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Will Ospreay recently sat down with Kenny McIntosh from Inside The Ropes and discussed his rivalry with MJF and why the American Champion can’t help but try to prove the doubters wrong.
Exclusive: Will Ospreay Respects “Incredible Worker” MJF But Believes Validation May Be His Downfall
Will Ospreay discussed his recent rivalry with MJF and the fact that they are polar opposites in personality has enhanced their feud over the International/American Championship. While Ospreay remains confident in his abilities as a professional wrestler, he did admit that MJF may be struggling with his own place in the wrestling world and that he is constantly seeking to prove the doubters wrong, which may ultimately lead him down a slippery slope:
“I think so. My main thing is I know who I am, but I still feel like he’s struggling to know who he is. I know he’s got all the accolades under the sun but it feels like he’s constantly trying to prove doubters wrong. The moment you do that you almost become like a cat with a piece of string. I could pull this piece of string forever and that cat is gonna keep chasing it, we’re just going to constantly move the goalposts.
So with that in mind, like you said, he’s a generational talent, the guy’s incredible on the microphone and showed it to everyone. He’s an incredible worker. But the main thing about it is that he’s without a doubt one of the best wrestlers in the world. But if anyone’s gonna look at that match and think that it’s a foregone conclusion that MJF is better than Will Ospreay, well at the 59-minute mark I feel like he realised that he wasn’t exactly on my level, so he needed to do something cheap to secure the win.
So look, Max is one of the greatest and nothing but respect, in a weird way. But I think he’s constantly searching to try and prove doubters wrong, and that’s a slippery slope.”
