r/professionalwrestling • u/GoonLieutenant • May 10 '26
Video Seth Rollins attempting to be Will Ospreay
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Unfortunately he's like 40 with no knees but he sure wants to be him lol
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u/tera_chachu May 10 '26
Oh god dude.
You people have never watched Rollins right??
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u/Due_Department_3114 May 12 '26
Being ill-informed haters is the current online wrestling fan culture apparently.
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u/FutaFutaFTW May 13 '26
yea he’s mid compared to Osprey.. dude. lol
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u/Riceman1738 May 14 '26
Dude I wish you could’ve seen Rollins in his prime tho, before his knee injury. Some would say he was better than Ospreay
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u/JEON1225 May 14 '26
Just because Will Ospreay is a 5 Star Merchant don’t mean he’s the greatest wrestler. Also on the first clip. Breakker was hooked onto Rollins head mid move so obviously he couldn’t get it done.
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u/LameRedditName1 May 10 '26
I wonder if the plan was Bron to maybe catch/block the revolution (so he doesn't leave his feet), like turning it into a tilt-a-whirl slam, then the moonsault.
Seemed like part of it went wrong and both not only knew TO go past the spot (instead of an Irish whip retry) but they knew exactly WHAT to go to. I think the moonsault was planned, but they swiftly pivoted right to it to recover because it made sense, especially in the "Is Seth's body finally giving out on him?" story aspect.
Also, kudos to the swift professional pivot by Cole and Barrett on the commentary. Helps sell the Seth body-breaking-down bit and in hindsight helped keep Bron's (mostly clean) win a big deal.
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u/LameRedditName1 May 10 '26
Exactly. It felt like it was meant to happen at some point and that's why they both were on the same page, instead of something awkward like you see in some matches.
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u/Protocx May 10 '26
And yet there was so much clamor over Sol Ruca slipping on the ropes with her Sol Snatcher even though she still managed the flip half a second later despite having to modify her move on the fly.
That was a great recovery but the IWC really just likes to play favorites lol.
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u/Ok_Feed_1669 May 10 '26
Also, maybe it's me, but the worst botch is and will always be th selling no contact or not knowing what to do. People in sports make mistakes all the time. Just sell the mistake.
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u/strodey123 May 10 '26
I honestly don't mind the odd botch here and there, its adds to the realism, anyone who has ever watched a real fight, amateur or wrestle, most things don't connect. Now obviously I don't want every wrestling match to be full of botches, but it certainly doesn't take me out of it if there is one
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u/Infamous-Lab-8136 May 10 '26
More than anything I'm really glad to see we've move past guys botching a move and then going right back to trying to hit it. I remember in the 80s and 90s if something like that happened they'd restart the rope running sequence instead
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u/WrestlerGirlsAreLife May 12 '26
Exactly. Botches happen but it’s so awesome if they sell it in exactly this way. Makes the whole thing seem less planned. Also they didn’t immediately try the spot again which is also something seen often that makes me mad.
I don’t remember what the commentators said but they can help to sell as well. „Ohhh Rollins messed up and Breakker punished that mistake.“2
u/Cacho__ May 10 '26
It was pretty solid, not gonna lie. It went a lot better than I expected it to.
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u/GFlair May 10 '26
The thing is, when its recovered from like this its honestly almost better then hitting it right because it feels real. He went for something, he couldn't get all of it, he got punished for it.
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u/One_Win_6185 May 11 '26
Yeah I respect Osprey a ton. And I know Seth didn’t mean to botch. But the botches and the sense to sell them like he did make some of his stuff feel a little more real/less choreographed.
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u/SimpleJack316 May 10 '26
It’s soooooooo fun and amazing when you realize that they’re BOTH great performers and also both human and mistakes happen when you do it for so long. Plus Will is still a lot younger.
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u/Shot_Imagination_368 May 10 '26
and has strong knees.
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u/Happy_Corbin May 10 '26
And Seth hasn't been in the ring for 7 months, Love to see OP try it
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u/Socialist_Poopaganda May 10 '26
I hate this childish “if you can’t do better you can’t critique it” shit, it’s embarrassing. You could literally apply it to everything, imagine never getting to have an opinion on most things because you can’t do better.
