One of the most notable NJPW names that fans want to see on the Forbidden Door PPV is Will Ospreay. He has torn it up for the Japanese promotion time and time again and will undoubtedly be part of Forbidden Door.
Ospreay spoke to Wresthings and stated he found out about Forbidden Door at the same time as everyone else.
“They didn’t even fucking tell me it was happening. I was sat next to my Mrs. and was like, ‘Are we doing a show with AEW?’ ‘Yeah’ ‘Oh, no one told me.’ That’s honestly how I found out. They don’t tell me shit. For all I know, I’m not even on the damn show. I don’t know,”
Will Ospreay to Wresthings
When asked if he had anyone in mind for the event, he replied he wanted a home grown talent from AEW to square off withat the show:
“The obvious ones are (CM) Punk and (Bryan) Danielson. I like a challenge. I would like a homemade guy. Someone that didn’t come from NXT, that didn’t come from New Japan. That’s the challenge. Can I do a sick match with someone that was born and made in AEW? That’s something I would like to challenge. Jungle Boy, I’d love to tear it up with him. AEW, I love the product. It’s brilliant and makes me excited to be a wrestling fan. The real challenge for me is, there are guys like Keith Lee. Mox [Jon Moxley], yeah, but this show should be ‘let’s go balls to the wall,’ what are the dream matches? Okada and Punk, (Hiroshi) Tanahashi, Shingo (Takagi) and Hangman (Page) would be a good one, Kenny and Shingo would be a banger. Dante (Martin) is a good one, lovely young man. I would really like somebody who is grassroots. That’s the mark. You have all these stars guys, they are the dream ones, Punk, Danielson, whatever. The guys that were there from the start, I would like one of them because I believe I can have the best match with one of them because they are hungry and are going, ‘we should be in one of those spots.'”
Will Ospreay to Wresthings
Time will tell who Ospreay will face at Forbidden Door and if he will be on the card at all.
H/T to Fightful for transcription
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