Update on Will Ospreay/NJPW

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From Wrestling Observer Newsletter [4/21]

Will Ospreay has already been offered a regular contract which would make him just about the quickest guy without an international name to get one. He got the offer after one match with the promotion. He’s probably being tugged in different directions. In his case, it’s really Japan and WWE that would be the directions. If WWE really wants him and makes a big offer they’ll get him. WWE usually offers guys of his level a lot less than they make on the indies. The feeling is they’ll come at the low number starting out because there’s more of a shot at the high number down the line. It’s essentially the same deal as Ricochet, who on paper can make far more with the new offer he got from Lucha Underground, which would allow him to work New Japan as well as indies, but WWE is still WWE. For Ospreay, the advantage is he can live in the U.K. if he wants to with New Japan, but would have to move to Florida for WWE. That kept Finn Balor for years from making the move. Some guys who are into it for art at first or pure money may stay away from WWE, but usually when you get older and start getting the injuries, WWE starts getting more enticing. I know of one top indie guy who pretty much has an open offer for WWE but has a regular job that pays better than NXT and likes his way of wrestling, and WWE would change his style, so he’s stayed away. [Probably talking about Timothy Thatcher]