Following his AEW debut, many people, including those in WWE, believe Triple H missed out by not signing Will Ospreay.
Interest
The top star had interest from plenty of promotions bidding for his services, including WWE, AEW, and TNA. He opted to sign with AEW. An announcement was made official at Full Gear in November, with him starting full-time at AEW Revolution.
In his debut match, he went over Kyle Fletcher and will now meet Bryan Danielson at Dynasty next month.
Impact
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer recapped Ospreay’s promo on Wednesday’s Dynamite, noting he heard from people who felt Triple H didn’t consider Ospreay a promo guy, but rather a really good wrestler. Ospreay has been knocked in the past for cursing a lot in his promos.
“He started just a couple of weeks ago, ten days ago, actually, right? 11 days ago, whatever it is, ten days ago. And he’s like getting this kind of reaction. And yeah, I know people in WWE when this was going down, it was becoming very clear that he was going to AEW and not WWE. They [WWE] offered a lot less money. And I know people that were going like ‘He [Triple H]didn’t realize, they [WWE] didn’t realize. They knew, but he just didn’t realize. He just thought he’s just one of these great workers,’ but this guy has a chance to be, we’ll see. As far as the complete package. There’s very few people, you know, as far as the complete total package,” Meltzer stated.
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