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Topic	Scarlet Ranks 150 User-Nominated Wrestlers Part II
scarletspeed7 07/23/18 11:55:50 AM #404:	#11 - Kenny Omega Nominated by: CybrMonkey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk0EnBJP_2c" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rezUO7ACb4" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEyyXfd2aGo" data-time=" Is Kenny Omega the best in the world? At the moment, I'd rank him in the top 3 or 4. All-time, objectively, he has the potential. But he's never reached a favorite status for me. He's reached a jaw-dropping awe-inspiring level of wrestling clinician, however. He does so many little things to make a match meaningful. He has an eye for detail. His style gives just a little bit of added realism while at the same time overacting JUST ENOUGH so that emotions are palpable enough without being goofy and unbelievable. It's a fine line to walk. I've always placed a premium on two things in matches: selling a story and selling it as a reality. Following that, doing something memorable is the third most important aspect of a match for me. Kenny does all three of these things at such a high level that it really leaves everyone else in the world in the dust right now. I would say that there are guys who do the memorable aspect better than Kenny, and I'd say there are guys who make a match feel more real than Kenny, but no one sells a story in a match like Kenny. And that's crucial. I watch wrestling for the narratives it weaves, and Kenny is the ultimate storyteller. One thing that detracts from Kenny for me is his out-of-character personality. I think I run into too many interviews where he is just dull, soft-spoken and not my cup of tea. I look at someone like Cody on the flip side, a worker who is super-engaging and just makes me more interested in watching him. But that's just a minor complaint. The thing is, minor complaints really, really matter at this point. We're almost at the top ten, you and I, and every little distinction I can make is going to prove important. Omega's matches are always consistently better than anyone else on Earth, but essentially, it's his non-wrestling personality that kicks him out of the Top 10. At some point, I imagine I will bump him into an elite top spot given the insane pedigree of matches he's accruing. Until that point, however, he'll have to be satisfied knowing that I just think of him as almost perfection. --- "Reading would be your friend." ~Dave Meltzer <cite>scarletspeed7 posted [p:905578000] in Scarlet Ra... [t:76598098]...</cite> <quote>#11 - Kenny Omega Nominated by: CybrMonkey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk0EnBJP_2c" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rezUO7ACb4" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEyyXfd2aGo" data-time=" Is Kenny Omega the best in the world? At the moment, I'd rank him in the top 3 or 4. All-time, objectively, he has the potential. But he's never reached a favorite status for me. He's reached a jaw-dropping awe-inspiring level of wrestling clinician, however. He does so many little things to make a match meaningful. He has an eye for detail. His style gives just a little bit of added realism while at the same time overacting JUST ENOUGH so that emotions are palpable enough without being goofy and unbelievable. It's a fine line to walk. I've always placed a premium on two things in matches: selling a story and selling it as a reality. Following that, doing something memorable is the third most important aspect of a match for me. Kenny does all three of these things at such a high level that it really leaves everyone else in the world in the dust right now. I would say that there are guys who do the memorable aspect better than Kenny, and I'd say there are guys who make a match feel more real than Kenny, but no one sells a story in a match like Kenny. And that's crucial. I watch wrestling for the narratives it weaves, and Kenny is the ultimate storyteller. One thing that detracts from Kenny for me is his out-of-character personality. I think I run into too many interviews where he is just dull, soft-spoken and not my cup of tea. I look at someone like Cody on the flip side, a worker who is super-engaging and just makes me more interested in watching him. But that's just a minor complaint. The thing is, minor complaints really, really matter at this point. We're almost at the top ten, you and I, and every little distinction I can make is going to prove important. Omega's matches are always consistently better than anyone else on Earth, but essentially, it's his non-wrestling personality that kicks him out of the Top 10. At some point, I imagine I will bump him into an elite top spot given the insane pedigree of matches he's accruing. Until that point, however, he'll have to be satisfied knowing that I just think of him as almost perfection. --- "Reading would be your friend." ~Dave Meltzer</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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