{"id":24655,"date":"2018-08-25T18:12:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T22:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=24655"},"modified":"2018-08-25T18:12:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T22:12:28","slug":"match-point-walter-vs-will-ospreay-8-26-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/08\/25\/match-point-walter-vs-will-ospreay-8-26-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Point: WALTER vs Will Ospreay (8\/26\/18)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Match Point is an on-going series at Last Word on Pro Wrestling, where we look at intriguing matchups in indie wrestling and beyond. They may be dream matches, first-time\u00a0matchups,\u00a0or hotly anticipated rematches.\u00a0<\/em><em>Today\u2019s edition focuses on a huge championship match for Defiant Wrestling (formerly WCPW) in the UK, where Defiant&#8217;s Internet Champion WALTER gets ready to face &#8220;The Aerial Assassin&#8221; and former 2x IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay this Sunday, at Defiant Stacked &#8217;18.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Defiant Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>(formerly\u00a0<strong>WCPW<\/strong>) is going to provide us a rare first-time matchup as &#8220;The Aerial Assasin&#8221; <strong>Will Ospreay<\/strong> faces champion\u00a0<strong>WALTER<\/strong> for the\u00a0Defiant Internet Championship.\u00a0 Both are among the best in the world at what they do and the excitement for this match is at fever pitch.\u00a0 This is a clash of styles that fans need to see, as Ospreay is a high flyer who can fly around the ring, while WALTER has chopped the soul out of everyone he has faced this year and is a no-nonsense bruiser that leaves his opponents\u00a0broken.\u00a0 WALTER vs Will Ospreay is the clash of two of the best in the world at what they do.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"First Time Ever Match: Will Ospreay Vs. Walter\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8dVfibsurBc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Will Ospreay<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24766\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24766\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/478774a79062d4fb-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/478774a79062d4fb-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/478774a79062d4fb-600x400-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Defiant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The history-making\u00a0Junior Heavyweight is one of the best high fliers of his generation and has grown to become an amazing wrestler.\u00a0 One of the most GIFed wrestlers ever is as polished as he is innovative, making some insane moves look as easy as pulling off an arm drag.\u00a0 The <strong>New Japan Pro Wrestling<\/strong> star is used to facing heavyweights in multi-man\u00a0tags, as well as his match with\u00a0<strong>Kazuchika Okada\u00a0<\/strong>earlier this year.\u00a0 The first ever British born\u00a0<strong>Best Of The Super Juniors <\/strong>winner\u00a0and the first ever British\u00a0born\u00a0IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion faces his biggest challenge yet as he takes on WALTER.\u00a0 Ospreay will need to be at his most innovative and flashy if he wants to tear down WALTER.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>WALTER<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24767\" style=\"width: 388px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24767\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/wrestling-news-progress-walter-travis-banks-chapter-74-camden-on-demand-nxt-uk-wwe-1403729.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"388\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/wrestling-news-progress-walter-travis-banks-chapter-74-camden-on-demand-nxt-uk-wwe-1403729.jpg 388w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/wrestling-news-progress-walter-travis-banks-chapter-74-camden-on-demand-nxt-uk-wwe-1403729-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: PROGRESS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>2018&#8217;s wrestler of the year and one of the best &#8220;big men&#8221; of all time.\u00a0 WALTER has faced giants, underdogs, high flyers and everything in between and walked away triumphant almost every time.\u00a0 WALTER has beaten and thrown around opponents like Ospreay for years and one should expect him to unleash his chops on Ospreay.\u00a0 With so many ways for WALTER to destroy an opponent Ospreay will need to show more heart than anyone if he wants to overcome the mammoth Austrian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Match Point is an on-going series at Last Word on Pro Wrestling, where we look at intriguing matchups in indie wrestling and beyond. 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