Kenny Omega posted the following on Twitter in response to negative feedback from an independent wrestler named Chasyn Rance being booked on this weekend’s CEOxNJPW event in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Rance was required to register as a sex offender in 2011 after being found guilty of having sexual relations in 2008 with a then 15-year-old girl. Omega is responsible for booking the wrestling event at this weekend’s 2018 CEO Fighting Game Championships.
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Here it is: I produced all matches from dark match #2 on. I gave the ring crew (also a wrestling school) carte Blanche to have our first dark. No entrances, no name graphics. And thus they had a match. I met Chasyn once in 2004 so his name was familiar. The other guy I’d never met. Regardless of their history or whatever, this crew of people were all very helpful in set up, tear down, and various odd jobs around the arena. I’d felt giving them the opportunity to have a dark match was the least I could do as a way to show appreciation. I’m gutted that people feel betrayed by their involvement, but at no point did I feel I was working with criminals or anything of the sort. As I’d said earlier, they were nothing but polite and helpful throughout the entire experience. I’ll know better for next time to only use those I’m absolutely familiar/comfortable with.
UPDATE: Omega has since issued another lengthier statement regarding Rance’s inclusion in the show:
Big thanks to all that made #CEOxNJPW possible, but I wanted to address a terrible oversight on my part, in depth, for all to read. pic.twitter.com/JKBiqcuzGK
— Kenny Omega (@KennyOmegamanX) June 30, 2018