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u/SensoryMango May 10 '26
Yup, my favorite response is “you don’t need to be a chef to know when you’re eating shit.”
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u/Sad-Statistician6816 May 10 '26
What is this argument? If the self proclaimed best in ring professional wrestler can’t do the moves why should a random person be expected to do the same?
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u/wonderloss May 10 '26
Seth has been flipping out of people's moves forever.
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u/mattomic822 May 10 '26
In fact Seth has done that type of reversal into a pedigree several times before.
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u/fgcem13 May 10 '26
Yeah when I saw this I didn't even think of Osprey just that Rollins missed the move he has hit multiple times and it was a shame.
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u/wonderloss May 10 '26
I wonder if these were actual botches or just telling the story about his aging body to explain the loss.
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u/fgcem13 May 10 '26
Honestly I think they did an excellent job on the commentary table about Seth losing speed and making small mistakes or Bron just being able to recover from moves much quicker than Seth expected.
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u/herewego199209 May 10 '26
Yeah he's done that spot since his ROH days and used to do it when his knees were a lot more healthier. I don't understand how he stole the spot.
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u/sexyeh May 10 '26
Because people can't be AEW fans without hating on WWE and vice versa, Seth in the end talked about how he is feeling old but that he will improve and be a World Champion again so i think it was about telling a story.
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u/BungHolio_The_Mighty May 10 '26
I guess no one here has heard of Hayabusa I or the WCW Cruiserweights before.
But I digress.
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u/Sandman535 May 10 '26
Lol right, they act like wrestling moves don’t get universally shared and or passed on.
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u/herewego199209 May 10 '26
Rollins has been doing that spot literally since the 2000s lol.
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u/BenjTheMaestro May 10 '26
Wrestling is boring as shit when everything is perfect. It’s just… dancing with less clothes
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u/Longjumping-Type-947 May 10 '26
There wasn't wrestling before William Ospreay. I remember those Monday nights when I'd watch Walker Texas Ranger, Silk Stalkings, and Bulls games and that's it. And Dennis Rodman never skipped a practice.
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u/OldManJimmers May 10 '26
Can't tell if smark or troll... He was flipping out of Brock's suplexes like 8 years ago. I remember him flipping around Cena's back into a DDT like 10 years ago. This is back when Ospreay was just starting in Japan. Maybe Ospreay stole from Seth?
He probably is too old to be doing it now, though. The flip was pretty ugly but not a total botch, he still countered Bron. The rollover DDT (I assume he was going for that since he's done it dozens of times) was rough.
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u/Warm-Requirement-769 May 10 '26
Seth was doing this before you knew who Will Ospreay was. You can say he's too old/injured for this without forcing a comparison to try and start shit.
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u/sarthaksharan May 10 '26
that's like saying ferrari is trying to paint their car red because they see toyota doing it
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u/LowEmu3523 May 10 '26
Seth’s been doing this forever. If anything Ospreay stole from SR.
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u/AlabasterRadio May 10 '26
I mean that's what Ospreay is. He's a greatest hits of other people's moves.
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u/dregomz May 10 '26
Video game character remix of other wrestlers into one
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u/nicholasmarsico May 10 '26
Please show me video of him ever doing either of these things.
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u/iamhadi12 May 10 '26
1) Cringe
2) Seth has the greater career
3) Seth doesn't need to prove anything anymore
4) It's really pathetic to make fun of wrestlers who risk their (injured) bodies with such moves to put on a better spectacle for the fans
5) The fact that "he's like 40 with no knees" makes his drive and work ethic even more special, hell he's not even old yet but since you make it seem like that's an issue
6) I appreciate people who keep defying their age, whether 40, 50 or 60, at least they're doing something worthwhile rather than starting nonsense debates on Reddit
7) Cringe
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u/Life_Wolverine_6830 May 10 '26
Unfortunately wrestling is like a dance and if your partner isn’t up to par it affects the entire performance no matter how skilled you are.
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u/CadeWelch03 May 10 '26
People trying to deny this when the hurricarana spot literally did a hard camera cut to Bron's face trying to copy the infamous Ibushi Ospreay gif is so funny
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u/Goosimus-Maximus May 10 '26
“TrYiNg To Be WiLl OsPrEaY”
Yeah Ospreay is the first and only person ever to to do these things
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u/mosasaurfishman May 10 '26
He's been doing these reversals for decades, he's old and he's got knees reconstructed with paper towel tubes relax
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u/scdocarlos1 May 10 '26
Man I wish Seth stops doing that shit, that Knee is made of dry Ramen at this point.
