AEW star Will Ospreay talks to GameSpot about his wrestling evolution.
The outfit was complete with a top hat and hidden blade on display.
For Ospreay, it was a lifelong dream come true.
“I mean Farbod worked it all out.
“I have him to thank for that.
He helped me literally live out a dream.
“That’s always been like my thing, right?
I really connected with Assassin’s Creed.
I don’t know why.
So, I wanted to be the ‘Aerial Assassin.’
Ospreay’s own history with the franchise starts somewhere in between.
“I first played it when I was 18.
It was Brotherhood and then Revelations, so that’s where I connected with it,” he recalled.
After he finished those, he then went backward to play the games in chronological order.
I get so excited.
Mainly for the trailers.
I feel like those cinematic trailers hooked me as well.
Every trailer they had done had this movie feel to it.
Every single [Assassin’s Creed] game I’ve owned I’ve never been disappointed with.”
“I didn’t know this was a possibility for me,” he laughed.
“I didn’t realize there were avenues of collaboration with gaming and wrestling.
You’d see people dress up like movie characters or video game characters, or just cosplay.
I’ve done that before but in terms of official collaboration, I had never heard of that before.
So this was like a genuine treat, man.”
“I could tell you guys stories about the first tour I was in Japan.
One time my [debit] card for some strange reason just deactivated.
If I wanted to be the best, I had to beat the best.”
“This is for me to show Okada the man I have become.
I just have to find out if all of this was worth it.”
He’s not the same man he was back on that first trip to Japan, though.
“I’m grizzled, I understand who I am as a man,” he said.
“My aerial ability is still there, but it’s mixed with strong style.
I feel like I’m ready to be the main guy.”
According to Ospreay, though, AEW wasn’t always a guarantee.
He said there was an offer from WWE on the table.
Ultimately, AEW had a better offer and Ospreay trusts Tony Khan.
He said Khan respects him and gives him the time he wants for his matches.
“What more could you want from a boss?”
Main eventing Wembley Stadium as part of AEW’s All Out in 2024.
Of course, there are always more ways to challenge himself.
I want to progress from that.
I want to see what other bucket [list items] I can tick.
I want to go for championships.
I want to go for world titles.
I want to see what I can actually do because I’ve never been put in these situations.
New Japan is a sports-based wrestling product, it isn’t really known for its on-screen personalities.
So this is all new for me and I just want to test myself.
An official start date for Ospreay working with AEW full-time is not currently known.
Image credit: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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