Fightful Select reports that Will Ospreay is scheduled to be backstage at tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Orlando. While he is not currently planned to appear on the broadcast itself, his presence is reportedly for a significant reason: he is due to start getting checked out by AEW medical staff for a potential return.
This development is described as “very early in the process,” but it signals good news for those who expected him to be out for a full year. Ospreay has been sidelined since late 2025 due to a serious neck injury that required surgery.
Although there is no specific timetable for his official in-ring return, AEW officials have reportedly hoped that he could be factored into creative plans by this spring. Fightful noted that around the time of Ospreay’s recent appearance at Wrestle Kingdom 20 in Tokyo, the belief was that he wouldn’t be sidelined as long as many severe neck injuries typically require.
Ospreay recently made a surprise appearance at NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 20 on January 4, 2026, and was involved in an angle at New Year Dash the following day, teasing a future return to action. Tonight’s medical checkup could be the first major step toward seeing “The Aerial Assassin” back in an AEW ring sooner rather than later.
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