Reigning IWGP United States Champion Will Ospreay is working hard to improve his reading and writing skills despite his dyslexia.
In addition to appearing for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Ospreay also competes for their UK-based sister promotion RevPro Wrestling.
In an interview this week, the 29-year-old star told ‘The Commentary Booth’ podcast that he’s been trying to read and write more during his downtime.
“A majority of time I do sleep [while traveling], but obviously when you are awake the best thing to do is to watch films. Quite frankly, recently now I’ve been trying to read better, a little bit, because my reading’s never been up to par.
“Well, it’s more of writing. My reading and writing have been very poor for a lot of the times I was extremely dyslexic. I’m not very good at spelling, I’m not very good at writing, so I’ve really been trying hard to do that.”
Ospreay has addressed his dyslexia in the past and has said it was once so bad that he couldn’t read his contracts.
The British wrestler added that he hopes improving his language skills will lead to him being a better overall performer.
“I’ve mastered the art of what happens inside the ring The place that I have lacked for the majority of my career is talking.”
