Scott D'Amore would "absolutely" love to have Will Ospreay in TNA/Impact Wrestling.
Ospreay competed for Impact twice over the weekend, defeating "Speedball" Mike Bailey at Bound for Glory and then facing Josh Alexander at a television taping. After those matches, Ospreay made a post on social media saying that he's "had the best time" competing for Impact.
Ospreay's NJPW contract is scheduled to expire in February 2024. Ospreay is looking to explore every possible option in contract talks, including potentially signing with Impact.
During an interview with Tom Hannifan on Tuesday, D'Amore — the president of Impact Wrestling — stated that Ospreay is arguably the best wrestler in the world right now. D'Amore said any pro wrestling company would love to have Ospreay at the center of its universe.
I mean, look, Will Ospreay is arguably the greatest wrestler in the world right now. And I don't think anybody — I don't know if it's even disputable — that 2023 Will Ospreay is having one of the greatest years of any wrestler in history. So I think any company that said they didn't want Will Ospreay at the center of their universe would be lying.
Will's kind of been pretty honest and upfront about what's happening and the fact that he's going to be a free agent soon. And the second that his contract expires, he becomes the hottest free agent in professional wrestling. Would we love to have Will Ospreay? Absolutely. Will Ospreay is a great talent. You saw two examples of that this weekend. You saw him and Mike Bailey put on a match of the year candidate. Only the people there have saw it live so far, but you'll see it on an upcoming week of Impact weekly television, Will Ospreay and Josh Alexander went out there and put on an unbelievable match.
D'Amore thinks it's cool that Ospreay wanted to come to Impact Wrestling and dreamed of being in a TNA ring when he was younger. D'Amore said that's an opportunity that's open to Ospreay when TNA Wrestling makes its return. It was revealed at Bound for Glory that the TNA name is coming back starting with the promotion's Hard to Kill pay-per-view in January 2024.
That opportunity is open to Will Ospreay. And I can tell you that I've had conversations with Anthem Sports (Impact Wrestling's parent company) and everything else and let them know. And they're well aware of who Ospreay is and what Will Ospreay is. And, you know, don't know where Will Ospreay is going to end up. But there's certainly a seat at the table here and a meaningful one where he could be at the center of a lot of that advancement and change that we talk about.
Ospreay will be in action again for Impact this Friday (October 27). He's facing Eddie Edwards at Impact's Turning Point special in Newcastle, England. The event will be available to watch on Impact Plus starting on Friday, November 3.
Ospreay is NJPW's current IWGP UK/US Heavyweight Champion. He's wrestled several matches for AEW this year as well.
While speaking with the Metro recently, Ospreay said he'd be open to the idea of signing with WWE and potentially moving to the United States.
"It’s on the table, that’s all I can really say," Ospreay said about possibly relocating to the US. "That means I am open to all options going forward."
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