Earlier this month, Will Ospreay returned to NJPW where he won the NEVER Six-Man titles together with his United Empire stablemates, Great-O-Khan and HENARE. Within the important event, Callum Newman retained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. After the match, he ordered Ospreay to attack Shingo Takagi. When Ospreay refused, Newman called him a Death Rider, prompting Ospreay to hit Takagi with a Hidden Blade. Things were tense between the pair within the post-match backstage segment. Last night at AEW Double or Nothing, Ospreay advanced within the Owen Hart Cup tournament by defeating Samoa Joe.
When asked concerning the situation with United Empire throughout the Double or Nothing media scrum, Ospreay admitted tempers are flaring. “I can imagine them watching AEW and the blokes that I called to say, ‘hey, look I’ll go take it to those guys’ and now hastily I’m training with them? I’m sure that ruffled feathers and confused them.” He explained that he’s having to take care of his body in a different way and that his neck feels higher. Newman is like his little brother and has done a great job filling his shoes as leader of the United Empire. “He’s just playing a little bit little bit of a dangerous game.” He thinks he and Newman must have a conversation, however the United Empire is “rolling good”.
In the subsequent round of the Owen Cup, Ospreay will face the winner of “Jungle” Jack Perry vs. Mark Davis. Ospreay was asked about his match with Davis from a number of weeks ago. He said that was the primary time a physician and a referee has ever needed to stop one in all his matches. He never wants that to occur again and admits “Davis is a scary one to wrestle because he has so many variations of piledrivers and I just must do every thing in my power to avoid those situations.”
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