{"id":367973,"date":"2026-07-18T00:48:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=367973"},"modified":"2026-07-18T00:48:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:18:37","slug":"will-ospreay-elaborates-on-decision-to-leave-njpw-for-aew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/will-ospreay-elaborates-on-decision-to-leave-njpw-for-aew\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Ospreay Elaborates On Decision To Leave NJPW For AEW"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Will Ospreay is gearing up for the most important match of his profession when he faces Kenny Omega at ALL IN. Throughout the Owen Hart Foundation Cup tournament, he talked about his dream of headlining at Wembley. One other dream of his was to be a contracted wrestler in NJPW. That desire led to him turning down a chance to compete in WWE’s CWC tournament in 2016. After 8 years along with his dream company, “The Aerial Assassain” decided it was time to go away.<\/p>\n

During an interview on “Marking Out with MVP & Dwayne Swayze”<\/a>, Ospreay spoke about what led him to exit the promotion. In 2023, he wasn’t glad with some things within the office. He also began dating Alex Windsor and have become a dad to her son. “It was just one in all those things where I desired to be present and I desired to be there more. So I knew I needed to go to the subsequent stage of my profession, but I didn’t wish to cut my ties with Japan. That is why AEW was amazing.” He informed Gedo that he was leaving and Gedo didn’t want him to go. He told Gedo he wanted his final match to be in a cage along with his best mates in United\u00a0Empire.<\/p>\n

“Gabe got excited and commenced throwing weapons left, right, and center and he just grabs this table and throws it Sabu-style.” He said the table turned and hit HENARE in the pinnacle. They’d a spot coming up, so Ospreay crawled over and HENARE told him that his eyes kept closing and he couldn’t keep them open. He had an enormous gash and Ospreay needed to call for the trainer. With HENARE out of the match, Ospreay had to inform the opposite guys that spots had to alter while within the cage. HENARE eventually got here back and so they finished the match. Afterward, HENARE went to the hospital after which joined them for dinner.<\/p>\n

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