History Wrestling / WillOspreay

** His "Assassin" nickname, entrance attire, and finishing moves "The Hidden Blade" and "The Leap of Faith" are ones for ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed''.

* VerbalTic: "Bruv"

** Wrestling/TheUnitedEmpire, following his defection from CHAOS, whose members include Bea, The Great O-Kharn, and Jeff Cobb.

William Peter Charles "Will" Ospreay (born 7 May 1993) is a British {{professional wrestl|ing}}er known for his tenure with Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, following and adjacent to appearances with Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla, Wrestling/ProgressWrestling, Rev Pro, and other indy wrestling promotions. He is primarily known for his aerial style and quickly became one of the rising stars on the independent scene before being signed to NJPW and ascending to be one of its top international stars. He has been a PROGRESS Wrestling Champion, a 2x Best of the Super Juniors winner, 3x IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, NEVER Openweight Champion, the 2021 New Japan Cup winner, and the second-ever IWGP World Heavyweight Champion.

** His "Assassin" nickname, entrance attire, and finishing move "The Hidden Blade" are ones for ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed''.

** The Aerial Assassin. Dropped the "Aerial" part after taking out Ibushi in 2019, marking the official start of his shift into power wrestler. He keeps his Assassin moniker in Revoluton Pro Wrestling.

** He also has used the Tiger Driver 91, which he dubs The Stormbreaker 93.

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[[caption-width-right:300:The Commonwealth Kingpin]]

He's widely considered to be among the best wrestlers from the English-speaking world currently active in the business, having wrestled in more than ''two dozen'' matches that were awarded five or more stars by [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Dave Meltzer]]. For perspective: that's even more than Wrestling/KennyOmega, who's been wrestling more than a decade longer than him. This also ties him with the late Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa on having the most out of any wrestler.

Previously a member of NJPW's famous Wrestling/CHAOSWrestling faction, Ospreay is currently the leader of Wrestling/TheUnitedEmpire (formerly "The Empire"), a {{heel}} faction that he founded in 2020 shortly after his [[FaceHeelTurn heel turn]] as "[[RedBaron The Commonwealth Kingpin]]". Under his leadership, the United Empire has become one of the company's most prominent and recognized multi-national stables since Wrestling/BulletClub.

Previously a member of NJPW's famous Wrestling/{{Chaos}} faction, Ospreay is currently the leader of Wrestling/TheUnitedEmpire (formerly "The Empire"), a {{heel}} faction that he founded in 2020 shortly after his [[FaceHeelTurn heel turn]] as "[[RedBaron The Commonwealth Kingpin]]". Under his leadership, the United Empire has become one of the company's most prominent and recognized multi-national stables since Wrestling/BulletClub.

He's widely considered to be among the best wrestlers from the English-speaking world currently active in the business, having wrestled in more than ''two dozen'' matches that were awarded five or more stars by [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Dave Meltzer]]. For perspective: that's even more than Wrestling/KennyOmega, who's been wrestling more than a decade longer than him.

* KidHero: Has wrestled as a {{Face}} for most of his career and he's 23 as of 2016.

He's widely considered to be among the best wrestlers from the English-speaking world currently active in the business, having wrestled in a whopping ''20'' matches that were awarded five or more stars by [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Dave Meltzer]]. For perspective: as of this writing, he's just surpassed Wrestling/KennyOmega, who's been wrestling more than a decade longer than him.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Not matter how much talented he is, he always ends up falling behind Okada. With Okada always defeat him in all his matches. One of the reasons that betrayed CHAOS, he's feel sick that Okada pot behind in the shadow. Will finally defeat Okada in G1 Climax 2020 with help of Bea Priestley and Great-O-Khan, althought in G1 Climax 2022's Finals, he's knowledge never beat Okada clean, that he beat him in all his matches and this time want to beat him clean this time but Okada's defeat him and proves again why he's the best wrestler in all world.

* IHaveTheHighGround: Boy howdy. Most of his offense is comprised of aerial blows and agile strikes. In fact he's become famous for his high-flying moves.

** He unexpectedly attacked Bea Priestley during a promo, which was to write her off as she stated in Stardom a week later that she had to leave Japan urgently to deal with unspecified family issues back in England. From a storyline perspective, we can presume she let Ospreay know about this, and part of why he so coldly struck her out of the group may have been so he wouldn't be distracted whatsoever by her issues. From a comparative real life situation, Ospreay, who is a huge Stardom fan in his own right, has had a go at Sadie Gibbs in the past because she left Japan mid-tour over a family emergency ''without telling Stardom''.

He's widely considered to be among the best wrestlers from the English-speaking world currently active in the business, having wrestled in a whopping ''19'' matches that were awarded five or more stars by [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Dave Meltzer]]. For perspective: as of this writing, he's evenly matched with Wrestling/KennyOmega, who's been wrestling more than a decade longer than him.

** Wrestling/MartyScurll in NJPW. Later shifted to Shingo Takagi after Scurll left and Ospreay handed Shingo his first defeat within the company.

** Wrestling/MartyScurll in NJPW.