{"id":815543,"date":"2024-12-29T02:13:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T08:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/former-wwe-champion-nearing-return-set-to-debut-in-japan\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T02:13:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T08:13:13","slug":"former-wwe-champion-nearing-return-set-to-debut-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/former-wwe-champion-nearing-return-set-to-debut-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Former WWE Champion Nearing Return, Set To Debut In Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pro-Wrestling Noah . (Photo by Etsuo Hara\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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Omos hasn\u2019t worked a WWE match since he participated in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal on April 5, but it appears he\u2019s moving closer to a return. On Friday, news broke that the 7-foot-4 giant is set to make his debut with Pro Wrestling Noah, a promotion in Japan.<\/p>\n

Omos will be teaming with Jack Morris and challenging for the GHC tag-team titles, per the promotion\u2019s official X account. Here\u2019s Omos\u2019 introduction video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Besides a stint as AJ Styles\u2019 bodyguard that led to a 133-day run as tag-team champions with the Phenomenal One, Omos\u2019 WWE career has been mostly non-descript.<\/p>\n

WWE repeatedly entered Omos into feuds with the likes of Bobby Lashley and Brock Lesnar, only for him to be beaten and used to re-establish powerful superstars. Omos has the look of the traditional WWE giant.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s massive and has mastered looking menacing. However, that gimmick couldn\u2019t be further from his actual personality. Omos paints, always comes off as pleasant, and is highly intelligent and thoughtful.<\/p>\n

You can see and hear all of those qualities in the interview below from a recent episode of The Undertaker\u2019s podcast.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, WWE hasn\u2019t figured out how to market him beyond basing everything on his size. Let\u2019s be real, he is a legit 7-foot-4, so ignoring that in the world of professional wrestling makes no sense.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s probably not a coincidence that Omos was a guest on The Undertaker\u2019s podcast and that, within the same week, he showed up at Pro Wrestling Noah.<\/p>\n

WWE could be preparing him for a re-launch of his character, and it\u2019s possible this might be related to the promotion\u2019s upcoming debut on Netflix.<\/p>\n

Omos hasn\u2019t been announced for the kickoff of Raw<\/em> on the streaming platform, scheduled for January 6, but I\u2019d suspect all sorts of surprises to be delivered as WWE attempts to make a mark on Netflix.<\/p>\n

In any case, I\u2019m hoping Omos\u2019 next run on WWE programming is successful and that he\u2019s utilized as the unique giant he has the potential to become.<\/p>\n

Other WWE News – Smackdown Reaction<\/h2>\n

The road to the Royal Rumble is in full swing. In an epic final sequence, Kevin Owens manipulated his way into a ladder match against Cody Rhodes for the WWE Championship.<\/p>\n

It feels like the end of Rhodes\u2019 run as champion might be near. WWE has been very particular about allowing Rhodes to be pinned. In a ladder match, Owens could win the title without having to pin Rhodes.<\/p>\n

How amazing would it be if Owens wins because Randy Orton appears and RKOs Rhodes, kicking off a feud between the old friends? Yes, that would be epic.<\/p>\n

In the other major storyline, things are coming to a head in the who-ran-over-Jade-Cargill angle. Nia Jax accused Bianca Belair, which led to a six-woman tag team match. Bianca, Naomi, and Bayley defeated Nia, Candice LeRae, and Tiffany Stratton.<\/p>\n

The latter was seconds away from cashing in the Money in the Bank before Lerae stopped her. I\u2019m going to enjoy watching those angles unfold.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pro-Wrestling Noah . (Photo by Etsuo Hara\/Getty Images) Getty Images Omos hasn\u2019t worked a WWE match since he participated in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal on April 5, but it appears he\u2019s moving closer to a return. On Friday, news broke that the 7-foot-4 giant is set to make his debut with Pro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":815544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1884,148],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-815543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-champion","8":"category-former"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}