Will Ospreay has discussed how often fans should expect to see him in AEW.
At AEW Revolution, Ospreay officially joined the roster by defeating Konosuke Takeshita in one of the best matches of the night. Despite being signed to All Elite Wrestling, the Essex native is remaining in the UK and will not be moving to the United States. With this in mind, will The Ariel Assassin be an AEW mainstay or just part-time?
Speaking at the post-show press conference, Tony Khan praised the match along with Ospreay’s recently acclaimed performance against Michael Oku at the recent Rev Pro event:
“It was a tremendous match. That was an amazing, amazing match for Will to finish up in RevPro, and after a great run in New Japan and RevPro, I thought Will versus Michael Oku was a great match, and I was really blown away by the quality of the wrestling but really the quality of people. I got to meet Will Ospreay’s family for the first time, which was really cool. The great things he said afterwards, it was just really kind. I thought the way he helped really set up his debut at AEW and also paid tribute to the great fans in the UK that helped him get to this place. It was a great thing, and it was great to be there. Of course, the match took a big toll I think physically, but knowing it’s Will Ospreay, I had high confidence he was gonna be here, be ready for Revolution, and he was everything we would have expected. The match was everything we would have expected. I thought Ospreay versus Takeshita delivered, Revolution delivered, and again I think Will Ospreay in AEW fits like a glove as you’re seeing here tonight,”
“I Want To Be Here Every Single Week”: Will Opsreay
Ospreay then discussed his status with the company. Stating that he couldn’t ask his partner and her child to disrupt their lives for him. Ospreay then confirmed that he will be with AEW full-time and intends to work with the very best to prove himself as the best wrestler in the world:
“I’m basically Wolverine, bruv, and I’ll be fine in a couple days. I’ll just deal up. What’s the question, what’s your schedule looking like? I’m getting in a relationship with another professional wrestler, Alex Windsor. She’s great, and now I’m a position where I’m a a parent. The first time I told people, everyone went, ‘You?’ [Laughs] I can’t tell you enough what the girl and that kid have done for me. I wish I could be so open about what those two mean to me. They’ve gone though a lot for me, and I could not ask them to uproot their life, their school life. If you know my missus and you know her story, she’s gone through so much. She’s a genuine warrior. I could not have asked for a better partner to go through this whole thing. For her, I couldn’t have asked to do that. The majority of the travel, it’s so much less than Japan. Japan was like 15 hours at one point because there’s bloody going on in Russia and the Ukraine. We weren’t allowed to go through their airspace, we had to go underneath. It was horrible. So coming over here, it’s not actually as bad. I don’t mind it. My schedule is full-time, dude. I want to be here every single week, delivering the best matches that I physically can. This is what I’ve been preaching over in New Japan. The work that I’ve put out throughout all those eight years of doing it, it was the hardest thing leaving it. But this fits like a glove. This is where the best wrestlers the world are. This is the most elite roster of all time. We are so blessed to be blessed to be living in this moment. I’m so blessed to have a dressing room where there are people like Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong and Takeshita, Sting, Orange Cassidy. I’m gonna have a Iong list of guys to go through, and I’m willing to tick off every single person, I’m willing to go to work. I’m looking forward to it. I’m here for three things. I’m here to win world titles, retire Billy Gunn, and get a Nando sponsorship,”
H/t to Fightful.
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