10 Most Explosive Wrestlers Of All Time

3. Will Ospreay

AEW PAC
NJPW

Will Ospreay is a supernatural pro wrestling talent that has this year mastered the relatable, mortal component of his game to become as superb psychologically as he is a prodigy athletically.

Ospreay's talent is such that he can explode out of any situation, which doubles as crowd-pleasing athletic flex and a dramatic means of getting himself over as a supreme defensive wrestler. His ability to contort and manoeuvre his body is just incredible. At this year's G1 Supercard in Madison Square Garden - one of his less acclaimed 2019 efforts, and it was still outstanding - he took an immediate, outrageous bump to put over Cobb's immense strength. Locating to the centimetre an area underneath the bottom turnbuckle that wouldn't damage his neck, Ospreay used his explosiveness and precision to get the dynamic of his match over within seconds of the bell ringing.

Ospreay is famed for his opening dance sequence, in which he and his opponent exchange a series of near-miss strikes at a ridiculous speed. The explosive agility required to move across all reaches of the ring with intensifying speed is a mesmeric sight that never grows old, and now, the so-called flash-in-the-pan of 2016 is becoming timeless in his brilliance.

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