Will Ospreay is set to challenge Kenny Omega for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II. Omega had beaten Ospreay for the title at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 in his first singles match in over a year, which also marked his return to New Japan after several years.
Speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer has now provided an update on the backstage plans for the feud going forward, revealing that their Forbidden Door II clash had been in the works well before Wrestle Kingdom took place, and that the forthcoming AEW All In 2023 pay-per-view event at Wembley Stadium in London, England may compel creative changes given Ospreay is himself from England. He said,
“To me, if I’m doing this, it’s Omega beats Ospreay in Canada and then Ospreay beats Omega in England. That’s how I would do it, but he [Tony Khan] might think that’s too many matches and just wants to do one of them and that one’s in Canada, which was always the plan. The plan was always for Forbidden Door to be Omega and Ospreay…long before the Tokyo Dome. It was Tokyo Dome and Forbidden Door that was always the plan. And then this one, before there was ever an All In at Wembley Stadium, but with All In at Wembley Stadium, obviously everything changes. It’s going to be an interesting, interesting period for AEW, that’s for sure.”
