After his victory at Clockwork CarnageWill Ospreay has now made three defenses as the AEW Men’s World Champion, more than enough to make him the undisputed best champion in the AEW Men’s Division in the eyes of many. That’s not a view shared by former AEW World Champion MJF, however, who continues to claim: his title loss to Kenny Omega in July was unfairand thus named himself the Real World Champion, taking his Triple B with him. time post WrestleDream press scrumOspreay was asked about all of this, leading to a playful exchange with AEW owner Tony Khan.
“What are you going to do to solve this problem?” Osprey said to Khan. “There’s a governing body that hands them out, there’s a whole team around this thing, and he can just belt in?
“Where did he get in?” Khan said: “He hasn’t been here.”
“Oh yeah, to be fair he was hiding,” Ospreay said. “Let him go there, if he ever wants to go out and find out who the real champion is, he knows where I am. B***h!”
MJF has been absent from AEW since All In, where he failed to capture the guaranteed world title in a Casino Gauntlet match won by challenger Andrad El Idolo. Instead, MJF set their sights on New Japan Pro Wrestling. inviting G1 Climax winner Ryohei Oiwa for the match and promising to defend the “real” AEW World Title. Despite this, many expected MJF to return to AEW before the end of the year and resume his feud with Osprey, with whom; MJF lost and won the AEW International Championship on the 2024 episode of Dynamite ahead Osprey regained the title at All In.