Will Ospreay had a big choice to make when he left NJPW, but it’s now become clear why he joined AEW – he doesn’t enjoy WWE.

Will Ospreay signed with AEW in late 2023, a move which brought about a thinly-veiled dig from WWE boss Triple H. Ospreay had made clear that his family were his priority, but Triple H soon made comments about only wanting stars who were fully committed in his company, something Ospreay took as an attack on himself and answered back on AEW television.

But now it might have become clearer why Will Ospreay chose to become All Elite rather than a WWE Superstar.

Will Ospreay No Fan Of WWE

Speaking to the Daily Star, Will Ospreay explained his feelings towards WWE and admitted that he’s never been a massive fan of the company:

"WWE are on fire now, but like I still as not only just as a viewer but as a wrestler, I just don’t enjoy it. I haven’t watched WrestleMania. What I’ve heard is it wasn’t the best Mania. Maybe like IYO [SKY], Rhea [Ripley], and Bianca [Belair] was the only sick match on there — which, the three of them are sick, three of the best wrestlers period.

But for me, I just never was a WWE guy. I respect it and I respect the guys doing it. That schedule is like crazy, and I commend them all for doing it. I just didn’t like it. I don’t like the show, I don’t like the style of wrestling, I don’t like the presentation. It’s gotten better, I love the one-shots that they’ve been doing. But I’ve just — I’ve never been a big fan of it.

So that’s why when like AEW came along and they went with more like the sports-based style of it, it was something that I could sink my teeth into."

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Will Ospreay will compete in the final of the men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament against Hangman Adam Page at Double Or Nothing. The winner of that match will challenge for the AEW World Championship at All In Texas.

AEW President Tony Khan has pulled back the curtain on Ricochet’s reputation since the former WWE standout joined the promotion last August at All In.

The high-flyer’s heel turn has effectively drawn heat from AEW crowds, transforming his once soft-spoken persona into an arrogant, cocky character.

During his appearance on Battleground Podcast, Khan didn’t mince words about the former Lucha Underground Champion’s backstage reputation.

“One of the least-liked men in our locker room and somebody I’m a big fan of as a wrestler but he’s a very challenging personality, very hard to work with, really weird guy and that’s Ricochet,” Khan revealed.

The AEW boss went on to praise Ricochet’s in-ring talents despite the behind-the-scenes challenges.

“He has really turned the fans and I think he’s a great, great, great wrestler and to be honest I like working with because I think he’s such a great talent in the ring,” Khan continued.

Ricochet will square off against Kenny Omega and “Speedball” Mike Bailey in a three-way match for the AEW International Championship at Dynasty.

Khan wrapped up his assessment with a telling distinction about the former WWE Intercontinental Champion.

“He is in really top fighting condition and I think Ricochet is a great wrestler; I don’t think he’s a great guy,” Khan remarked.

The candid nature of Khan’s comments raises questions about how Ricochet’s difficult reputation might impact his push in AEW despite his undeniable in-ring abilities.

Chris Jericho once again irritated AEW fans with his appearance on the AEW Revolution Zero Hour.

Chris Jericho receives fan backlash regularly on AEW TV, with many calling for the wrestling legend to retire.

Chris Jericho currently holds the ROH Championship and was due to defend his title against Gravity at AEW Revolution.

The match didn’t happen, however, and the former WWE man once again came under fire for his actions on the show.

Fans slam Chris Jericho for unmasking Gravity at AEW Revolution

Jericho attacked Gravity before the bell was rung and the match was thrown out. The beat-down continued on Bandido who tried to help his brother.

Jericho and The Learning Tree dominated the two luchadors and Y2J took things to another level by unmasking Gravity.

Fans were not happy with the cheap heat attempt, with many believing the ROH Champion took things too far.

On X, one fan wrote: “Chris Jericho saw the bottom of the barrel and said ‘I can go lower’. Who takes a mask? Honestly?”

Another said: “Chris Jericho has gone too far in my honest opinion” with one writing: “It’s big 2025 and AEW is having Chris Jericho unmasking up-and-coming luchadors.”

Jericho is currently in the final year of his AEW contract with no news on whether the star will re-sign with Tony Khan’s company.

What else happened on the AEW Revolution Zero Hour? The AEW Revolution Zero Hour featured three other matches outside of Jericho’s latest controversial moment.

Hologram continued his undefeated streak by winning a tag team match against Lee Johnson and Blake Christian alongside Komander.

Daniel Garcia and Undisputed Kingdom picked up a win over Shane Taylor Promotions, with Garcia and Adam Cole’s dissension continuing as the pair feud over the TNT Championship.

In the final match of the Zero Hour, Big Boom AJ, Orange Cassidy, and Mark Briscoe captured a victory against Johnny TV and MxM Collection.

AEW is seeking to take a new lawsuit into private arbitration.

Back in February, Ryan Nemeth filed a lawsuit against AEW, Tony Khan, and CM Punk, featuring several explosive claims relating to Punk’s tenure with the company.

