Will Ospreay is heading into the largest match of his life on August 30 when he challenges Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship within the important event of AEW All In London at Wembley Stadium. It can mark the third time AEW has held an event at the largest football stadium in England since 2023, something that sounded inconceivable to many wrestling fans not that way back. Nonetheless, Ospreay is hoping each he and AEW can get some jaded fans back into the business.
During a recent interview with Shortlist, Ospreay was asked concerning the casual wrestling audience, and even those that have not watched for the reason that famed WWE Attitude Era who aren’t as in tune with things lately, and what he would say in an effort to get them to purchase a ticket to All In London. In the best possible terms, Ospreay explained that wrestling is for everybody lately, and that it has evolved a lot for the reason that late Nineties.
“For those who’ve not watched for the reason that Attitude Era days, we have now far surpassed those days with just how our athleticism and our in-ring motion take front and centre highlight. It is so vital now to present wrestling in a sports environment, for myself anyway, to point out those who there are other ways of telling different stories in wrestling. There are such a lot of people now from every walk of life that get to return through as a fan and have fun all together. It reaches out to different cultures, different races, different religions. It’s something that bonds us all, and the proven fact that it’s all going to culminate in Wembley Stadium is such a momentous thing.”
On the time of writing, over 35,000 tickets have been sold for this 12 months’s All In event with one month to go until bell time, and AEW is hoping to top the 53,000 tickets sold for the previous Wembley event, All In London 2024.
Will Ospreay Knows Wrestling Is not For Everyone
Between AEW running Wembley Stadium for a 3rd time, WWE running stadium shows for all of its “Big 4” Premium Live Events, and CMLL selling out the enduring Arena Mexico on a weekly basis, it could possibly feel like wrestling is in a superb place immediately. Nonetheless, skilled wrestling remains to be somewhat of a distinct segment interest within the eyes of the casual viewer, and when talking about introducing recent fans to AEW, Ospreay understands that wrestling is not for everybody. With that said, the one way he can sell All In London to someone who is not aware of wrestling is just by telling his story.
“For those who’re not interested, I am unable to persuade you otherwise. The one thing that I can let you know is that this is something that I’ve desired to do since I used to be a 14-year-old boy, and I could never imagine that this was the dream in front of me. I could not let you know that this was it, since it was never done before. There was wrestling once upon a time in Wembley Stadium. It was in 1992, after which that was it. AEW has come along and has rewritten the book of what skilled wrestling is, and if you would like to give it a likelihood, and even just give me a likelihood, I believe I’d give you the chance to alter your mind.”
So far as Ospreay getting a likelihood to alter someone’s mind on him, AEW, or wrestling as a medium entirely, he was asked what match he would show someone in an effort to get his message across. His answer was a match he has previously called one in every of the proudest moments of his entire profession. “That matchup at Dynasty [against Bryan Danielson in 2024] was something where I felt like I finally became the guy that I desired to change into, and to be in there with a legend that’s Bryan, I believe it is an ideal mix between the technical ground form of skilled wrestling and the high-paced hybrid style that I used to be in a position to bring into wrestling.”
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