{"id":77574,"date":"2020-10-16T08:49:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T12:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=77574"},"modified":"2020-10-16T08:49:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T12:49:46","slug":"will-ospreay-heel-faction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/10\/16\/will-ospreay-heel-faction\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Ospreay Turns Heel &#038; Will Lead His Own Faction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today NJPW held the final day of A Block action in the G1 Climax.\u00a0 On the show we saw\u00a0<strong>Kazuchika Okada\u00a0<\/strong>take on Will Ospreay in a match that both men needed to win in order to stay alive in the block.\u00a0 Ospreay won, but via some nefarious means.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1317055568712957952<\/p>\n<p>First\u00a0<strong>Bea Priestley<\/strong>, Ospreay&#8217;s partner and\u00a0<strong>Stardom\u00a0<\/strong>roster member, made her way to the ring.\u00a0 Priestley is currently a member of the ultra heel Oedo Tai faction in Stardom.\u00a0 Her influence quickly became clear when\u00a0<strong>The Great O-Kharn\u00a0<\/strong>(Tomoyuki Oka) made his return from his British excursion to attack Okada.\u00a0 This led to Ospreay hitting the Storm Breaker and walking away as the winner, beating Okada for the first time in the process.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Holy shit, Oka has returned to NJPW and just attacked Okada!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G1CLIMAX30?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#G1CLIMAX30<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NJPW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NJPW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d63mH2znnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/d63mH2znnl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GuDx7IIukO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/GuDx7IIukO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Italo Santana (@BulletClubIta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BulletClubIta\/status\/1317055788964323329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ospreay confirmed in the post-match comments that he will indeed be making his own faction.\u00a0 Given the presence of Bea Priestley it is likely that Ospreay will lead a heel faction, similar to Oedo Tai.\u00a0 This is a big opportunity for Ospreay who could become a main event talent, and possible IWGP Champion, as he leads his won group in the company.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ospreay said backstage that he is indeed making his own faction <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jAJWIrVI8j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/jAJWIrVI8j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Super J-Cast (@thesuperjcast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thesuperjcast\/status\/1317080902493634560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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