Canadian wrestling superstars Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho got a huge reaction from their hometown crowd Wednesday night when All Elite Wrestling (AEW) made its Canada debut!

Kenny and Jericho are two of the biggest stars outside of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) right now. This is largely due to their long tenure with All Elite Wrestling, where they have helped build the promotion from the ground up. Kenny always was more involved with behind the scenes aspects then Jericho was though. When Kenny first signed on to help grow AEW he dreamed of taking the show international:

“When AEW became a thing, we always thought ‘Boy, wouldn’t it be cool if this really was an international wrestling product.’ And not only international by how you consume it via television or internet, but I really wanted to do live shows all around the world.”

AEW has finally grown to the point now where they are constantly starting to branch out and do international shows. One of the first locations they headed to was Kenny and Chris’s home town of Winnipeg. Kenny was pretty ecstatic to be able to preform for his hometown crowd:

“For one of our first international shows, and one of our first Canadian shows, to be in my hometown is a really cool thing and I’m sure Chris has a very similar feeling towards it.”

Fans sure had similar feelings towards it. When Kenny Omegas entrance music hit the crowd lost their minds and “Kenny, Kenny, Kenny,” cants rang throughout the arena. Then when Jericho enter end the whole crowd screamed his entrance song.

Jericho and Omega then shared a moment in the ring and thanked Winnipeg for being so welcoming of them.

It was truly a special moment and it was great to see these Canadian wrestlers back home again.