There were “definitely discussions” about doing a different match for AEW All In instead of Omega vs. Ospreay
Ahead of his AEW world title opportunity against Kenny Omega at the 2026 AEW All In PPV event, Will Ospreay spoke with Scott Fishman of TVInsider.com for an interview. Here is an excerpt…
Fishman: “Kenny Omega will be your opponent at All In. You have this built-in history, but there was a point where it could have gone a different way. We could have seen you versus MJF or even Jon Moxley. Maybe even a triple threat of some sort. Was there even discussion about it could go in another direction? What are your thoughts on how things unfolded?”
Ospreay: “There were definitely discussions that it could go into different directions. But I feel like the natural and the right choice was to go with myself and Kenny because we’ve been preaching to the world that this is where the best wrestle. Myself and Kenny are two of the most influential wrestlers in the last decade. I’ve seen it in terms of our matches, and in terms of, like, the people that have followed in our footsteps. I can see guys like Callum Newman and Nick Wayne. People who took inspiration from Kenny.
To be able to put on an All In main event like that. You look at all the All In main events. You look at the MJF and Adam Cole match. That was kind of more humorous leading in than a sporting contest. It was more to engage the audience a certain way rather than a full sports contest. It served its purpose. Then it was the crowning of the greatest wrestlers who ever did it, Bryan Danielson against Swerve Strickland, and the story that they told there. Then it was the guts and the drive from Hangman Page to try and strip away Moxley’s briefcase to reveal the AEW World Championship. This match, to me, two of the greatest wrestlers of this generation going head-to-head and finally finding out which one is the best.”