The past two days have seen Twitter blow up, as WWE’s Seth Rollins and New Japan Pro Wresting’s Will Ospreay have been shooting verbally at each other.
It all started when Seth, as his role as company flag bearer, proudly proclaimed that WWE was the best wrestling on the planet. This drew the ire of many fans who were eager to tell him the error of his statement.
Rollins then went on to “double down” his statement by saying that there is no one in the world right now who can do what he does, as well as he does. And here is where Ospreay enters the conversation and a rather heated “banter” exchange took place.
Below is the entire exchange between the two:
Best pro wrestling on the planet. Period. https://t.co/Frd8occDhd
— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) June 23, 2019
Doubling down. Best pro wrestling on the planet. See that Cruiserweight Triple Threat? And that’s just one night, one match amongst the many. Find anyone else alive who does what I do as well as I do it as often as I do it. Ya can’t. #WWEStompingGrounds #UniversalChampion @WWE
— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) June 23, 2019
I’m alive. https://t.co/l7zxy5yHY9
— ᵂⁱˡˡ ᴼˢᵖʳᵉᵃʸ • ウィル・オスプレイ (@WillOspreay) June 24, 2019
Ahhhh I’m sorry little guy. We already have a better version of you here and he just won his first US Title tonight (Congrats @KingRicochet). Keep working hard though buddy! https://t.co/JwB36iWaIg
— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) June 24, 2019
In response to Seth’s barbed comment, Will replied with a simple GIF:
https://t.co/NvY11wSCAF pic.twitter.com/KBl0U51XEi
— ᵂⁱˡˡ ᴼˢᵖʳᵉᵃʸ • ウィル・オスプレイ (@WillOspreay) June 24, 2019
At this point All Elite Wrestling’s Chris Jericho stirred the pot up a tad with this statement:
Umm…. He’s actually taller and bigger than you. Just sayin. #devilsadvocate https://t.co/IMKdSwz8kM
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) June 25, 2019
Will then went on to drop some facts about himself:
Fact of the day:
Will Ospreay wrestled more matches in 2019 THAN @WWERollinsCatch up little guy ? pic.twitter.com/GH9ywGGGlm
— ᵂⁱˡˡ ᴼˢᵖʳᵉᵃʸ • ウィル・オスプレイ (@WillOspreay) June 25, 2019
To which Seth upped the ante and brought cash into the conversation:
I mean if you wanna talk numbers we can compare bank accounts too.
P.S. That’s counting a month off with a broken back…?? buddy.
— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) June 25, 2019
You love adding stuff don’t ya. I mean the original question was
“Find anyone else alive who does what I do as well as I do it as often as I do it”
No talk of money. No talk of Ricochet. You said anyone.
Here I am.
Just as consistent, just as good.
Hope the back heals up. https://t.co/dfwkKVlyR4— ᵂⁱˡˡ ᴼˢᵖʳᵉᵃʸ • ウィル・オスプレイ (@WillOspreay) June 25, 2019
Sensing his moment, WWE’s most hated man (possibly) chipped in with a fact of his own. Enter Baron Corbin:
More important fact Baron Corbin has wrestled more matches in 2019 THAN Will Ospreay.
Another fact I don’t actually know who you are I just wanted to be apart of the convo. https://t.co/GE2ZVKCbg5 pic.twitter.com/koiNEf1ljO
— Baron Corbin (@BaronCorbinWWE) June 25, 2019
Ospreay finished off the exchange with a neat marketing ploy. He has brought out a “Little Guy” t-shirt with a list of his New Japan Pro Wrestling achievements emblazoned on the front.
“Little Guy” Shirts on sale
Size XS-3XLLINK: https://t.co/paVWDtVKHQ pic.twitter.com/2tZK6ed3Zd
— ᵂⁱˡˡ ᴼˢᵖʳᵉᵃʸ • ウィル・オスプレイ (@WillOspreay) June 25, 2019
Is this the end of their spat? Quite possibly, but as the saying goes in wrestling “you never quite know”.
Blake’s Take: This whole “feud” (if you can call it that) started with Seth promoting his company, as each and every other wrestler does. It took a nasty turn once Ospreay said his piece, then subtle digs were then the order of the day. The way I see it, both guys have so much passion and conviction about themselves, that they will proclaim that either company and guy is the best. Surely that’s what you want from two of the best guys in the world right now. Let’s not blow it out of proportion. I’m sure both men, given half a chance, would love to lock up one day and give us fans a dream match. Let’s just sit back and enjoy the “controversy”
