First finalist set in men’s AEW Owen Hart Foundation tournament after chaotic ending
Will Ospreay’s quest to be in the main event of AEW All In from Wembley Stadium continued on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite after what can best be described as a chaotic ending sequence.
Ospreay defeated former friend and United Empire factionmate Mark Davis in the main event of the night to advance to the finals at this month’s Forbidden Door in San Jose, California.
What preceded that was members of both the Don Callis Family and Death Riders backing up their man in a wild brawl that took place over several minutes while the referee was knocked out. Ospreay got several visual falls during the craziness and nearly had a pin until Jake Something pulled the referee out again. That brought out Marina Shafir and eventually Jon Moxley.
As both teams brawled to the back, Kyle Fletcher snuck in and hit Ospreay with a back suplex and was fixing to hit him with a screwdriver when Konosuke Takeshita pulled him out and they brawled as well. Davis then had the screwdriver, but was disarmed by two Hidden Blades for another visual pinfall.
Ospreay kicked out of a Davis piledriver and after a sequence of counters, Ospreay locked in his armbar for the tapout.
Ospreay advanced to the semifinals with his win last month over Samoa Joe at Double or Nothing while Davis, the reigning AEW National Champion, defeated former champion Jack Perry to advance.
The winner will take on the winner of Swerve Strickland vs. Brody King which takes place on next Wednesday’s Summer Blockbuster edition of Dynamite. The overall tournament winner will challenge for the AEW World title at August’s All In.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.