Eric Bischoff has high praise for the match between Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay from AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door.
At AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, Will Ospreay challenged Kenny Omega for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. The rematch from NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 delivered a brutal, thrilling contest, and Ospreay emerged victorious.
Speaking on 83 Weeks, Bischoff was asked to share his thoughts on the bout. He praised the match and stated that he was blown away. The WWE Hall of Famer compared Ospreay to a tougher Shawn Michaels and called his in-ring skills otherworldly. He also noted that he didn't know if he had seen anytthing better in match.
“I did see it. I will also admit that I have not seen much it Will Ospreay’s work, or Omega’s, for that matter. I was blown away. I hate to make comparisons because everybody’s unique and different in their own way, but Ospreay reminds me of a tougher Shawn Michaels. He’s got the look. His in-ring capabilities are just otherworldly at this point. It was like the new school, the very athletic, physical, dynamic, incredibly difficult and high-risk type of offense, it had all of that, but it also had Nick Bockwinkel, Verne Gagne-esque psychology. So the story was there, the psychology was there, the dynamic presentation, the athleticism, the things that people clearly dig nowadays, that was there in spades. There was more than enough of that for anybody who loves that style and that presentation, but it still had great psychology, and the pacing and the story, it was so good. I don’t know that I’ve seen anything better, in terms of a match. They don’t have a Rock-like popularity with the audience. That audience, they did. That’s why I don’t like comparing. But in terms of the story and the action and the believability, all the things that make me excited to watch a wrestling match, I got overdosed on it, and I was there for it. It was awesome," Bischoff said.
Ospreay later stated that beating Omega was the most rewarding task of his life. Click here to see what he had to say.
In a post-match interview, Ospreay teased a rematch with Omega. More information is available here.
At the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door post-show media scrum, Ospreay stated that he will probably wrap up doing the independent scene this year. Check out his comments here.
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