William Ospreay
Havering, London, UK
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William Peter Charles Ospreay, better known as Will Ospreay, is an English professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2024, where he is a one-time AEW World Champion and a two-time AEW International Champion. Ospreay rose to prominence during an eight-year run with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) from 2016 to 2023, winning the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship as its final holder, and the 2021 New Japan Cup, while also becoming a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and winning Best of the Super Juniors in 2016 and 2019. He is the founder and leader of the United Empire stable, and became a NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champion in 2026 alongside Great-O-Khan and HENARE. Outside Japan, Ospreay held top titles in Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) and Progress Wrestling, won the Ring of Honor (ROH) World Television Championship, and also worked in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). Widely regarded as one of the best in-ring performers of his generation, Ospreay holds the record for the most matches rated five stars or higher by Dave Meltzer and was ranked No. 3 in the 2024 PWI 500 by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards include Best Flying Wrestler (2016–2019, 2024), Best Wrestling Maneuver (2019 – Storm Breaker, 2022–2024 – Hidden Blade), Europe MVP (2021–2023), Japan MVP (2023), Non-Heavyweight MVP (2018, 2019), Most Outstanding Wrestler (2019, 2022–2024), Match of the Year (2019 vs. Shingo Takagi, 2022 vs. Kazuchika Okada, 2023 vs. Kenny Omega, 2024 vs. Bryan Danielson), and Wrestler of the Year (2023).
Movie Credits
Over The Top Wrestling Presents Scrappermania 3
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo Dome
PROGRESS Chapter 7: Every Saint Has A Past, Every Sinner Has A Future
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
PROGRESS Chapter 75: These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends
PROGRESS Chapter 82: Unboxing Live - A Dukla Prague Away Kit
PROGRESS Chapter 83: Remove Child Before Ironing
PROGRESS Chapter 84: Eskeewd beef! Have anybody got any bokkle oran doove?
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial SuperShow 2019
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
PROGRESS Chapter 21: You Know We Don't Like to Use the Sit Down Gun
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
Ospreay: The Rise of an International Pro Wrestler
PROGRESS Chapter 22: Trust, Encouragement, Reward, Loyalty, Satisfaction
WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup 2017 • English Qualifier
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
Revolution Pro Wrestling- Live in New York 2019
AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Present Forbidden Door 2026
