Will Ospreay dealing with legitimate injury
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Will Ospreay is dealing with a legitimate injury, confirmed by our Dave Meltzer.
Making his first appearance since All In on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, Ospreay did an in-ring promo segment with Tony Schiavone (seen below) where he said he has been struggling with his neck for about ten months but has been keeping the injury to himself.
Ospreay said he learned he has two herniated discs (C2 and C6) that are going into his spinal cord. He said that his ailments are treatable according to doctors he has spoken to, and that he hopes to be ready for next month’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door in London, England, if all goes well.
Meltzer confirmed Ospreay is legitimately injured and that this isn’t a storyline.
Ospreay attributed the injury to the attack by the Death Riders at All In, saying he was rushed to the emergency room and given an MRI. He was trying to aid Hangman Page in the night’s main event when Claudio Castagnoli put his head through a chair and stomped on it. Earlier in the night, he and Swerve Strickland defeated the Young Bucks.
After Ospreay’s promo, Strickland came out on the stage to give him a hug of support.