will spell connected to look Ospreay astatine All In later this summer.