NJPW Star Kenny Omega recently spoke with Yahoo! Sports prior to this weekend’s NJPW Strong Style Evolved event from Long Beach, California.
During the interview Omega talks about how his team of “The Golden Lovers” with Kota Ibushi getting support from the LGBT community.
“Let people think what they want to think. If LGBT people can identify with our story, if they think ‘The Golden Lovers are my team,’ I’m good with that. It’s the story of two wrestlers who shared dreams on their way up, who became fast friends, who are now reuniting at the top of their game.”
Kenny Omega also commented on how gay characters have been portrayed in WWE.
“I think it’s important to show in the 21st century that if you’re gay, lesbian, trans, whatever, that you should feel just as welcome to be a wrestling fan as anyone else. You’re welcome in the space. I do get some stupid messages on Twitter from homophobic people and they’re usually WWE fans, which kind of drives things home. In WWE, a gay person is usually portrayed like some sort of comedy act to be mocked and laughed at. The world’s not like that anymore. Everyone should feel welcome to the show.”
“The Golden Lovers”, Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi will headline Sunday night’s NJPW Strong Style Evolve event from the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California against The Young Bucks.
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