Will Ospreay wants to wrestle Samoa Joe.
Will Ospreay is regularly in the conversation of "best active wrestler" and currently plies his trade at AEW. When Ospreay was growing up, he was a huge fan of TNA wrestling, particularly AJ Styles. During the formative years of TNA, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels, and others helped put TNA on the map.
As such, when asked during an appearance on the Battleground Podcast who his dream opponent might be in AEW, Ospreay singled out Samoa Joe and the influence Joe has had on his career.
"So, one of the ties I have with pro wrestling is that AJ Styles is a huge influence in my wrestling. I've loved his work ever since I remember watching him. There's someone in AEW that I've never actually crossed paths with but has such a tie to him, and I was thinking about it for so long. I was like, 'You know what, I'd love to wrestle him,' Samoa Joe. I've never wrestled Samoa Joe. It's been one of those things, yeah, bruv. I've never wrestled him, never crossed paths with him. I feel like that's someone that has such a tie to him and knows AJ so well. I think they're best buds. Just to be able to be — I want to feel that. I want to be tested. I want to be pushed to my limits. So that's something that I would love to do."
Samoa Joe is in high demand these days. Bryan Keith recently mentioned Joe as his dream opponent as well. Read those comments here.
Fans can read what Joe recently had to say about retirement here.
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