Kenny Omega: People will someday 'know the truth' about Rossy Ogawa

Former AEW World Champion and longtime Japanese star Kenny Omega made some strongly-worded comments toward Stardom founder Rossy Ogawa on Friday night, indicating some negative revelations exist about the Marigold founder that is already known by others.

During his Twitch stream Friday, Omega was asked about Ogawa and said he would caution against listening to praise "for that individual" based on what those in the wrestling industry and "government-issued press" in Japan know about him.

"I would say, 'Don't be so quick to listen to praise for that individual' because someday, I'm not sure when it will be, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday, people will know the truth. What they do with that truth, I don't know. Will they share it? Maybe. A lot of the higher-ups in Japan, they know exactly what business he's up to and what he's been up to for decades. That's all I gotta say," he said.

However, that wasn't all he had to say. 

Omega was then asked about Ogawa being an "E-drone" (a backhanded reference to WWE fans on social media) since Marigold has a partnership with WWE. Omega said he didn't care about that as it's "not even the tip of the iceberg."

He said there are "a lot of people" that refuse to work for Ogawa "for the very same reason" who are currently both in WWE and AEW. He then alluded to what the allegations are about without specifically making accusations.

"If you want to know along what lines they tread amongst, the dude just flat out said, 'Hey, we're looking for girls ages 13-to-21 that don't have a boyfriend and aren't married.' We already know he puts underage girls in very revealing swimsuit calendars and books. I wish that's all he did. Let's put it that way," he stated.

Despite saying all that, he then clarified that he didn't know anything and that he was "not going on record to say anything" as he didn't want lawyers "barking at my door."

"I don't have any sort of video evidence, I just have the good word of people that are very close. I'm outside of it. If those people feel like commenting or saying something, whatever. For now, I'll say that people going to Marigold, good luck. I hope you have a great time. I hope it works out for you. For me, I would be very hesitant. I would be very hesitant. That's it. That's all," he said, before saying "redact my comments" and that "I didn't say anything" before again questioning Marigold's desired age range and then agreeing with a commenter that he should delete the Twitch video.

He finished by saying he supports current WWE star Asuka and that "she's got her reasons, probably the same one as mine."

Without mentioning Ogawa by name, Asuka said in August 2023 that Stardom "was created to destroy me personally." 

To this point. Ogawa has not publicly responded.

AEW head Tony Khan was publicly happy on X (formerly Twitter) when Ogawa was fired by Bushiroad, owners of NJPW and Stardom, in February of this year.

Ogawa announced his new Marigold promotion last week with our Dave Meltzer reporting that Giulia will be part of it in addition to working in WWE NXT.