Will Ospreay promo on Dynamite was his idea. (Patreon)

AEW Dynamite this week featured a few WWE shots, references and answers.

One of which was from Will Ospreay, where he responded to a shot Triple H took at him saying "When I see people trying to make it, and they pick the job where they go, 'Well I work less and the schedule's lighter,' okay I'm glad I didn't get you. Because if you're not in it for the grind in that point in your career, you have no business being here."

Ospreay responded on AEW Dynamite, saying "Normally I wouldn't rise to this type of bait, right? But seeing how the guy who said it is only in the position because he was grinding the boss' daughter, you have no business telling me what the grind is all about, my friend, because you have no idea what I fight for."

Ospreay did have talks with WWE, but established to Fightful that not uprooting his family in the UK, while still working a full-time AEW schedule was important to him. There were rumors that emerged Thursday morning that Ospreay was fed the line. However, we're told by sources close to Ospreay and the situation that it was actually his idea.

Regarding the Will Ospreay promo, we're told he was fine with cutting that promo, and there were no issues in that regard, and he actually came in to work with the creative team on the promo The shots that were taken at him in the media last weekend puzzled wrestlers across multiple companies, with one WWE talent saying that it was clear that he was attempting to be respectful of the process and WWE after opting to go with AEW for the sake of his family. 

We're told he ran the promo by several people backstage, and that at one point a shot at CM Punk was considered after Punk's tattoo line last week. However, considering the nature of AEW Dynamite, many felt that was overkill and they decided against that.

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