Will Ospreay: To All The People Who Say I Don’t Know How To Sell, You Can’t Tell Picasso How To Paint

Will Ospreay had some bold words to use on those who criticize his wrestling.

Throughout his career, Will Ospreay has used fighting spirit to bounce back from critical moments so he could have an edge over his opponent. Whether it was bouncing off a Rainmaker or a V-Trigger, Ospreay has always found a way to dish back the same damage that his opponents have which has been a huge debate among the wrestling community who feel that Ospreay does not sell much. Here is his response to that on The Masked Man Show.

“I just feel there are different aspects in what people say with selling. If you understand and look at the backstory that I go through, who were the guys that I was training alongside? Okada, Ishii. You don’t think at any point in those training sessions and Japanese camps where you’d land on your fucking head and they’d be like, ‘Get up and just swing.’ If you don’t have that small burst of energy before you’re about to do something, they’re going to get the upperhand and win. ” I say to all those people who say ‘you don’t know how to sell,’ you don’t know the backstory. You don’t know how I fucking got here. You’ve never been in a situation where you’ve been in a moment where if you don’t put your fucking foot on the gas pedal, you die. To those people, I get where they’re coming from, I understand, but if you pause your opinion for a second and take a wide look at the arena, they’re standing up. You can’t tell Picasso how to paint.”

Ospreay is set to defend the AEW International Championship against Ricochet and Konosuke Takeshita at AEW WrestleDream in Tacoma, Washington.

h/t to Jeremy Lambert of Fightful for the transcription.

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