{"id":141052,"date":"2022-06-08T20:29:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T01:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=141052"},"modified":"2022-06-08T20:29:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T01:29:47","slug":"former-iwgp-world-heavyweight-champion-appears-on-dynamite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/08\/former-iwgp-world-heavyweight-champion-appears-on-dynamite\/","title":{"rendered":"Former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion appears on Dynamite"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3885665874\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, Will Ospreay, walked through the forbidden door and into AEW on this week&#8217;s episode of Dynamite.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Look who is here at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AEWDynamite<\/a>! It&#39;s the leader of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UnitedEmpire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UnitedEmpire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwglobal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@njpwglobal<\/a>&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillOspreay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WillOspreay<\/a>, and he&#39;s brought reinforcements in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AussieOpen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AussieOpen<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylefletcherpro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kylefletcherpro<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DUNKZILLADavis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DUNKZILLADavis<\/a>) &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HenareNZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HenareNZ<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> is LIVE on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBSNetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TBSNetwork<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CBSpgo8gCW\">pic.twitter.com\/CBSpgo8gCW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1534701329125367808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ospreay interrupted FTR and Trent Beretta in the ring and members of his United Empire faction attacked. After the attack, Ospreay and United Empire posed in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Will Ospreay presumably will be involved in the Forbidden Door event with AEW and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpw1972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Japan Pro Wrestling<\/a> on June 26. Matches for the show have not been made official at this time, but Adam Page made a challenge to Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at the event on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/08\/6-8-aew-dynamite-results-kellers-report-on-aew-interim-title-battle-royal-and-jon-moxley-main-event-pac-vs-buddy-hanman-vs-finlay\/\">this week&#8217;s episode of AEW Dynamite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ospreay is a former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. 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