Will Ospreay defeats Kyle Fletcher in violent cage match at AEW Revolution
The rivalry between former friends and blood rivals Will Ospreay and Kyle Fletcher appeared to end at Sunday’s AEW Revolution as they did battle in a steel cage match in the co-main event spot.
After hitting a Hidden Blade as Fletcher yelled obscenities at him, Ospreay picked up the victory after hitting a Tiger Driver 91 to end the violent and bloody affair.
Several moments from the match, held under pin or submission only rules, grabbed ahold of social media including a Spanish Fly to Fletcher by Ospreay from the very top of the cage. Ospreay landed awkwardly on his hip/back on the landing and was favoring it after the bout which could have also been him possibly selling.
The match saw a bag of weapons get involved courtesy of Mark Davis who had had to ally himself with the Don Callis Family due a contractual issue. All three men were bloodied up with Davis taking a cage door shot to the head that sent him outside the ring.
The bag contained a barbed wire bat that both men used, causing Ospreay to yell “Bang bang!” to the camera as an homage to Cactus Jack/Mike Foley.
It also contained a bag of tacks that eventually found their way into Fletcher’s lower half after Ospreay delivered a Styles Clash onto them in a notable spot.
The two men have been at odds since Fletcher cost Ospreay the International title at last October’s WrestleDream by turning on him, nailing him with a screwdriver and fully aligning with Callis. That same screwdriver got involved Sunday with Fletcher pulling it out of the top of the cage and stabbing Ospreay with it. Fletcher also enjoyed the screwdriver to his head before the aforementioned Spanish fly.
Fletcher defeated Ospreay at November’s Full Gear with Ospreay gaining a measure of revenge with his Continental Classic semifinal win at December’s Worlds End.