Will Ospreay comments on advice he's been given by Chris Jericho.
At AEW All In 2023, Will Ospreay and Chris Jericho clashed at AEW's biggest event to date in singles competition, with Ospreay eventually coming away with the victory over the pro wrestling legend.
While speaking to Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Ospreay was asked about advice he's received from Chris Jericho in the past, mentioning one such time in 2018 where Jericho offered him advice after a dangerous bump.
"Yeah, he called me up. I had done something stupid. I fucked my neck up back in 2018, I’ve never been the same since then. It was against Marty [Scurll]. We did the Spanish Fly and my fucking head hit the apron, but my neck contorted unerneath me and I felt everything. The shock go down my arm. It was horrendous. I’ve never been the same since. A month after, me and KUSHIDA were wrestling and we had done a DDT off the apron to the floor. I was fine, I was absolutely fine. I controlled my body on the landing, but it looked horrendous. Jericho got on the phone with me and said, ‘Hey, look, please don’t die. You have to look after yourself. Pick your bumps. You don’t need to be doing that type of stuff all the time.’ That hit. I was like, ‘I appreciate it.’ Especially at that time, Jericho only would pop over to New Japan every now and again. The fact that he took his time out to be like, ‘Rocky gave me your number, I want to have a chat. Let’s talk.’ He genuinely gives a fuck. Every time I’ve been around Chris, he’s always given me great advice. Even being here, there are promo things that I will do and he’s like, ‘Who told you to do that?’ ‘This person told me.’ ‘Don’t do that because of this reason.’ When he explains it to me, I’m like, ‘Ah, of course.’ He’s been a reall good hand to have backstage. Anytime I go, ‘What do you think of this?’ He’s great in his honesty."
Ospreay is currently scheduled to face off with his former friend turned foe Kyle Fletcher at AEW Revolution on March 9th.
Elsewhere in the same interview, Ospreay joked about having beef with CM Punk. You can read more about that here.
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