AEW's Will Ospreay Says He Is 'Blessed' To Wrestle Again After Neck Injury

Last year, Will Ospreay suffered a career-threatening neck injury that was set to keep him out of action for at least a full year, but "The Aerial Assassin" would shock the wrestling world by returning to the ring in just six months. Despite replicating the quality of matches he consistently delivered before getting hurt, Ospreay hasn't forgotten about how unlikely it was for him to be wrestling today, as he expressed how grateful he's become for modern medicine and science during a recent interview with "107.7 The Bone."

"It's a part of my life and it's part of my history now. And just to be able to go through one of the injuries that 10 years ago, they would have disqualified you. That would have been it. They would have written you off. You'd never be seen back in the wrestling ring ever again. Thankfully, medical science has come along so well now that not only did I manage to get through this injury, I did it in record time. Thankfully the therapies these days are like so much better for you and I'm just blessed to be able to have a second chance of doing what I love doing."

In September, Ospreay would undergo double fusion neck surgery to repair herniated discs that were impacting his spinal cord, but following the procedure, the 33-year-old admitted that he turned to specific outlets in order to return before AEW All In at the latest, which will be held from his home country of England at Wembley Stadium this year.

"Hyperbaric oxygen. That was good. I explored with peptides as well like BBC 157 and TB500 ... I don't care about telling people what I put in my body because I wanted to come back and I wanted to come back quickly. For me, there was a big bright light of Wembley Stadium approaching and there was that whole ambition of wanting to get back and wanting to make sure that I'm ready for that and there's so much uncertainty with it because I never got injured, like I got hurt, but I never got injured and the moment I had my surgery, I had restrictions, there was things that I can't do ... I still had to get the flexibility in my neck again."

Ospreay also feels that he has just five years left of being able to perform at a high level using his natural athleticism before he'll be forced to adopt a less intense approach in the ring. Additionally, Ospreay mentioned that he's already started to adjust his wrestling style by working on his ground game, but most of all is focused on enjoying every minute that he gets inside the squared circle not knowing how long he'll be able to compete because of his most recent injury.

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