Kenny Omega topped the annual PWI 500 list and that of course br❀ought out responses from other wrestlers on the list.
Will Ospreay came🌄 in at number seven on the list, which is his highest ranking to date.
For Ospreay, he felt he should have bee💯n number one given🦩 his overall resume during the evaluation period, which included him winning the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
I’d beat up number 1 any day of the🤪 week and twice on Wednesdays…..jus🦄t saying
— ᵂⁱˡˡ ᴼˢᵖʳᵉᵃʸ • ウィル・オスプレイ (@WillOspreay)
Never one to back ܫdown from a little bit of Twitter banter, Omega ꧃responded.
Your promotion has been so ice cold since I left that not even Meltzer can convince his followers that you were part of any BITW conversation.
— Kenny Omega (@KennyOmegamanX)
It hurts me, bruv. One✤ of you dorks s꧅hould have been the guy. Turned out a bigger dog was my only competition.
Omega left NJPW at the start of 2019 to join AEW. The bigger dog refers to Roman Reigns🦩, who finished second in the PWI 500.
Ospreay gave the following response.
Last chat we had was “you need to be the guy”
— ᵂⁱˡˡ ᴼˢᵖʳᵉᵃʸ • ウィル・オスプレイ (@WillOspreay)
Since then you left we sold out MSG, sold more tickets at the Tokyo dome than ever before, and put on banger after banger.
A pandemic put the breaks on & you know it.
Open that door, let’s have this conversation
Omega is the reigning AEW World Champion, coming off a successfuᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚl defense of theꦍ belt against Christian Cage at AEW All Out.
After winning the title in April, Ospreay vacated the IWGP World Heavyweight Championshi✨p due to a neck injury in May. He recently retur🅘ned to action, claiming to still be the champion and will compete on NJPW STRONG throughout the fall, but will not compete in the G1 Climax.
You can view the full top ten in the PWI 500 by clicking here.