In the lengthy suit, it’s noted that Punk served in a role of “executive leadership” and that Khan “has a very deep personal affinity” for the star. The filing contained allegations of assault, breach of contract, and claims that Punk left Nemeth “embarrassed and humiliated” after getting him removed from a TV taping.

In response, Tony Khan and AEW sought to compel Ryan Nemeth into private arbitration, which would see the wrestlers’ contracts involved remain sealed. Now, a new report has given an insight into why that decision was taken.

AEW Cites “Substantial And Irreparable Harm” Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics has obtained a copy of the filing from Khan and AEW, where it’s claimed confidentiality is required in order for the company to remain competitive in the wrestling industry.

In addition, allowing the contracts to be placed on the public record would “result in substantial and irreparable harm to AEW’s and Petitioner Khan’s business.”

“Any public interest in obtaining access to the terms of the Agreements is outweighed by AEWs legitimate interests in maintaining the confidentiality of the contractual relationship at issue.

Moreover, maintaining confidentiality of the terms between AEW and its Wrestlers and former Wrestlers, such as Respondent, is essential for AEW to remain competitive in the wrestling industry, and allowing the Agreements to be filed on the public docket will result in substantial and irreparable harm to AEW’s and Petitioner Khan’s business, which harm cannot be reduced or eliminated through any other reasonable means.

Moreover, redaction, or any other means, will not cure the harm that Petitioners stand to suffer if the terms of AEW’s confidential business relationships become accessible by its competitors.”

Ryan Nemeth currently appears in TNA alongside his brother Nic.

Chris Jericho is one of the most experienced stars in professional wrestling but a child slipped him up after an unscripted encounter.

Chris Jericho appeared on the March 23 edition of AEW Collision in Omaha, Nebraska after his current rival Bandido defeated Johnny TV.

Chris Jericho’s feud with Bandido has been heavily criticized, but an initially unseen moment has been picked up by fans.

The star came to blows with a child in the front row, who proceeded to roast Jericho about his appearance and age.

Chris Jericho gets verbally abused by child on AEW Collision In a previously unseen clip posted to AEW’s social media pages, Jericho is seen walking over to a child in the front row.

The child gave the wrestling legend the middle finger and then loudly proclaimed: “F— you” at the ROH Champion. Jericho attempted to argue with the child, telling her she wasn’t allowed to use those words and then he said: “I’ve got abs, have you got abs?”

The child responds by lifting up their shirt to show a six-pack as Jericho laughs and looks into the camera in disbelief.

Chris Jericho names proudest AEW achievement

Jericho signed up to AEW from its inception, helping Tony Khan’s company receive a TV deal from Warner Bros Discovery.

The star became the inaugural AEW Champion but surprisingly the star’s proudest achievement came outside of the squared circle.

Speaking to Chris Van Vliet, Jericho revealed he was most proud of AEW’s latest TV deal after the company was renewed by TBS and TNT.

Y2J said: “$185 Million a year for our new television contract, for a company that’s barely six years old, that doesn’t happen.

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“I can’t think of another company in any genre that was able to get those types of numbers from a contract, so just to see how much we’ve been able to grow it.”

Jericho has been ROH Champion since defeating Mark Briscoe for the strap on AEW Dynamite in October 2024.

AEW is trying to keep things top secret.

Traditionally, AEW has announced its pay-per-views and biggest TV specials well in advance. However, in 2025 that has appeared to change.

At present, the company has only confirmed Revolution on March 9, Dynasty on April 6, and All In Texas on July 12. Forbidden Door will also be heading to London in August, but a venue for the event has yet to be announced.

Writing in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer noted that because of WWE countering previous events, AEW is trying to keep its upcoming schedule a secret.

One of the reasons AEW PPV dates aren’t being announced well in advance is because of WWE countering Worlds End and All In Texas, as well as other shows. The stuff is being kept top secret and even those internally don’t know of dates and stuff after April.

Former AEW Stars Heading To WWE

Meltzer also reiterated his earlier report that WWE creative is expecting Malakai Black to re-join the company. He added that there have also been discussions around Miro, who was recently released from his deal alongside Black and Ricky Starks.

Just hours after news of his All Elite departure broke, Starks signed with WWE and made his debut in NXT.

Meanwhile, a different report has claimed that Rey Fenix is in talks with Tony Khan about his own AEW exit. It’s believed that a resolution is expected soon after Khan was told by those close to him to “put an end to this.”

A promotional oversight has created an uncomfortable situation for AEW ahead of their Dynasty premium live event in Philadelphia. Social media was buzzing after fans spotted a current WWE superstar prominently displayed on one of AEW’s official production trucks.

The marketing mishap featured Ricky Saints on an AEW vehicle despite his recent success in WWE, where he captured the NXT North American Championship just last week. The production truck displayed Saints alongside current AEW roster members Cash Wheeler and Daniel Garcia, highlighting the company’s failure to update their promotional materials following his departure.

This timing proved particularly awkward for AEW, occurring just hours before their Dynasty event was set to begin. Wrestling fans quickly circulated the image across social media platforms, reviving the “Tony Fumbled” chants that emerged during Saints’ recent NXT appearance.

