"You'd be lucky if you could return to a normal way of life"

Kenny Omega: "This isn't making it any more easy, guys, but thank you. [Crowd chants 'Kenny'] It was a little over a year ago, I checked myself into a hospital and I was given the bad news that I had something called diverticulitis. [Crowd boos] And for those who don't know what that is, well, it took two feet of my intestines from me and if I hadn't checked myself in when I did, the doctor had told me 'Kenny, you'd have been dead.' So for the past year, it's been this roller coaster ride. [Sighs as the crowd chants 'Omega'] Upon a successful surgery, of course, I had two questions. Number one, Doc, how long is recovery gonna be? And number two, when is it that I can get back in a ring? [Crowd cheers and claps] And the doctor told me, he said-- he said, 'Kenny, you'd be lucky if you could return to a normal way of life, let alone return to the ring, let alone return to the Kenny Omega that you used to be.'

So... Being a professional wrestler and doing what we do, of course, you push things a little too hard. I ended up being in the hospital four more times for a period of four more weeks at a time. [Omega sighs] And I had to really ask myself, is this even worth it? Can I even do it? [Crowd chants 'Yes!'] And I can't lie, there was a moment in time when I felt like maybe giving up was the safest option. [Crowd boos]

And once I considered that option, I realized, wha-- what purpose do I even have? What purpose do I even have on this planet if I don't have you people with me? [Crowd cheers and claps] A few days ago, I tested that theory... And I found my purpose in Tokyo, Japan, just like I found my purpose here tonight! [Crowd cheers and claps] And that is, if I'm not in this ring in front of you people every single week, giving you everything that I have, then I'm just not living. [Crowd cheers and claps] If I'm not showing you guys that Kenny Omega CAN be the best, that he CAN be the 'God of Professional Wrestling', then I am not living. So even though I might not be the same guy, even though I can't do the things that I used to be able to do, this new version of Kenny Omega, the one that isn't concerned about money, the one that isn't concerned about power, the one that isn't concerned about revenge, this version of Kenny Omega can still prove that he is the--"

[Don Callis' music hits, interrupting Kenny]

Don Callis: "Well, look who's back from the dea--" [Callis drops the microphone]

[Kenny Omega leaves the ring and runs after Don, starts beating him down until Brian Cage and Lance Archer gang up on him. Kyle Fletcher joins them after Omega tries to fight back, Will Ospreay stops Brian Cage from powerbombing Omega, running down with a steel chair. Ospreay scares off The Don Callis family and stares down Omega to close the show as the crowd chants 'Holy shit!']

- Credit: Thanks to inmate JediSaiyanMaster1203 for transcribing this promo.