 He has also attained the latter publication's Match of the Year distinction twice; one of those matches, in which Omega competed against Kazuchika Okada in a two out of three falls match at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall in June 2018, received a seven-star rating from combat sports journalist Dave Meltzer, the highest rating Meltzer has ever awarded a professional wrestling match.Tyson Smith was born in Transcona, Winnipeg, Manitoba on October 16, 1983.As of 2016, Smith's mother works in family services while his father works for the Canadian government as a transport officer.