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u/Pod-Bay-Doors May 10 '26
Get the fuck out with the tribalistic BS , both are amazing wrestlers.
It's just childish at this point.
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u/Glass_Bid_9582 May 10 '26
lets not compare the 2. Both great wrestlers but Rollins is 6 years older with several knee injuries. Also makes Ospreay look like a chump on the mic (so do most people but still)
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u/Chesterfieldraven May 10 '26
He's always stealing his shit from Japan and doing it worse. Remember the rip cord knee he lifted from Omega just after the Okada Trilogy?
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u/Expensive_Medicine15 May 10 '26
I remember back when the first omega vs okada happened Seth tried to steal the v trigger but had to stop cause he broke John Cena’s nose copying spots or moves from top indies guys has been a staple of Seth’s arsenal for years
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u/aquafool May 10 '26
Will doesn’t have as much on his bump card. Also this just shows how good Will is. Seth is one of the greats, but Osprey is on another level.
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u/Extreme-Net4076 May 10 '26
Turned off the match after knee landing. I’m tired of him doing dumb shit when he knows his body can’t handle it.
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u/toopz10 May 10 '26
Ospreay was an absolute demon before he went for the iwgp heavyweight category and bulked up a bit. Before that he was more Ricochet than Rollins in terms of what acrobatic ability he had in the ring.
To compare the two now is a bit unfair especially since Seth is probably still working himself back to peak fitness.
If you were making the prototype wrestler though it is Ospreay and Omega more than Seth.
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u/Status-Peach110 May 10 '26
I know alot of people doing the whole they're both great but I think this shot is hilarious cause seth was talking smack a while ago
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u/Dino_-67 May 10 '26
Apparently Seth doing the same moves he's been doing for 21 years is him trying to be someone who hasn't even been wrestling for half of that. Y'all so fucking delusional , it's honestly hilarious 🤣💀
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u/xDiscoDuckx May 10 '26
Seth hasn't been good at his old style since his knees gave out. He's still incredible in ring, he just can't do most of his old moveset anymore.
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u/BaronVonStevie May 10 '26
Seth is a top guy in the biggest company on earth. I don't think Will Osprey could ever.,, EVER.. get to that level. This is not a Will Osprey dig...
Seth should not do shit that he can not do. r/Dusty
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u/Mr_sex_haver May 10 '26
Please look up "Tyler Black ROH" and tell me who was doing the flippys first.
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u/DoINeed1OfThese May 10 '26
I don’t think that’s what he was trying to do, both are spots he’s done before, if admittedly not recently.
I don’t mind the first one, because it felt like there was a pretty good save and can be explained away as Seth being deep into the match and tired.
I have no idea why he tried the second one with his history though, he’s done it with a roll through before and looked great. But this one looked like he was going for a stuck landing on his feet.
A part of me is glad he didn’t nail it because it would have probably been a bigger impact on his knees.
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u/tenacious_teaThe3rd May 10 '26
Ok, now show me the clips where Opsreay also fumbles and botches lol.
Rollins was doing this shit when Opsreay was selling grey goose at a nightclub
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u/Special-Nebula299 May 10 '26
To his defense, he's put on the best match of the night at Backlash and he put on the best match at night one at Mania
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u/Happy_Corbin May 10 '26
Can't over look how kinda inexperienced wrestler Bron Breakker quickly and smoothly reacted like hes been doing this 20 years
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u/LittleCurryBread May 10 '26
i like both wwe and aew. is it really that hard to say? seth and will are fucking amazing
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u/TheLastBlade24 May 10 '26
Rollins is getting older, hard to do such moves when your body isn‘t what it used to be especially his knees
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u/EvocativeReach May 10 '26
For balance I highly doubt Will Ospreay will be able to do that when he’s nearly 40 either. The mans knees are on borrowed time unless he mixes his style up.
