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The Cleaner

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Kenny Omega is currently one of the best talents in the world. Ever since he started wrestling for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Kenny has taken things up a notch, and has been highly successful in Japan. Kenny is also the current IWGP Intercontinental Champion and one of the three members of the NEVER Openweight 6 man Tag Team Champions.

Omega has taken up the nickname of “The Cleaner” since his arrival to NJPW, signaling the “cleaning up” of the Junior Heavyweight division. A few fans speculate that the nickname was taken from the series La Femme Nikita, with Omega being the hitman of the Bullet Club group. Omega himself credited Albert Wesker’s character from the Resident Evil series and Marion

Omega himself credited Albert Wesker’s character from the Resident Evil series and Marion Corbetti’s character from the film Cobra as his inspiration for coming up with the gimmick.

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