Pro Wrestling Moments (Stephen 🌿)

Will Ospreay was genuinely worried the fans in Glasgow, Scotland, were going to boo him on the AEW Dynamite before All In. He was also a little bit broken ahead of the PPV over the possibility he wouldn't be the babyface at Wembley Stadium due to fan sentiment on social media. "Honestly, the week leading up to it was so stressful, and I kept doubting myself, because there were little hiccups in the road where I felt like I’d almost done like an own goal with some of the storytelling leading up to it. I just started doubting myself, and there were so many like little hiccups along the way. There was a promo that I’d done in Glasgow, and it was the Dynamite right before All In. They were like, 'You need to go out there and cut a promo.' Just before they started doing it, they started doing the ‘What do you think of this wrestler?’ Yay! ‘What do you think of this wrestler?’ Yay! And they said Ospreay, and I’m not even joking, I heard boos, and I had a genuine moment backstage. I looked at Ben Foster, who’s the photographer, because he was getting some candid photos, and I heard that, and there was a genuine moment of, 'Are they gonna boo me?' "Because once again, between England and Scotland, there is heat. But I've never said that I’m an English wrestler. I've always said I’m a British wrestler, but there is always heat in terms of that type of country. Just before my music, I was like, 'Please don’t boo, please don’t boo,' because I generally think I would have just switched it and I probably would have lent more bad guy, but then thankfully they cheered and we just ended up riffing between us, but it still wasn’t one of my best promos. I love the fact that I got the Monster Munch line in there. I love that I was able to get my cheeky mannerisms, but I felt so under pressure to make sure that I got this promo done in this exact time that I didn’t feel the words that were coming out of me. "So then it was just adding more and more to this anxiety that I was just kind of like, man, it’s going to be like 70% me and 30% Kenny, and I was so worried that the 30% was going to drown out the 70%. Because my only feedback at the time is social media, and it really took a huge toll on my brain to the point where I was thinking, 'I don’t think I’m gonna be the good guy going into my own home country,' and that kind of broke me a little bit. And then obviously by the time the weekend got here, I felt like the good guy because all you would just see is the shirts all around the place. "I was lucky enough that I was doing like a little meet and greet, and there was a little kid, man, and he made his own Ospreay jacket, and his dad was telling me that like I’m one of his heroes, and that he’s actually about to go through the assessment for ADHD himself, and you just think, 'Man, this is such a magical thing that I just never thought I would ever have.' I’m a bit of a numpty. I’m thick. I’m barely good at English itself, and I’m able to have connections with so many amazing fans that have seen me from such a young age to what I am now." (Source: @ChrisVanVliet)