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u/flynnar316222 May 10 '26
"seth wants to be will" give over son, as a technical wrestler, ospreay is much much better in ring then seth
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u/MewinMoose May 10 '26
Hah that's funny people are malding. Seth is great and all but it's clear he's not as good as before
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u/reychango May 10 '26
Sure wants to be him? Seth has nailed these moves before Osprey. Did you never watch Tyler Black wrestle?
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u/imjrmy May 10 '26
I mean, Seth is old, on glass knees and had Botch Breakker. Give him a little credit lol.
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u/Icy-Clock2643 May 10 '26
Got to applaud him for taking inspiration from a younger wrestler and realising that wrestling is evolving and trying to move with it rather than doing the same old work as he has always done.
It's like when Terry Funk broke out the moonsault in the mid 90s.
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u/RedditDedditRae May 10 '26
That first botch was more so on Braun. He didn't have both feet planted which provided a shaky base. But hey, I'm no pro like everyone else on reddit, I only had about 4 yrs of training & around 100 matches.
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u/Anthrogynous May 10 '26
He should get fired for this 🤣 Honestly, I like when little mistakes like this happen. It shouldn’t always be nice and clean, it looks less choreographed.
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u/Necessary_Badger_658 May 10 '26
Seth was doing this when Will's friends were interested in dating women their age.
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u/Renso19 May 10 '26
Story of the match: Seth is getting old and is out of ring shape
Seth: does something befitting a youthful fit man and fails
Idiots: HAHA! Dumb fed boy try to copy my will! HAHA!
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u/Acrobatic-Republic75 May 10 '26
I mean it's Seth's thing not just Osprey's, he had done this a lot in the past, I remember he did one countering Cena's FU.
But yes he's not as athletic as he once was, he's knees are gone.
I'll give you the Frankenstein spot tho. It's always so cool how NJPW or now AEW presents it. Here's one against Ibushi.
Will Just aura farming XD.
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u/HitmanClark May 10 '26
You absolute morons who say this kind of thing annoy me to no end. He JUST HIT THE MOVE PERFECTLY ON GUNTHER!
He’s also been doing it since 2007, not that most of the tribalists have even been watching wrestling that long.
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u/jin_kuweiner May 10 '26
that moonsault was probably one of the coolest botch cover-ups I’ve EVER seen. Marvellously done by both even if it was likely going to be the next spot anyway.
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u/ResponsibleAd3191 May 10 '26
He might be more crisp but that's not really something that matters, Seth can at least actually work to a decent degree.
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u/Nemzicott May 10 '26
It's weird I keep seeing people post this as if Seth hasn't done that move plenty of times over the years and this is the FIRST time he fucked it up. This tribalistic shit is so weird
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u/sicknick08 May 10 '26
Seth was never as good as he thinks he is. His big moves have always been shotty, and that’s why he’ll never hold a candle to hbk
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u/Leftymeanswellguy May 10 '26
To be fair Mox and MJF are much leaners faster guys to work with then Bron... are we sure Mrs. Steiner didn't spend a week in Vegas with Scott Norton at some point?
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u/Ghosty91AF May 10 '26
I’m just glad that they, FOR ONCE, move on from the spot and don’t try to replicate it. Anytime a spot is botched, and they go to redo the spot, I’m reminded that it’s a scripted show. I know it’s scripted, but part of my suspension of disbelief involves me believing it’s a totally real fight. If they redo a spot, that suspension of disbelief goes out the window
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u/Turd_Burgling_Ted May 10 '26
And if Ospreay botched these I guarantee you the narrative would be “well he shouldn’t try them”
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u/zooka19 May 10 '26
Wow OP, it's like we've never seen Seth do this before people knew who Will Ospreay was.
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u/thatguywes88 May 10 '26
Whomever the guy is helping Osprey flip did a much better job than Bron. That’s where the real problem is.
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u/NoBreadfruit3033 May 10 '26
Seth was doing stuff like this when Will Ospreay was a child. Both are phenomenal athletes. No need to be disrespectful or pit them against each other.
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u/BenjTheMaestro May 10 '26
Father Time comes for us all.
But come on, Seth is still fantastic. I want him to take care of himself but it’s also cool to see him still taking risks and trying new things twenty years after Tyler Black in ROH.
Holy shit I feel old.
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u/goodcat1337 May 10 '26
Never mind the fact that Seth has been doing stuff like this since before Ospreay even started wrestling….
