Will Ospreay says Tony Khan paid for his entire neck surgery.
Speaking with Ariel Helwani on The Ariel Helwani Show ahead of Sunday’s All In: London main event, Ospreay confirmed that the AEW President covered the full cost of the neck surgery he underwent in September 2025. Ospreay said the bill was higher than the value of his house.
“I believe this house is like 420K, so it was more than that,” Ospreay said. “I saw that bill, and mate, I could not believe it. I’ve never seen anything like it before in my life.”
The payment was first revealed in AEW’s documentary series on Ospreay’s road to Wembley. Ospreay told Helwani he could have paid for the surgery himself.
“I could have afforded it. I easily could have. But the fact that Tony done that for me speaks volumes of how much he cares about the talent.”
The surgery
Ospreay said his symptoms began in 2024, starting with sensations in his hand that he initially attributed to chops and bumps. The symptoms progressed until routine moves would cause his arm to give out entirely — “it would just completely go into like a little T-Rex arm,” he said. He learned how serious the C2 issue was in a call from his doctor, received while taking his son to Epic Universe.
Doctors told him a proper recovery could have him back in six months. Ospreay said the first six weeks of inactivity were “hell,” and that the injury has left one lasting limitation: he struggles to bridge his neck backward, and he has retired the shooting star press because he has lost confidence in the move.
Ospreay also told Helwani that when AEW’s 2024 world title direction came down to him or Hangman Page, Khan chose Page. Ospreay said that decision worked out, because the neck would have forced him out of the title picture: “I probably would have had to vacate it the next day.”
Not the first time
Ospreay is not the first wrestler to say this about Khan. Multiple wrestlers have said over the years that Khan covered their medical bills and surgeries. Khan has also donated to numerous charities, including GoFundMe fundraisers for wrestlers who never worked for him.
Ospreay signed with AEW in 2024. He told Helwani that WWE made him an offer at the time that he called “really lovely,” but that it required relocating to the United States, which he declined to do. He lives in England and travels to the United States for AEW’s television schedule.
“We’ve got a lot of love and respect for one another, and I trust him,” Ospreay said of Khan.
Sunday at Wembley
Ospreay faces Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship in the main event of All In: London this Sunday at Wembley Stadium, eleven months after the surgery. Ospreay, who grew up in Essex, told Helwani his goal is to push the show past 50,000 tickets.
His gear for the match will pay homage to England’s 1966 World Cup squad, in red and white.
Ospreay said on the show that no British man has ever won a world championship on home soil, something he hopes to change Sunday. He also said the match is the largest main event crowd of his career, and that reaching the number took both men: “It took both of us to be able to reach that number.”
All In: London takes place Sunday, August 30 at Wembley Stadium, with the main card beginning at 1 PM ET / 6 PM UK time, available in the US on HBO Max, Prime Video, PPV.com, DAZN and traditional providers.
