For the first time since 2018, Kenny Omega will finally return to NJPW. The former IWGP Heavyweight Champion will challenge Will Ospreay for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 17.
Ahead of defending his title against Omega, IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay spoke with Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful to discuss his upcoming title defense.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On going head to head with Kenny Omega: “I’m never going to be able to change his opinion if he thinks he’s better than me, but the only thing that will happen is when January rocks around we’re going to see who the better wrestler is. In terms of performances, it’s all subjective, but in terms of in-ring, we’re going to find out, man. It’s going to be your best against my best; there’s going to be no excuses anymore. It’s just going to be two of the greatest wrestlers that have ever lived right now.”
On what it means to be the best in the world: “For me, being the best in the world is consistently putting yourself in different situations, and different opponents that aren’t just located in one promotion. I like to test myself against all the AEW guys. I think I’ve wrestled there eight times, and I’ve stole the show from all of them, which says everything. Then you go to New Japan, and I always steal the show there. Any of, what he says, ‘no name indie guys’, I test myself against those guys and they automatically become better.”
On what makes him better than Kenny Omega: “My whole thing is, to be the best in the world, you have to travel to each continent and prove it. It’s easy to do it on the bright lights, in the big arenas, but I think really, consistently putting in those five-star matches… and always be out to shine and be able to say you’re the best in the world by consistently doing that, I think that’s the harder job. And Kenny’s never done that.”
Night 1 of Wrestle Kingdom 17 will emanate from the Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2023.
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