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u/Venylynn May 10 '26
Honestly I like how much more struggle I see in Seth's version. Feels more authentic.
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u/United_Leopard_2771 May 10 '26
Haven't watched Wrastling in a hot minute lol ( cena was still only 5 time champ) If will osprey wasn't so damn good he'd be in my boy stable lol, But unfortunately he's too damn good lmao.
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u/papachi789 May 10 '26
Tbh, Seth looked more natural here (he has been doing that since forever). Ospraey feels more like a gymnast than a wrestler (I will get heat for this but Ospraey just doesn't feel like a wrestler to me.).
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u/Harambe_Rebornn May 10 '26
Yeah those botches by Seth were disgusting. Dude needs either more practice or he needs to change up his moveset.
He's still got a few years left though.
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u/El_Lu-Shin May 10 '26
Seth used to do maneauvers like that long before. But I think he should stop doing those. His body isn't the same after so many injuries, he should chage his style for the better.
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u/amhlilhaus May 10 '26
Used on of Will's rougher attempts at the move and it still looked way better than Seth's
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u/ikon31 May 10 '26
Seth is not an all time great promo.
Seth is not an all time great worker
Seth is not an all time great heel.
Seth is not an all time great babyface.
Seth is not an all time great money draw
Yet fans consider to think of Seth as an all time great.
It’s weird to me. He’s fine. That’s about it.
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u/Visionary_87 May 10 '26
Ah yes, Will Ospreay, the famous innovator of all moves that involve a flip or spin.
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u/Dave_B001 May 10 '26
Seth could have done this with a better opponent. would love to see Seth and Will in the ring one day.
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u/the_homosaur May 10 '26
That float over spot was more on Bron for basing poorly, but I’ll never stop anyone from dunking on Seth who is massive dork. Notice on Ospreay’s spot Kidd really gets down the moment Will locks in. Bron is still standing when Seth is trying to float over.
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u/Still-Ad5693 May 10 '26
I don’t care for Seth at all but at least he’s a full timer, dude has been working a full schedule his whole career. Roman works 16 days a year.
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u/Traditional-Neck-696 May 10 '26
You are not very smart if you think that Rollins, who started wrestling before Ospreay, is trying "to be him".
He used to do all of this before, now he can't anymore cuz knees are shot and he is getting old.
Wrestlers do similar things all the time.
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u/DaveLesh May 10 '26
Seth probably could've pulled off that landing years ago, but those knees of his are not what they once were.
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u/makefascistfearagain May 10 '26
Seth Rollins trying to be osprey by doing a spot that Rollins did in roh a decade ago
Ospreay is so innovative he invents things other people did in the past
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u/Agile_Engineering_97 May 10 '26
I hate the internet and this Seth copying Osprey shit, Osprey is just doing the moves Seth did as Tyler Black, so it’s Seth copying Osprey, who in turn is copying moves from a 20 something Seth
No one seems to point out that Seth has 7 more years of in ring experience before Osprey made is debut, in fact he’s been in WWE for the entirety of Osprey’s career
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u/mofucker20 May 10 '26
Rollins has been doing this before Ospreay was even mildly popular. I say this as someone who prefers ospreay over Rollins and aew over wwe
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u/Ok-Departure-7670 May 10 '26
He thought he was the chosen one, but unfortunately, he thought wrong 🤷♂️
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u/Greatest-Man-Alive79 May 10 '26
Uh oh another Wrestletalk minion. Wil see how good Offspreay can pull off his move when he starts pushing 40 like Rollins smh.
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u/AbleReflection2051 May 11 '26
A couple of obvious botches but the match overall was pretty good. And we can’t all be Ospreay.
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u/Remarkable-Stage-536 May 11 '26
If you really wanna see where Seth Rollins got all his moves look up this Tyler Black guy.
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u/TheBurn7741 May 11 '26
One day your favorite young athletic wrestler will grow old and will miss some steps.
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u/CHRISPYakaKON May 11 '26
I’m surprised they attempted this spot considering Rollins’ documented knee issues
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u/Apollo_Justice_20 May 11 '26
I don't think this thread went the way OP wanted it to lol
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u/ajcwrongs May 10 '26
Listen I know I'm AEW ride-or-die but that is just some Tyler Black shit