WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins takes a shot at Will Ospreay on social media

By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)

Seth Rollins took to social media to boast about WWE’s in-ring product. “Best pro wrestling on the planet,” Rollins wrote. “See that Cruiserweight Triple Threat? And that’s just one night, one match amongst the many. Find anyone else alive who does what I do as well as I do it as often as I do it. Ya can’t.”

Will Ospreay responded by writing, “I’m alive.” Rollins lit up Ospreay in return. “Ahhhh I’m sorry little guy,” Rollins wrote. “We already have a better version of you here and he just won his first US Title tonight (Congrats @KingRicochet). Keep working hard though buddy!”

Powell’s POV: Pro wrestling is subjective so to each his own regarding which company delivers the best wrestling. But I don’t feel that Ospreay is an inferior version of Ricochet, and Seth’s attention grabbing comments come off as patronizing. Ospreay and Ricochet are two elite talents and while both are known for performing some gravity defying moves, they are hardly interchangeable. In fact, Ospreay has toned down the number of high spots he performs and I thoroughly enjoy the style he is currently working.

Best pro wrestling on the planet. Period. https://t.co/Frd8occDhd

— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) June 23, 2019

Doubling down. Best pro wrestling on the planet. See that Cruiserweight Triple Threat? And that’s just one night, one match amongst the many. Find anyone else alive who does what I do as well as I do it as often as I do it. Ya can’t. #WWEStompingGrounds #UniversalChampion @WWE

— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) June 23, 2019

I’m alive. https://t.co/l7zxy5yHY9

— ᵂⁱˡˡ ᴼˢᵖʳᵉᵃʸ • ウィル・オスプレイ (@WillOspreay) June 24, 2019

Ahhhh I’m sorry little guy. We already have a better version of you here and he just won his first US Title tonight (Congrats @KingRicochet). Keep working hard though buddy! https://t.co/JwB36iWaIg

— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) June 24, 2019

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