Will Ospreay Eager For First Time Ever Match With AEW’s “Main Character”
Will Ospreay wants to have a huge singles match with a former AEW World Champion.
There have been some incredible matches during Will Ospreay’s first year as a full-time AEW wrestler with opponents like Bryan Danielson, Swerve Strickland and Kyle Fletcher as some of the guys who have produced the best matches with the British high-flyer.
While Ospreay has mixed it up with many of the best wrestlers in AEW, there is a former World Champion he wants to have a match with: “Hangman” Adam Page.
During a recent interview with Insight’s Chris Van Vliet, Will Ospreay spoke about his interest in facing Hangman in AEW.
“Hangman [Adam Page]. Hangman’s the only one I’ve never actually like, we’ve wrestled in a six-man in New Japan, but did like a comeback and that was it. So I feel like that’s the main character. That’s the guy. That’s AEW right there.”
As he continued, Ospreay also expressed an interest in facing AEW World Champion Jon Moxley. They wrestled in NJPW in 2022, but Ospreay didn’t love the match and they have yet to face off in an AEW ring.
“It was a s**t finish because the referee f***ed up. It was meant to be a straight up one, two, three, and Moxley said, ‘kick out,’ so I said okay, but the referee still counted three. For me, there’s meat on that bone. I’ve openly said he’s actually one of the main reasons I wanted to come to AEW.”
Will Ospreay Felt Insulted By Triple H Remarks
When Will Ospreay chose to sign with AEW instead of WWE in November 2023 before his NJPW commitments ended, there were comments from WWE’s Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque about how some people don’t want to work the WWE schedule.
Many people viewed those comments by Triple H as a shot toward Ospreay, who is still able to live in England with his partner and stepson while performing for AEW. Will Ospreay said in the same interview with Van Vliet that he was hurt by Triple H’s comments.
“He didn’t say my name. He was [talking about me]. I’ve got people that I won’t throw under the bus saying, Yeah, it was about me. I’m not taking it personally like, Oh, that hurt my feelings. It’s just kind of like, all right, you take a jab at me, I’ll take one back. There’s nothing horrible about it. I don’t hate the guy. I’ve never met him. How can I hate someone that I’ve never even met?”
Ospreay went on to say his agents spoke to WWE so Ospreay has never spoken to Triple H.
“No, I’ve never spoken to him, I got an agency who talks to everyone. I’ve told everybody about my situation and why I want to remain in the UK, which is why that kind of hurt me a little bit, but not to the point where it keeps me up at night. I was like, Okay, you took a jab at me, I’ll take one back, and then that’s it. We’re done.”
At AEW Revolution on March 9th in Los Angeles, Ospreay will have a Steel Cage Match with his former friend Kyle Fletcher in one of the most anticipated matches of the show.