on September 30 “AEW Dynamite” series. Will Ospreay and Ricochet fought in a match designed to pay tribute to their late friend Pac, a man who both Ospreay and Ricochet considered a big influence on them. In a night filled with tributes and tears, it was Osprey who dug deep into his bag of tricks and paid tribute to Pac in a way only the AEW World Champion could, hitting Pac’s iconic Black Arrow finishing move.
Osprey talked about the move during a speech “Speedball” Mike Bailey’s video blog he recorded backstage at Dynamite, stating that even though he hadn’t made the move in nearly a decade, he felt he just had to.
“It was difficult. I haven’t done it in eight years, that’s the last time I did it, and I was ten kilos lighter, I don’t know what that is in pounds. But it was one of the hardest matches I’ve ever done in my life, and when it comes to me and Trevor (Ricochet), obviously there’s always hard feelings between us because we always want hard feelings between us. to the throne and I know he wants this championship, but to be able to put our differences aside and pay tribute to a very good friend of ours, I wanted to do it right.”
Ospreay went on to say that the one thing everyone pointed out in the build-up to Dynamite was him and Ricochet was the only person who could realistically hit the Black Arrow because it was hard to get out. He found a way to do it, though, and Bailey closed out the clip by calling the game the perfect tribute to Pac.
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