Will Ospreay got fans talking earlier this month while doing a promo on AEW Dynamite in response to Triple H. Now, the top star is done addressing it.
In the promo, Ospreay talked about the rumors going around about him being afraid of “the grind.” While he wouldn’t usually comment on it, he decided to do so as the man who said he got to where he is by “grinding on the boss’ daughter.” This was after Triple H talked last week in an interview about how certain wrestlers don’t want to take on the grind of working in WWE, and if that’s the case, he doesn’t want them, leading to some fans thinking this was about Ospreay.
As previously reported, Ospreay was pitched the idea for the promo and was enthusiastic about doing it. For more on that, click here.
While speaking at the AEW Dynasty post-show media scrum, Ospreay was asked whether his match with Bryan Danielson silenced that criticism.
“Yes, of course. I don’t want to address it anymore. I can remember a generation of when I grew up where like, you throw a jab, I throw one back. Although I wasn’t mentioned by name, it was clearly about me. So, all due respect, I’m kind of done mentioning anyone over there now. I don’t want to do that anymore because I feel I lowered myself to that standard. I don’t need to do that anymore. Look what I just did in the ring with Bryan. That’s only match two from pay-per-view. I’ve got a fuckload more to go down. So, with all due respect, if you take everything into consideration, of course, I’m annoyed about a jab that I took. I threw one back. I don’t think it was anything bad. It’s a joke from 20 years ago, for fuck sake. Don’t be too butthurt. That’s the first time I’ve ever experienced true tribalism between the two. It’s not nice. It’s unnecessary. I’m over it. I can’t be bothered with it. I just want to be focused on promoting AEW. I don’t regret what I said. I’m not saying that now. You take the entire thing into consideration, it did piss me off, but from this day on, I won’t go down that road. I don’t need to. I’m the best wrestler in the world. I don’t need to fuck with guys below me.”
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