A new report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter has provided an update on the timing of Will Ospreay’s upcoming neck surgery. According to Dave Meltzer, the AEW star is scheduled to have the procedure “in a few weeks.” The surgery will repair herniated discs in his neck, an injury that he has been working through for the past month. Ospreay is expected to miss a considerable amount of time while he recovers from the operation.
“The Aerial Assassin” was last seen on AEW TV during a post-match angle at the All In: Texas pay-per-view in July. Despite the serious nature of the injury, he was determined to compete in front of his home country crowd at the AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door pay-per-view in London, England.
In the lead-up to that event, he was candid about his physical condition.“I am compromised, I’ve got a few herniated discs pushing against my spinal cord, which is affecting a couple of my nerves,” Ospreay said in a recent interview. “But, I can do stuff and I can perform one last time before I need to go get it all corrected.”
His final match before his hiatus was in the main event of the Forbidden Door show on August 24. He was part of the winning ten-man team in a brutal Lights Out Steel Cage match. The storyline explanation for his upcoming absence came after the match, when Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli of the Death Riders attacked him.
The former two-time AEW International Champion has been one of the company’s top stars in 2025. His focus will now shift to his surgery and the subsequent rehabilitation process. The full report can be found in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
