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Talk Is Jericho

Kenny Omega Returns To Talk Alpha vs Omega

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.79.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2018

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Kenny Omega returns to TIJ to talk Alpha vs Omega!  Hear Kenny's perspective on how this historic match came together, what he thought when Don Callis first approached him with the idea, how he got New Japan Pro Wrestling onboard, and the first plans he and Jericho made when the idea was officially "a go!" Kenny & Chris also break down the match… from the press conference attack to the twitter feud to the planning and execution! Plus, they reveal what went right, what went wrong, what got called on the fly, and their favorite moments in the ring!  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

TALK IS CHERICOO BABY TALK IS CHERICOO BABY TALK IS CHERICOO BABY TALK IS CHERICOO BABY TALK IS BABY

0:13.3

Alright, welcome to TALK IS CHERICOO, it's the part of Thunder and Rock n' Roll.

0:18.5

Here we are in our second week on the Westwood One Network, we're super excited and I'm excited

0:23.1

as well and back from Japan and ready to talk about the Alpha vs Zomega match, the classic

0:28.7

from Russell Kingdom 12 with the Omega himself while I'm the Alpha and Kenny, the Omega

0:34.0

returns to TALK IS CHERICOO, this time all by his loansome to tell you what went into

0:38.8

the main event match of the Tokyo Dome, which a lot of people, a lot of huge experts are

0:43.2

calling the best of Chris Jericho's career, the show stealer of the night, people are

0:48.0

saying match of the year, a couple of pundits even said it's the best match of all time,

0:52.4

that's up for you to judge, but it was a different kind of match for myself and for Kenny

0:56.4

as well, you'll hear what he thought about it and where he goes from here, you'll also

1:00.3

gonna hear the story behind Kenny's ring entrance at the Tokyo Dome, what inspired it,

1:04.3

what worked correctly and what was actually missed from it, how the match ended up becoming

1:08.2

a no-dq brawl from the technical classic that we were both first expecting, which parts

1:13.3

of the match were called in the fly and why and which parts didn't really work out

1:17.6

the way we thought they were gonna do, lots of inside the ring stories, talking about

1:22.2

our favorite moments for the match and why taking table bumps in Japan is so much different

1:27.1

than the States, it's an exclusive behind the scenes look from Kenny and Jericho Alpha

1:32.6

versus Omega and let's get to it, Kenny Omega returns to talk as Jericho to talk Alpha

1:38.7

versus Omega starting now.

1:40.8

Alright, so here in the Tokyo Dome hotel with the Omega part of Alpha versus Omega and

1:49.2

how you feeling?

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