What if Will Ospreay joined NXT in 2018: PART ONE
This is a story I’ve wanted to tell for a while, I’ve got a lot of words and a lot of love in this story here.
I’ll post a sample of part one below but the full part one of this booking will be in the link! Part Two will come in about 48hrs. Enjoy!
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PART ONE: AERIAL ASSASSIN
On April 1st, 2018, Will Ospreay would have his last match in NJPW, losing his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship to Marty Scurll. Having wrestled for the company for the last 2 years, it was time for him to move onto the stage of his career.
\-NXT 2018 Theme Song Here-
It’s April 11th 2018, We are one week removed from NXT New Orleans 2018. Adam Cole is the inaugural NXT North American Champion. Undisputed Era are the new Tag Team champions after Rodrick Strong turned on Pete Dunne and Aleister Black has just claimed the NXT Championship. Truly peak NXT.
April 11th, NXT!
Rodrick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly enter William Regals office, Rodrick is looking for a match. Regal however, is on the phone. He finishes his call and lets Strong speak.
Rodrick: “Regal! As the newest member of the Undisputed Era, it want to celebrate tonight and I thought what better way to do that than by breaking some backs, you got a match for me tonight?” Big smiles on Strongs face.
Regal: “I agree. Rodrick, despite my disgust at what you did to Mr. Dunne at Takeover. I can’t fault you for it. Now, I just got off the phone with NXT’s newest signing and he was meant to be here for Takeover but there was some international travel issues. Anyway, he’ll be here any second and would love to have a match tonight. So go and get ready, because you’re in tonights Main Event!
Kyle: “You want him to fight some rookie, new signing? This some joke?” Kyle and Rodrick share a laugh together.
Regal: “I assure you, you’re not facing a rookie tonight. Now go. Piss off.” Regal smiles as they walk away, mumbles about who it could be.
LATER THAT NIGHT
Rodrick comes down the ring, Tag Championship around his waist, O’Reilly and Cole by his side. (Adam Cole opened the show vs Killian Dain, in a North American Championship match, so is still feeling the effects of that match. It should also be noted that Ricochet confronted Cole after the match.)
They stand in the ring, awaiting their opponent, when the lights go out. Elevated plays by It Lives, It Breathes and the newest NXT signing is Will Ospreay! Strong and Kyle look very upset, complaining to one another.
WILL OSPREAY VS RODRICK STRONG
THE BELLS RINGS and Ospreay charges at Strong with a HIDDEN BLADE! Rodrick is down! Ospreay goes for the pin! ONE…TWO…THREE!! Ospreay wins in under a minute! Ospreay turns to the crowd to celebrate but Cole and O’Reilly attack him from behind. Adam Cole continues the assault while Kyle checks on Roddy. That’s when Ricochet comes rushing down the ramp and into the ring, hitting a flying knee strike on Kyle and then slides under a Superkick from Adam Cole, only for Ospreay to run and jump off of Ricochets back and hit a HIDDEN BLADE on Cole!
Rodrick and Kyle drag Cole of out the ring and help him to his feet. Ospreay stand in the middle of the ring staring them down, then turns around to see the man to his left, an old friend, Ricochet.
TWO WEEKS LATER
Two massive matches tonight on NXT, In the main event, Ricochet challenges Adam Cole for the North American Championship, but first, Will Ospreay will face Kyle O’Reilly in our opening bought.
WILL OSPREAY VS KYLE O’REILLY
Ospreay charges at Kyle, looking for another quick Hidden Blade finish but Kyle ducks it and hits a German Suplex on but Ospreay lands on his feet. Kyle goes for a head kick, Ospreay pushes it away and looks for a Superkick but Kyle ducks under it matrix style and grabs Wills foot for an ANKLE LOCK! Ospreay doesn’t drop to the ground and his uses his other leg to kick Kyle away and into the ropes. Kyle stops at the ropes and Ospreay rolls into the centre of the ring. Both men stare one another down.
