Konosuke Takeshita Details Contacting Kenny Omega About Coming To AEW
Insight into Takeshita inquiring about AEW.
Konosuke Takeshita first arrived at All Elite Wrestling in 2021. He would eventually go on to be signed to a full-time talent contract.
Takeshita opened up about how he got to AEW as he was being interviewed by ENCOUNT. He told the outlet that it started with him reaching out to Kenny Omega.
“I might not have properly shared this before, but I actually consulted (Sanshiro) Takagi. This year marked my 10th year as a professional wrestler, so I said, ‘I’ve been doing this for 10 years, so I want to go to America.’ He said, ‘Go ahead and do it,’ and didn’t say anything negative about it. So, I contacted Kenny Omega, who is also my professional wrestling mentor in a way, for the first time in years and asked if I could wrestle in AEW, even if it was just a dark match. Kenny said, ‘I’ll give it a go,’ and encouraged me by saying I can’t do a TV match straight away, but if it’s okay to do a dark match, why don’t you try it? That’s how I decided to go to America.”
Present day, Takeshita is contracted to three promotions. He’s signed to AEW, NJPW, and DDT. In New Japan, he is the reigning IWGP World Heavyweight Champion.
