{"id":157290,"date":"2023-04-17T11:49:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T16:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=157290"},"modified":"2023-04-17T11:49:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T16:49:38","slug":"will-ospreay-i-dont-know-how-long-this-ride-will-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/04\/17\/will-ospreay-i-dont-know-how-long-this-ride-will-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Ospreay: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how long this ride will be&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2114917514\" 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>Will Ospreay revealed on Monday morning that he was medically cleared to return to the ring, but that he didn&#8217;t know how long his remaining ride in wrestling would last.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The one thing that&#8217;s been a constant the last few years is that the injuries have stacked up a lot more recently,&#8221; Ospreay said in a Twitter video about the status of his career. &#8220;It&#8217;s because I&#8217;m getting older, as well. It&#8217;s because I&#8217;m getting heavier. Because of that, the move set that I started when I was 22 years old has kind of vanished and disappeared. It&#8217;s not out of choice, it&#8217;s because my body can&#8217;t do it anymore. I can&#8217;t perform a Shooting Star Press safely anymore, so I&#8217;ve decided it&#8217;s best to cut it out. I feel like my body and me personally, I am deteriorating before everyone&#8217;s eyes. It kind of is really upsetting and it&#8217;s because I chose to do this style and I understand the risks that come with this style. But it&#8217;s just one that suits me down to a T, and I think everyone enjoys it. So, having said that, I don&#8217;t know if this ride&#8217;s going to be a long one, if everyone understands what I mean.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d reach this far in my career anyway,&#8221; Ospreay said. &#8220;So, I&#8217;m just going to enjoy it myself and hope for the best. I&#8217;m going to have to change things up a lot. But, I am going to compete. I am going to comeback. I am going to do the best of my abilities to do this as much as I physically can. I don&#8217;t know how long this ride is going to be, I&#8217;ll be honest with you guys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eOxwUGg57m\">pic.twitter.com\/eOxwUGg57m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Will Ospreay \u2022 \u30a6\u30a3\u30eb\u30fb\u30aa\u30b9\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4 (@WillOspreay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillOspreay\/status\/1647924083122663424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Will Ospreay is a former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion and IWGP United States Champion in New Japan Pro Wrestling. 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