If you’re hoping to see Kenny Omega in the WWE sooner rather than later, you might want to manage your expectations, if they haven’t been managed enough in recent months.

Given his recent wave of success in New Japan Pro Wrestling, there are scores of wrestling fans who would like to see Kenny Omega make his debut on WWE’s main roster, and give the WWE Universe its fair share of five-, or even six-star matches against the company’s finest talents. However, it’s a well-known fact that the Cleaner didn’t exactly enjoy his time in WWE’s developmental ranks, and because of this, he hasn’t exactly been entertaining a jump to the self-proclaimed worldwide leader in sports entertainment. The latest hint at this came in a recent live stream, where he answered questions from fans at Twitch’s Japanese headquarters.

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Although Omega was asked several questions about his wrestling career during this week’s live stream, Cageside Seats noted that one of the last questions happened to be the one many wrestling fans keep asking – will he, or won’t he go to WWE once his New Japan deal is up? Omega said that he currently has no plans to move to the WWE, as he’s still having “too much fun” in New Japan, doing his thing and putting on high-quality matches. Most tellingly, Omega stressed that he doesn’t “want to be a robot” and doesn’t want to be controlled – an interesting comment, considering how Vince McMahon, even at the age of 72, micromanages every creative detail in the WWE.

“There is a lot of great talent, some of my good friends are still in WWE,” Omega continued. “I wish them all the best but to be able to tell the stories, the kind of stories I want to tell with who I believe are the greatest talents in the world, um that’s most important to me right now.”

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Kenny Omega was only 22-years-old when he wrestled his first match after signing a contract with WWE in October 2005, and getting assigned to their then-developmental territory, Deep South Wrestling. At that time, he competed alongside, and against the likes of Heath Slater, Mike Knox, and Vladimir Kozlov, but it wasn’t even a year after he signed his developmental deal that he asked for his release from the company. In subsequent interviews, Omega would make critical remarks about his time in DSW, and also rebuff several attempts on WWE’s part to sign him to a contract

With Omega turning 35 later this year, the demand from fans for him to join the WWE is rising – why not expose him to a larger audience while he isn't exactly an elder statesman in the ring? Still, we can't say we're surprised by Omega's latest comments – if he joins the WWE, he'll need to make several compromises in the ring and on the mic, given Mr. McMahon's aforementioned penchant for micromanagement, and that's something he's certainly not willing to do, especially with all the freedom he has to be himself in NJPW.