Will Ospreay debuted in AEW earlier this year to hype up his match at Forbidden Door.
Will Ospreay has had a hell of a 2022 so far. Stealing the show at Forbidden Door last month being the highlight, Ospreay has also captured the IWGP United States Championship. However he does not have possession of the physical championship. Ospreay has gone on record already to state his dislike for Kenny Omega, do he called a c*nt.
Speaking to Wrestle Inn, Ospreay looked back on the match with Cassidy and called out CM Punk and Bryan Danielson for not showing up at Forbidden Door when they are paid millions.
“I feel great. Orange Cassidy did a hell of a job. A lot of people, myself included, were expecting massive dream matches, but we all have to take a step back and realize that this is only the start of the relationship. It’s phase one of the Marvel Universe, it’s the Multiverse opening up so now we can get some dream matches going. I do feel we need to test the waters first and make sure it’s all good. I can completely say that I stole the show. I completely stole it. I prefer patting myself on the back rather than, ‘I could have done this better.’ We are always critical of ourselves, but I know that was great. I know how good it was, down to Orange, the referee, the camera crew, and everything. It was the perfect combination of everything. The crowd was amazing, I love performing in Chicago. That building was incredible, every seat was filled. For AEW’s side of things, it was built around your Bryan Danielsons, CM Punks, and Kenny (Omegas) and on our side of things it was built around (Kazuchika) Okada, Jay (White), and myself. We delivered on our side of things and you guys delivered with Moxley and stuff like that, but the way I look at it is, AEW spent millions on those guys and they are too fragile to show up. It’s a shame they couldn’t be there, nothing but respect, but you guys are being paid millions. I wish I had that type of money. My mom would never work in her life again. After that, I feel everyone is looking at me like, ‘He deserves that damn money.’ When it comes to contract renegotiations, I’m sitting fucking pretty,” s
Will Ospreay on The Wrestle Inn
Obviously Ospreay feels like the top AEW stars earning millions on their contracts should be turning up to wrestle no matter what. However, with concussion injuries (Danielson) and injuries that require surgery (Punk), it becomes a case of being medically cleared to compete.
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