5 Possible Future IWGP World Heavyweight Title Challengers

#5 Will Ospreay

Ospreay challenged for the ROH Championship recently

The two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion has been rubbing shoulders with the big boys recently.

Ospreay teamed up with fellow Chaos member Tomohiro Ishii to take on The Golden Lovers – Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi in a match last month that had people raving. ‘The Aerial Assassin’ performed admirably amongst three of the top heavyweights. Ospreay also tangled with Kazuchika Okada at the Anniversary show in February in another classic match.

At King of Pro Wrestling, Ospreay pinned NEVER Openweight Champion Taichi in a six-man tag. He will challenge for Taichi’s title at Power Struggle 2018 on November 3rd.

Whether this is a permanent promotion or not remains to be seen. Junior heavyweights can challenge for the NEVER Championship, but it’s been years since a junior has tried - and only heavyweights have lifted the belt.

Ospreay has the talent create as big of an impact as Kenny Omega did in his first year as a heavyweight – ‘The Best Bout Machine’ won the IWGP Intercontinental Title and the G1 Climax that year.

2019 could be Ospreay’s time to shoot to the top.