AEW star Will Ospreay recently discussed various topics with KRON 4’s The Finish, including his dream opponents from any era.
Ospreay said, “AJ Styles was a huge influence in in my career, so I couldn’t leave him off the list. Hayabusa was a Japanese wrestler that I took a lot of inspiration from, And I’ll throw in Amazing Red, who’s a New York wrestler like developed that style in TNA. That whole New York crew back then was incredible. I was a big TNA X-Division guy… those guys really opened up gateways to my brain that I didn’t realize I had and inspired this crazy little move set that I’ve got.”
On his top four wrestling factions of all time:
“I think you have to say Bullet Club, just for the influence that they’ve had. I’m very much — like, I’m not a big like marketing guy. So, I’m not going to say the nWo, I’m not going to say D-X because I just — that’s the easy ones to pick. But I love the Bullet Club. United Empire was my faction that I made in Japan, and we [did] great merchandise numbers. And like, in a time period that New Japan needed it, we were very, very much like a good piece of fresh air for them. Fortune. I love Fortune. Like AJ, Kazarian… And I will say this one as well. Main Event Mafia. That was — I love [the] Main Event Mafia, man. Like I thought that was such a sick little time period in wrestling. They’re my guys. But Bullet Club, you can’t argue with like the influence that they’ve had in wrestling, man.”
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(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)
