10 Wrestlers You Didn’t Know Have Bad Reputations
2. Will Ospreay
David Finlay once tweeted, in the direction of Flip Gordon, “You’re the dumbest person I know and I know Ospreay.”
Will Ospreay, who once asked on Facebook whether I Can’t Believe It’s Not Better is butter or not, might be a touch more savvy than his reputation suggests. You might have noticed, on AEW television and in recent media interviews, that Ospreay talks a lot about maturing in recent years. He could be genuinely contrite - he doesn’t seem sharp enough to mount a calculated public relations campaign - or…
Ospreay publicly shamed Sadie Gibbs for departing a tour of STARDOM through bereavement. He agreed to return to PROGRESS Wrestling in 2023 in order to team with Paul Robinson - who was accused, during the 2020 #SpeakingOut movement, of kissing a 16 year-old girl. Robinson in a statement admitted he and the girl, Jess, “got close”. Ospreay at a minimum was a gatekeeper with significant influence over the machinations of a rotten BritWres scene.
The extent to which (if any) Ospreay was responsible for the blackballing of Pollyanna - who accused his old Swords of Essex partner Scott Wainwright of sexual assault - is a murky and ugly situation, the definitive truth of which will likely never be uncovered.