In a recent interview with Renee Paquette as part of The Sessions podcast, All Elite Wrestling star Kenny Omega addressed the current rumors of his contract status with AEW, as well as WWE reportedly having interest in him joining the company.

“Sometimes, the first thing that pops into your mind is probably how you really feel. The first thing that came into my mind wasn’t a title, wasn’t some kind of accolade, I feel like whatever I can contribute to wrestling, I want to be able to help people in the next generation realize their potential as quick as possible, or quicker than I was able to.

If I can help give anyone advice, or push them into a certain direction that can lead to something good for them career-wise down the road, that is where I like to see myself, I don’t feel like I have too many goals or aspirations of my own any more. I feel like, am I wasting my time here, do I not even deserve my position if I’m not looking for some sort of measure of success for myself, am I being ungrateful.

Those thoughts still fill my head a little bit, because I felt that when I was motivated to win the G1, when I was motivated to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, or win the Match of the Year award, or win Wrestler of the Year award, or a random thing like, wouldn’t it be nice if I could win PWI 500, it got to a point where I was kind of creating goals to achieve, just to have something.

As the checklist started to fill up, and I’m so thankful and grateful that I was able to achieve those things, it became so much less about me, and became more about, well I’ve got this resume now, and I know that I’m breaking down, and I know that there are people that have 10-15 years on me, and they can much easier and with much less of a struggle get to where I am today and maybe, I can save them some mental anguish or being away from their family a couple of more years if I can help them, that’s the position I feel I’m in right now.”

The full interview is available at this link.