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Will Ospreay Makes Emotional Confession After AEW Owen Hart Cup Win

By Monika Thapa • Published Jul 01, 2026 08:40 EDT
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Will Ospreay won the Owen Hart Cup at AEW Forbidden Door.

Will Ospreay faced Swerve Strickland in the Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament finals in the main event of AEW Forbidden Door in San Jose. He beat Strickland to win the tournament. He will now challenge for the AEW World Title at All In London in his home country of England.

On Tuesday, Will Ospreay shared a tweet, sharing how he felt after winning the Owen Hart Cup. He said that he felt a weight had lifted off his shoulders when he won the tournament finals. But added that now he will have to carry a much heavier weight until All In PPV on August 30.

“This moment felt a weight lifted. Knowing this Wednesday a much heavier weight will be on my shoulders that I’ll need to carry for 2 months to Wembley Stadium. It’s coming home”

Will Ospreay Reflects On His Major Wrestling Career Moments

After he won the Owen Hart Cup, Will Ospreay appeared on the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door post-show, where he discussed the key moments of his pro wrestling career and how they led him to become the icon he is today:

 Like, this is the biggest thing that I’ve ever done in my wrestling career, like, by far, right? So I definitely think the time, not the first time I won the Super Juniors, ’cause I think that Ricochet match did, like, help open the doorway to see who Will Ospreay was. But I think the second time I won it when I wrestled Shingo [Takagi] at Ryogoku, I think people started to see me as one of those guys.

I generally think in 2019, which is when AEW was released, I really felt like I was the best wrestler in the world, ’cause I was operating on all cylinders. There was no one in the company that did the New Japan Cup, the Best of Super Juniors, the G1, the Junior Tag League, and Super J-Cup in one calendar year. I did. I have no idea how many matches I wrestled that year. But I feel like that’s the first step of me becoming that guy.”

“I think the second step, honestly, was when I was standing in the ring with Bryan Danielson. And I had a genuine moment of like, you know when you see, like you would see AJ [Styles] leave, and then you would see Kenny [Omega] show up, and you would always see, like, these moments where Kenny and [Bryan] Danielson would stand in the ring and everyone was losing their mind, like before they even did anything.

Having that moment with Danielson, it made me feel like from, from wrestling in my garden to now, like there’s a point where I was like, ‘Oh s**t, like I’m one of these guys now. I’m one of the front-runners. I’m one of the leaders. I’m one of the guys for the next generation to look at and to inspire towards.’

Like, I take that responsibility so much. So it’s such a huge weight to put on me, but I think I’m comfortable in those situations, being able to carry it out. I like my personality. I, I think I’m a cheeky chappy. I work hard. I make sure that everyone f***ing is around me is okay. But I think this is the moment right now, like this third step, is winning the Owen [Hart Foundation].”