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Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland met face-to-face up of nan Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament last astatine All Elite Wrestling's (AEW) Forbidden Door pay-per-view connected June 28.
The victor will gain an AEW World Championship changeable astatine All In astatine Wembley Stadium. Ospreay has vowed to yet wrap nan apical AEW title astir his waist. Strickland is hoping to get nan sensation of golden erstwhile much arsenic he’s been connected arsenic large of a basking streak arsenic Ospreay.
Strickland said he hadn’t been liking what he’s seeing from Ospreay, adding that Ospreay has changed. Ospreay said that thing changed successful Strickland.
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Will Ospreay competes successful nan ringing during AEW Dynamite astatine nan Petersen Events Center successful Pittsburgh, Pa., connected Oct. 2, 2024. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)
"It’s nan measurement you’re looking astatine me. Do we person a problem? Do we request to person a chat astir something" Ospreay asked.
Strickland recalled him and Ospreay fighting against The Death Riders and now Ospreay is loosely aligning himself pinch nan faction to get backmost successful shape. He demanded an mentation astir why Ospreay was surrounding himself pinch that team.
Ospreay maintained he hasn’t forgiven aliases forgotten what The Death Riders did to him. Ospreay said group for illustration Kenny Omega, The Opps and Darby Allin were trying to get him retired of nan cage arsenic The Death Riders levied their battle connected him but Strickland was wounded and obscurity to beryllium found.
Ospreay said he was going to thief Adam Page get nan AEW World Championship astatine All In: Texas earlier he was injured. But he saw Strickland person Page’s back.
"Where were you and why didn’t you thief me?" Ospreay asked Strickland.
Before Strickland could answer, Ospreay slapped nan mic retired of his manus and said he didn’t request to perceive what Strickland had to say. He pointed to nan Forbidden Door motion and said that was bigger than immoderate mentation that Strickland could offer.
Referee Aubrey Edwards raises nan manus of Swerve Strickland aft he defeated Shelton Benjamin during AEW Dynamite astatine nan Wolstein Center successful Cleveland, Ohio, connected Oct. 30, 2024. Prince Nana celebrates nearby. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)
He reminded Strickland of his dream to execute astatine Wembley Stadium and he was 1 lucifer distant from being capable to execute his dream and that Strickland was opinionated successful his way.
Strickland said he wasn’t going to fto anyone measurement complete him to get nan title – not moreover Ospreay. He said Ospreay has ne'er been capable to hit him and things weren’t going to alteration astatine Forbidden Door.
Ospreay deed Strickland pinch a forearm, sending him to nan mat. Strickland was handed a concatenation and he started to whip it crossed nan ring. Then, The Death Riders came retired and appeared to person Ospreay’s back.
"You’re wrong, Will. You really person changed," Strickland said, getting nan past word.
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MJF, Mark Briscoe take their teams
Maxwell Jacob Friedman prepares for a conflict astatine AEW Revolution connected March 15, 2026. (AEW)
AEW world champion MJF opened "Dynamite" ripping nan imaginable challengers to his title, including Swerve Strickland, Will Ospreay and Kenny Omega. He past turned his attraction to Mark Brisoe, who he will lead a squad against successful a 12-man tag squad alloy cage lucifer astatine Forbidden Door.
"Do you cognize what nan quality is betwixt you and everyone I conscionable mentioned connected this list? Everyone I conscionable mentioned is simply a apical act, a star. You are not," MJF said. "They emotion you, Mark. You wanna cognize what they emotion you? They consciousness bad for you because your relative died. That’s horrible man.
"To beryllium honest, that’s not why I consciousness bad for you. I consciousness bad for you because you’re really illusion capable to deliberation you person a dream astatine obtaining nan triple B. Tonight, nary of those prayers will beryllium answered but each of ours will because we person concocted nan astir vulnerable squad that has ever existed."
Don Callis past named nan members of his faction who will beryllium successful support of MJF for nan match: Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada and Andrade El Idolo.
Andrade appeared to beryllium upset he was chosen to beryllium included.
Later, Briscoe responded
"I heard what you said. You said I ain’t suited to beryllium world champ. Well, I’ve heard it before, Max," Briscoe said. "People say, Mark Briscoe, you sewage a solid ceiling. Well, that gives maine each nan much information to bust correct done that thing."
Briscoe said he will squad pinch Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly, Roderick Strong, Konosuke Takeshita and Darby Allin.
If Briscoe’s squad wins astatine Forbidden Door, he will gain a title changeable against MJF.
Mercedes Moné punches her summons to Owen Cup final
Mercedes Mone Varnado wrestles successful nan first lucifer of AEW astatine MGM Grand Garden Arena successful Las Vegas connected April 16, 2025. (Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
Mercedes Moné burst back onto nan AEW segment arsenic a wildcard introduction into nan Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament. She defeated Alex Windsor successful nan first information and faced Hazuki successful nan semifinals.
On Wednesday night, Moné topped Hazuki to go nan first personification successful nan women’s final. Moné is an accomplished wrestler but has ne'er held nan AEW Women’s World Championship.
She’s nan longest reigning TBS champion and been 1 of nan biggest stars successful nan manufacture for respective years. Adding nan AEW Women’s World Championship to her database of accomplishments would put her successful a different stratosphere among women’s master wrestlers.
Moné will look nan victor of nan Maya World and Athena successful nan final. The victor gets a changeable astatine nan women’s world title astatine Forbidden Door.
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"Dynamite" lucifer results:
- Kenny Omega def. Tony Nese
- Bandido and Brody King def. Daniel Garcia and Jon Moxley.
- MJF, Kazuchika Okada, Jake Doyle, Kyle Fletcher, Andrade El Idolo and Kevin Knight def. Roderick Strong, Mark Briscoe, Kyle O’Reilly, Konosuke Takeshita, Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin.
Ryan Gaydos is simply a elder editor for Fox News Digital.
