Summary

Will Ospreay says he is not sure he has done enough yet to earn a place in the 2026 Owen Hart Cup.

Ospreay reached the final of the tournament in 2025 before falling to Hangman Page at Double Or Nothing. But with only a handful of matches under his belt this year, he said he has not piled up the kind of wins that would make him feel secure about getting back into the field.

Quote from Will Ospreay

"I’m hoping that I qualify anyway, but I’ve had… four matches I think so far and like I’ve barely escaped with the wins and quite a lot of them. So I don’t know if I’ll be like in contention. Hopefully the fact that I was a finalist last year is enough to put me in there. But I need to start racking up some big wins because I know, I know like the the toll it’s taking on my body and I’m not meeting the mark and like not like getting the the big wins I need to get. So hopefully like this match with (Mark) Davis will change this Wednesday."

What this means for Will Ospreay and the Owen Hart Cup

Ospreay framing his position this way puts some real weight on the Mark Davis match, because a stronger run of wins would give AEW a clean case for putting last year's finalist back into the Owen Hart Cup conversation.

It also adds some vulnerability to Ospreay's current presentation. Instead of talking like a guaranteed tournament favorite, he is openly acknowledging that his body has taken a toll and that his recent results have not fully matched his standard.

Sources

Will Ospreay while speaking with The Sportster