Whereas AEW is no stranger to criticism, former WWE author Freddie Prinze Jr. lately praised the promotion and argued why WWE dropped the ball by not signing new AEW star, Will Ospreay.

On his “Wrestling with Freddie” podcast, Prinze Jr. mentioned that AEW is discovering its groove once more regardless of their former world champion MJF being inactive and the roster has been bolstered by Mercedes Mone (previously Sasha Banks in WWE) and former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada. Nonetheless, the standout signing for AEW this yr is one other former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, Will Ospreay, and Freddie Prinze Jr. commented on how Ospreay’s free company was managed by WWE.

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“WWE fumbled this so unhealthy, and Will talked about this in an interview. He was like, ‘Yo, it was principally,’ and I am paraphrasing, ‘it was an NXT contract, or it was hundreds of thousands of {dollars} at AEW. Peace.'”

After leaving NJPW, Ospreay was in negotiations with AEW and WWE which resulted in a bidding conflict. Ospreay famous that AEW’s scheduling performed a major issue. Prinze Jr. added that the English star has the potential to be an enormous title within the enterprise, whereas additionally likening him to actor Tom Hardy.

“The truth that they did not know this dude may reduce a promo — overlook the truth that he is arguably the most effective wrestler on this planet right this moment, it may not even be debatable, I am saying debatable simply to respect different wrestlers on the market who perhaps I have not seen — his work on the mic is high notch.” mentioned Prinze Jr. “This dude is a high, high star. A high, high star. I can’t wait to see the place he goes.”

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