Will Ospreay, current New Japan Pro-Wrestling star and former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, sat down with SEScoops this week and openly called out three of All Elite Wrestling’s biggest stars — AEW World Champion Kenny Omega, Bryan Danielson and CM Punk. Ospreay openly called out Punk to a match back when he won New Japan’s top prize earlier this year (this was still before Punk made his comeback to wrestling) and recently traded barbs with Omega on social media. But this time the leader of The United Empire faction went so far as to claim he’d “embarrass” all three.
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“I would still love that match with CM Punk,” Ospreay said. “He’s the one that called me out. He said, ‘I want to wrestle Will Ospreay.’ So with that, Bryan Danielson, he said ‘I want to wrestle Will Ospreay’ and I get it. Kenny Omega wants to wrestle Will Ospreay. Take a ticket and I’ll get to you when I get to you guys. They called me out. Sammy Guevara, he’s another one that called me out. There’s a list that goes on and on and on. They all call me out and there’s a reason why. Because when Big Match Billy is in town, their stock goes up. Everyone that wrestles me — and you can’t deny it — every single person that wrestles me ups their game because they know they’re going to be in the ring with one of the best wrestlers in the world right now. So, I completely understand it.”
“If you guys really want it that bad, you know what to do. You just gotta call my number and I’ll show up. I’ll show up. But 9 times out of 10, these guys don’t want me to show up. Because A, I’ll embarrass them. I’ll embarrass them,” he continued. “Guys like Bryan Danielson made a living being one of the best wrestlers in the world. But if I showed up, he would not last in the ring with me. Kenny Omega was THE guy in New Japan Pro Wrestling. He left. I took over. Nobody could compete with me in 2019. If I got in the ring with him, I’d embarrass him.”
Ospreay also addressed Punk’s title as “Best in the World” — “Is he though? He says he’s the best wrestler in the world. When was he saying that, 2011? Was he the best in the world, or was he the best of the bad bunch? Maybe you were the best at that time. Are you the best now? No. You’re nowhere near Will Ospreay’s level. So step up, brother. I’m ready for you.”
Do you think Ospreay will make the jump to AEW to take on these three? Or will they all travel to Japan to face him? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments!