As the match goes on, Kyle and Ospreay engage in a lot more technical wrestling with Kyle having the advantage and Ospreay struggling to keep up, having only small flurries of offence before Kyle shuts it down. Kyle would target Ospreay arm, trying to neutralise the Hidden Blade.
Towards the end of the match, an exchange of kicks would give Ospreay the advantage as he uses his quick pace and intensity to take Kyle off his feet, kicking him into the rope where Kyle would fall threw the middle rope and propel himself back into the ring looking a clothesline, instead HIDDEN BLADE and Kyle is down, Ospreay is hurt, slow to cover. ONE… TWO… T- Kyle kicks out!
In the end, Ospreay is in the corner and Kyle charges at him, hitting a flying forearm smash. Kyle turns and Ospreay grabs him around the neck, looking to choke him out. Kyle reaches for the referee and grabs his hands, the referee pulls himself off and as he does, Kyle hits a low blow on Ospreay. He falls back, leaning against the middle rope when Strong hits him across the face with his title belt! Kyle turns and lifts Ospreay back up in the corner, hits a forearm to the back of his neck and then a German Suplex pinfall! ONE….TWO…. THR— OSPREAY KICS OUT!
Kyle is furious and gets into the refereees face, while he does this, Rodrick drag Ospreay towards the floor and drapes his head over the mat, then hits a running knee strike with the belt in front of his knee and pushes Ospreay back into the ring. O’Reilly pushes the ref aside and goes back to Ospreay, locking him into the Guillotine Chock. The referee check Will and immediately calls for the bell. Kyle O’Reilly wins.
LATER THAT NIGHT - ADAM COLE VS RICOCHET
Towards the end of this match, Ricochet manages to hit a suicide dive on Strong and Kyle, follow by a Panama sunrise on Adam Cole, then he makes his way to the top rope but before he can hit the 630 Splash, Strong is back up and shoves Ricochet off the top rope and he lands funny. Hurting his foot in the process, but Undisputed Era don’t care. The all leap into the ring and attack Ricochet. They hit a HIGH LOW on Ricochet. Adam Cole lowers his knee pad, looking for the LAST SHOT. This is where Ospreay comes running down and slides into the ring, looking for a Hidden Blade on Cole but he leaves the ring, as does Strong and O’Reilly. Medics enter the ring to check on Ricochet, with Ospreay.
Undisputed Era surround the ring and Ospreay gets back to his feet and faces them down, trying to cover for Ricochet.
Regal\*: “That’s enough! Adam! Get your men off the apron and come here!”\* Regal is livid and meets with Adam Cole in the middle of the ramp.
Regal: “I have a Takeover to book for in two weeks, you were meant to be on that show and by the looks of how thing match was going, you’d be facing Ricochet in a rematch for your North American Championship.” Cole laughs and says ‘Oh well’
“Oh well indeed, because now I have to find you another opponent. Because you will defend the title at TakeOver Chicago, and I don’t think I have to look very far to find him.” Regal looks beyond the Undisputed Era, into the ring where Ospreay stands.
Regal continues: ”At TakeOver Chicago, it’ll be Adam Cole against Will Ospreay… For the North American Championship!” Adam and Kyle are protesting this, Kyle claiming he beat him tonight, he can’t be a contender.
“You brought this on yourself boy now piss off!” Regal leaves backstage.
GO HOME SHOW to TAKEOVER CHICAGO
On the go home show, Ospreay is challenged by the Undisputed Era to a 3 v 3 match, if he can find anyone. Ospreay doesn’t really know anyone backstage so after asking a few guys, they all so no way. Ospreay decides to go out there alone. Undisputed Era laugh at him, standing alone in the ring. He takes off his jacket when suddenly, a war horn sounds! The War Raiders are here!
