Will Ospreay Looks Back on Career Milestones After Triumphant AEW Forbidden Door Win

Will Ospreay delivered a standout performance at AEW Forbidden Door, earning himself a major title shot.

Over his three‑year tenure in AEW, Will Ospreay has become one of the promotion’s most beloved performers, winning fans over with his high‑flying moves and charismatic presence.

Although he has held the IWGP World Championship in New Japan Pro‑Wrestling and the International Championship in AEW, the AEW World Title remains the only major prize elusive to him.

In the San Jose main event of AEW Forbidden Door, Ospreay defeated Swerve Strickland in a hard‑fought, bloody contest to capture the Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, securing a future AEW World Title match at All In London, England.

Regardless of whether Maxwell Jacob Friedman or another wrestler holds the AEW World Championship, fans are eager to watch Ospreay capture the belt on home soil in England.

During the post‑show discussion following AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, Will Ospreay looked back on his career and highlighted several pivotal moments.

 ”Like, this is the biggest thing that I’ve ever done in my wrestling career, like, by far, right? So I definitely think the time, not the first time I won the Super Juniors, ’cause I think that Ricochet match did, like, help open the doorway to see who Will Ospreay was. But I think the second time I won it when I wrestled Shingo [Takagi] at Ryogoku, I think people started to see me as one of those guys.

I generally think in 2019, which is when AEW was released, I really felt like I was the best wrestler in the world, ’cause I was operating on all cylinders. There was no one in the company that did the New Japan Cup, the Best of Super Juniors, the G1, the Junior Tag League, and Super J-Cup in one calendar year. I did. I have no idea how many matches I wrestled that year. But I feel like that’s the first step of me becoming that guy.”

“I’m One Of These Guys Now” – Will Ospreay

Will Ospreay went on to discuss what it felt like to wrestle some of the top guys in AEW like Bryan Danielson, Kenny Omega, and others, and how it made him realize he belonged with them.

“I think the second step, honestly, was when I was standing in the ring with Bryan Danielson. And I had a genuine moment of like, you know when you see, like you would see AJ [Styles] leave, and then you would see Kenny [Omega] show up, and you would always see, like, these moments where Kenny and [Bryan] Danielson would stand in the ring and everyone was losing their mind, like before they even did anything.

Having that moment with Danielson, it made me feel like from, from wrestling in my garden to now, like there’s a point where I was like, ‘Oh s**t, like I’m one of these guys now. I’m one of the front-runners. I’m one of the leaders. I’m one of the guys for the next generation to look at and to inspire towards.’

Like, I take that responsibility so much. So it’s such a huge weight to put on me, but I think I’m comfortable in those situations, being able to carry it out. I like my personality. I, I think I’m a cheeky chappy. I work hard. I make sure that everyone f***ing is around me is okay. But I think this is the moment right now, like this third step, is winning the Owen [Hart Foundation].”

Concerning the AEW World Championship, MJF is set to defend the title this Wednesday, July 1, on Dynamite versus Mark Briscoe, who earned the opportunity by winning the six‑on‑six steel cage match at Forbidden Door and is seeking the bout on the same show.

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