Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland met face-to-face ahead of the Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament final at All Elite Wrestling's (AEW) Forbidden Door pay-per-view on June 28.The winner will earn an AEW World Championship shot at All In at Wembley Stadium.Ospreay has vowed to finally wrap the top AEW title around his waist.
Strickland is hoping to get the taste of gold once more as he’s been on as big of a hot streak as Ospreay.Strickland said he hadn’t been liking what he’s seeing from Ospreay, adding that Ospreay has changed.Ospreay said that something changed in Strickland.ZERO BS.
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(Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)"It’s the way you’re looking at me.Do we have a problem? Do we need to have a chat about something" Ospreay asked.Strickland recalled him and Ospreay fighting against The Death Riders and now Ospreay is loosely aligning himself with the faction to get back in shape.
He demanded an explanation about why Ospreay was surrounding himself with that team.Ospreay maintained he hasn’t forgiven or forgotten what The Death Riders did to him.Ospreay said people like Kenny Omega, The Opps and Darby Allin were trying to get him out of the cage as The Death Riders levied their assault on him but Strickland was hurt and nowhere to be found.Ospreay said he was going to help Adam Page get the AEW World Championship at All In: Texas before he was injured.
But he saw Strickland have Page’s back."Where were you and why didn’t you help me?" Ospreay asked Strickland.Before Strickland could answer, Ospreay slapped the mic out of his hand and said he didn’t need to hear what Strickland had to say.He pointed to the Forbidden Door sign and said that was bigger than any explanation that Strickland could offer.Referee Aubrey Edwards raises the hand of Swerve Strickland a...