OSPREAY/WAR RAIDERS vs UNDISPUTED ERA
In this match, Ospreay gets to face Rodrick to start things off and maintains the advantage, using Strongs frustration about losing so quickly in their last encounter. Adam Cole tags in, teases the one on one preview with Ospreay but then tags out to Kyle.
In the end of this match, Rodrick tries to get the title belt involved but the referee sees it and removes it from the ring. While he’s doing that, Kyle throws another belt into the ring to Adam Cole and he hits Rowe with the belt. Cole turns around to throw the belt out of the ring but before he can hit the pin, he is hit with a HIDDEN BLADE by Ospreay. Hanson runs into the ring and hits a suicide dive on Kyle. The referee is still arguing with Strong as Ospreay lifts Rowe onto Cole for the pinfall. ONE ….TWO…THREE! Ospreay and War Raiders win.
After the match, Regal does announced that the War Raiders have earned themselves a shot at the Tag Championships are TakeOver Chicago.
NXT TakeOver Chicago
Also on this show. Aleister Black will defeat Lars Sullivan. Strong and O’Reilly will defeat War Raiders. Finally, Tomasso Ciampa will defeat Johnny Gargano in a Chicago Street Fight. BUT FIRST
ADAM COLE vs WILL OSPREAY - NXT North American Championship. (Undisputed ERA banned from Ringside)
This match starts with Ospreay gets a lot of cheers from the local fans. Adam Cole decides it’s a great time to do his Adam Cole bay bay pose because he want’s Ospreay to know he has more fans. Early on Ospreay maintains advantage, simply out wrestling Cole, as he has underestimated Ospreay. The match would soon turn into Adam favour as he find himself on the apron with Ospreay, exchanging kicks. Cole eats a Superkick from Will, but then response with his own. This turns Ospreay and he hits a Pele Kick on Cole. This sends Cole into prime position for an apron OsCutter but NO ONE IS HOME AND OSPREAY hits the apron. Cole doesn’t care and climbs to the middle rope, then hits a Panama Sunrise to Ospreay, on the apron.
Adam would hold onto the advantage for the middle of the match. Whenever Ospreay gets himself into a run of move, he is hit with a superkick. Like when Ospreay hit Cole with a Stundog Millionaire, looks for the OsCutterbut eats a mid air Superkick. With Will down, Cole lines him up for the LAST SHOT! ONE….TWO…- Ospreay kicks out!
Cole is furious as he thought that was enough. He lifts up Will again and lines up another Panama Sunrise. This time though, Ospreay through Cole over his head and quickly hits a Super kick. Ospreay climbs back to the top rope and hits a 630 SPLASH! Homage to Ricochet, ONE…TWO…TH- Cole kicks out! Ospreay fires himself up with the crowd and lines up a Hidden Blade but as Cole turns to face Will, he hits him with a Superkick. Then a poisonrana. Ospreay powers back up like the Poisonrana did nothing to his and hits a Poisonrana on Cole. Ospreay goes back to the corner and hits a HIDDEN BLADE on Cole! ONE….TWO….TH- Cole kicks out again!
In the end, Ospreay and Coles are exchanging forearms, this is followed by Bicycle Kick by, then a Superkick as a rebuttal, pushing Cole into the ropes. Cole looks for a big boot but Ospreay rushes at him with a Hidden Blade! Cole stands still and uses Superkick on Ospreay as he gets closer. Then Cole rushes at Ospreay looking for a Last Shot but it is countered and Ospreay hits a massive clothesline on Adam Cole. Ospreay looks for a Hand Spring Pele Kick but is hit by a Superkick on rotation! Also hit with a LAST SHOT! ONE…TW— Ospreay kicks out at ONE! Cole is in shock, Ospreay catches a Superkick from Cole, then hits a STYLES CLASH, quickly into a HIDDEN BLADE, but he’s not done yet. STORMBREAKER by Ospreay. ONE…TWO…THREE! Ospreay wins!
And there’s more!
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