Will Ospreay likes Triple H, ‘no harm done’ by trading shots

Will Ospreay feels there was no harm done by his back and forth with Paul “Triple H” Levesque.

Levesque and Ospreay traded shots at each other in comments made this April. After Ospreay chose to sign with AEW over WWE, Levesque — without directly mentioning Ospreay by name — told the Pat McAfee Show that he didn’t want people in WWE who would choose a lighter schedule and aren’t in it for the grind. Ospreay then responded in a promo on AEW Dynamite, saying that Levesque is only in the position he’s in because he was “grinding on the boss’ daughter.”

In an interview on Unlikely with Adrian Hernandez, Ospreay admitted that it was a little hard hearing what Levesque said about him. Ospreay said he was trying to be funny with his response. He comes from a generation where, if someone fires a shot at you, you fire one back.

With both getting their shots in, Ospreay thinks the situation should be over and there should be no harm done.

It is what it is. Everyone sent it to me and people were saying — people within the company were saying, ‘Yeah, that was about you.’ I’m over it now. I’ve said my bit. And the thing is, my thing was just like funny. Everyone I feel like took it way too personally. All these old f*cks that like have a podcast and they think they know everything. I couldn’t give a f*ck about these guys, man. As soon as it was said, I fired back. And it should just be done. At the end of it, no harm done. And the thing is, I f*cking like Triple H, man. I like Triple H. It was a little bit hard hearing that sh*t. I was nothing but respectful in all the f*cking talks, man. I have my own mission, I have my own objectives, I have my own goals. Just because it doesn’t fit in with your things, that doesn’t mean people should be firing [shots] my way. I come from a generation — you fire one at me, I fire one back.

Ospreay said on Unlikely that he likes both AEW and WWE. He hates tribalism and wishes everyone could just enjoy every bit of pro wrestling.

It was announced in November 2023 that Ospreay had signed a multi-year AEW contract. He started with the promotion full-time earlier this year after finishing up his NJPW commitments.

Ospreay is challenging Roderick Strong for the AEW International Championship at Double or Nothing this Sunday. If Ospreay wins, it will be his first title reign in AEW.