Aleister Black wanted a match with Will Ospreay during his time in AEW.
During his time in All Elite Wrestling, Aleister Black would meet with former friends and foes, kicking off with a feud with Cody Rhodes, and ending with feuds with the likes of Cope and matches with the likes of Adam Cole.
While speaking to Wrestling the Rap Game in an interview before his AEW exit, Black revealed that he pitched a bout with Ospreay in AEW.
"The Ospreay match is something that I actually pitched a couple of times. We had such good chemistry back then. We had some absolute barnburners and it’s also because I’m a bit of a calculus for him because I force him to do different things with his wrestling. When we did wrestle, I would work his leg, ‘Now you can’t fly. What are you going to do?’ I have a good relationship with Will. I remember sitting in his dad’s car and his dad was driving us from show A to show B, and I remember saying to him, ‘You’re going to be a big star. You’re going to be a really big star.’ At the time, the goal was Dragon Gate. I said to him, ‘That’s easy. That’s a matter of time.’ His road went the way it went, but now, he’s one of the biggest stars in professional wrestling."
Ospreay is currently in the finals of the Owen Hart Cup, where he will meet the winner of Kyle Fletcher vs Hangman Adam Page which takes place on tonight's AEW Dynamite.
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