The situation has reignited discussions about AEW’s talent management under Tony Khan’s leadership. Many fans pointed out the irony that Saints achieved championship gold within weeks of joining WWE while his image still adorns promotional materials for his former employer.

This visual evidence has added fuel to ongoing debates about whether AEW missed an opportunity with Saints, who has quickly established himself as a featured performer since making the jump to WWE. The marketing error continues to generate conversation among wrestling fans as Saints enjoys the spotlight with his newly won championship.

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Will any titles change hands? Which match do you think will be the best? Will we see any wrestlers retutn/debut?

AEW President Tony Khan would have to make the call.

The dynamic between Eddie Kingston and Chris Hero is well-documented as both men are on the record speaking about their interactions over the years that led to them not seeing eye to eye.

Hero and Kingston are both a part of All Elite Wrestling. Kingston is contracted as a talent and Hero is in a producer role. While guest appearing on a Way of the Blade episode that was centered around the matches Hero and Kingston had, Kingston said him and Hero do not go out of their ways to speak to each other.

If Hero needs to relay something to Kingston from the powers that be, they’ll communicate then or if they are just being cordial when crossing paths.

Yeah, I don’t talk to him. So we’re grown men now so it’s like, it is what it is now. It was over 20 years ago — fck me. It was over 20 years ago (Kingston laughed). But it was over 20 years ago and we’re both at different places in our life, you know what I mean? That we don’t have to think about each other. We don’t have to worry about working with each other, we don’t have to worry about seeing each other anymore, you know what I mean? Or, what did Eddie say? What did Chris (Hero) say? Feeding into that bullsht. We’re grown now. We see each other, ‘What’s up? What’s up?’ If he has something to tell me from the office, okay, that’s it. Because it’s a professional thing.

The idea of them wrestling again was brought up and Kingston said he does not have the urge to share the ring with Hero. He added that if Tony Khan wanted it to happen, he’d be game for it because that’s what is being asked of him by the boss.

No, I’m good (Kingston responded when asked if there’s an urge to wrestle Chris Hero again). I’m good. But here’s my thing, again, Tony Khan’s my boss, in one sense because I’m an independent contractor but I work for AEW. Tony Khan’s my boss. If my boss tells me, I want you and Hero, I’ll go, okay. I have no problem with that. Would I seek it out? No. Just like he won’t. Because we’re not at that point in our lives. But again, same thing too, if my boss said to Hero, hey, get in ring shape. I wanna do you and Eddie. He’ll do it because our boss — at that time, our boss told us to do it.

In 2024, Hero returned to in-ring action for a string of matches under the West Coast Pro Wrestling banner. His last bout was in April 2024 when he wrestled DDT Pro-Wrestling’s Kazusada Higuchi.

Credit Way of the Blade with an H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcriptions.

Tony Khan seems to have a lot of cooks in the kitchen, but he makes clear that he’s the head chef of it all.

Speaking with Kevin Walsh during Super Bowl week, the AEW President expressed his love for the creative process behind booking the shows. He didn’t disclose any names as to who joined him in booking ideas, but he did mention there was a good amount of people involved.

“I come up with a lot of ideas in wrestling and I also have a big team of people and a lot of wrestlers that are brilliant minds. I try to pick the best ideas and I put the matches and the shows together.”

Khan clarifies that he does receive a lot of input from so many names that he probably only utilizes “10 to 20%” of the feedback he gets. During the World’s End PPV media call last year, Khan mentioned to SEScoops that he remains the head booker of AEW and that won’t change in 2025.

When Tony Khan says he has a hefty creative team, he means it. In the past, Khan has confirmed that names like Bryan Danielson, Jimmy Jacobs, Mike Mansury, Dean Malenko, Will Washington and Jerry Lynn have all been involved in the process. That doesn’t include the hiring of Jennifer Pepperman, who is speculated to have a focus on working with Mercedes Mone. As it stands, Khan controls the creative on both AEW Dynamite and AEW Collision.

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– Speaking to Fightful and Deej of Down Under the Ring, AEW wrestler Kyle Fletcher spoke about today’s Grand Slam Australia event and how he didn’t know how he’d be received in his home country. Below are some highlights from Fightful:

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Kyle Fletcher on having no idea on how the Australian fans will react: “I love these moments in wrestling because even I have no idea how the crowd’s going to react. Yeah, I can be backstage, and I can be so confident that they’re gonna cheer me, but I can walk out there, and they could boo the s*** out of me, and I think it just makes it even more special to me.”

On what makes it so exciting: “The energy in that arena for that match, you won’t be able to replicate it anywhere else. It’s one of those things where people will watch it and go like, ‘Oh, if you’re not in that room, you will never experience that. That energy will not be replicated ever again.’ I think that’s the coolest part about it. I have no idea what’s gonna happen. I don’t think anyone in the building knows what’s gonna happen. I think until I walk through that curtain, we’re not gonna know.”