Will Ospreay vs Pete Dunne ( WWE UK Champion vs IWGP Champion At IPW 2018)
Be present everywhere this is a historic battle between world most gifted and aggressive wrestlers. It is time to behold Will Ospreay, our dear IWGP Champion, as he battles Pete Dunne who is the WWE UK Champion in an unprecedented match. Expect acrobatics on air like never before, charred strikes and an indelible conflict over authority.
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00:00The following contest is a singles pre-match and is set for one fall.
00:10Introducing first...
00:15From the Reign of Unixix, he is your new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, this is the
00:41Aerial Assassin, Will Ospreay!
00:50Ladies and gentlemen, it is no over-exaggeration to say that the world has been waiting for
00:56this clash between two of the very finest wrestlers of their generation.
01:01Yes they have met before, but not when both men carry such prestigious international gold.
01:08This is going to be nothing less than historic, a match that is truly 25 years in the making.
01:16And one half of the puzzle is in the ring right now, the Aerial Assassin, Will Ospreay.
01:38And his opponent, from Birmingham, he is the current WWE United Kingdom Champion, this
02:04is the Bruiserweight Pete Dunne!
02:13The Aerial Assassin, Will Ospreay, is the newly crowned IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion
02:19as of quite literally two weeks ago, but the Bruiserweight Pete Dunne has been the WWE
02:26UK Champion since May of last year.
02:35Can you believe those two belts are so close to touching, it is truly an incredible sight
02:43and if you don't know why, we will tell you momentarily.
02:49But this is a stare down that has been eagerly awaited by the four corners of the world.
02:59And it is exclusively happening at Unit 9 in Milton Keynes, this is IPW.
03:08And ladies and gentlemen, watching around the world, you are about to see a showcase
03:16from two of the very finest wrestlers, not just in the world today, but of their generation.
03:46Tom Scarborough handing the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and the WWE UK Championship over
03:59to Chris Hatch, don't drop them Chris, I bet they are worth a lot of money.
04:14Tom Scarborough is making sure both men are ready to begin this historic encounter.
04:20And the bell has gone, and an international match for the ages, in the sense that they
04:31are international titles is taking place, and is taking place right here, right now
04:36in the heart of England, and two of the proud warriors of this generation.
04:43Are going to go toe to toe, the reason this contest is so historic, I'll quickly go through
04:51the details of that now, this is the first time for 25 years, that a champion of New
04:59Japan, and a champion of the WWE, are facing off at the same time, reigning and defending
05:14champions of New Japan and WWE, the last time a match of this magnitude happened, Hulk Hogan
05:25was the WWF champion, ladies and gentlemen, that's how long ago it truly, truly was.
05:36We are talking history books, we are talking when Hulk Hogan took on the great Muta, back
05:42on May 3rd 1993 in Fukuoka, Japan.
05:49The combination of these championships has not been seen in the same match this century,
05:54and it has never ever taken place in Europe or indeed America, it could not be more exclusive.
06:16We are talking about champions, nice move there from Ospreay, we are talking about champions,
06:21our next show is our return to Milton Keynes for IPW Parade of Champions on February 21st,
06:27follow us on Twitter and Facebook to keep up to date with the matches as they are announced,
06:31but we can confirm that IPW World Champion Austin Aries, and the NWA World Champion Nick
06:38Aldis will be here, we are sold out right now at Magnificent 7, and you can expect the
06:43same for greater champions, fly to www.ipwk.bigcartel.com to get your ticket before it's too late.
06:57Look at the bruiserweight.
07:01Oh, what does that feel like inside the ribcage of the aerial assassin?
07:09Making sure his fingers aren't broken, it's probably a good idea when you're in there with a bruiserweight,
07:14he'll break your fingers, no problem.
07:23The last time we saw the aerial assassin Will Ospreay in IPW, it was back at Super Show 5,
07:31Super Show 5, it seems so long ago now, when he was defeated by the American Nightmare Cody.
07:39He's done of course far, far more recently, lost to Jimmy Havoc by DQ back at IPW1,
07:49which was in Milden Kings right in this very building back in October.
07:53And that was only because a homicidal, suicidal, genocidal, death defying man, Sabu got involved,
07:59and cracked Jimmy Havoc on the head with a chair.
08:02Bruiserweight, bruiserweight, bruiserweight, bruiserweight.
08:06Oh, are you kidding me? Pete Dunne taking a page straight out of the classic playbook of Will Ospreay.
08:14Bruiserweight, bruiserweight, bruiserweight.
08:17He can do a handspring and he can do a pose.
08:19Bruiserweight, bruiserweight.
08:23I'm not sure if that's going to serve the interest of Pete Dunne to fire up the aerial assassin.
08:29We have seen what he can do around the world.
08:31We saw what he did very recently in New Japan.
08:34We saw the way he vaulted from way up above en route to becoming IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.
08:45But we've also seen what Pete Dunne can do at the very top of this business.
08:52We have seen what he has made of it.
08:54We have seen the resiliency and the brutality that follows in the wake and the very shadow of the bruiserweight.
09:01Oh, he's trying to break the fingers once more.
09:06No!
09:09Ladies and gentlemen, that is an audible clap.
09:13An audible clap between the fingers and a click.
09:23Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
09:31No!
09:34Well, we'll chick him into a forearm smash.
09:38Pete Dunne, he doesn't do fun and games very often.
09:41Will Ospreay should be mindful of that.
09:43Do not take him lightly because he will forearm you into next month.
09:48Rake in the back, and now he's trying to rip off the nose, rip off the nose, break the
10:02knees, snap a few fingers, Will Ospreay may be trying to fly about the ring, because that
10:07is what he does best of course, oh, wow, don't antagonize Pete Dunne, he'll take out anyone
10:17in this crowd, I love them for seconds after he tries to polish off Will Ospreay, Dunne's
10:31got Ospreay wrapped up almost, I say almost in a chicken wing, not quite though, and there's
10:43a handspring kick, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, but nothing is quite as
10:50good as the original, I think Pete Dunne found that out the hard way, and Will Ospreay roundhouse
10:55kicked him right in the side of his head, now Assassin trying to fire himself up here
11:12to take on the flair of Pete Dunne, two feet right into the mush of the WWE UK champion,
11:31absolute precision from the aerial assassin, only a two count on that exchange, it's interesting
11:39Will Ospreay actually debuted on April Fool's Day in 2012, just child six years ago, but anyone
11:46who thought that he would just be a joke, had the idea quickly quashed, as the aerial assassin,
11:51and that's what he's about, that's why we call him aerial, he has quickly blazed a trail to be
11:56regarded as the greatest high flyer of his generation, not like he was gonna try and go
12:04for the reign of maker, didn't get chance, Bruce Wayne going for the cross, landing, Will Ospreay
12:10lands on his feet, and returns the favor with a splash, corkscrew sent on, are you kidding me,
12:18middle of the ring but couldn't quite get the job done on that exchange, Will Ospreay has risen to
12:29be one of the greatest of his generation, Pete Dunne started training at the age of 12, he used
12:34to travel over an hour, every single time he wanted to train, he knows what the struggle is
12:39like, he knows what it's like growing up in England, having to fight for the training, having to fight
12:44for the petition, both of these men became the very best, because they were trained right here in
12:49England, gonna go for the crush, landing, and he got it, and he's transferred, trying to transfer to an
12:56arm bar but instead, instead, instead Will Ospreay fights himself, into that lock to make sure Pete
13:04Dunne can't quite extend the arm, oh snapping, snapping the arm back is gonna affect a lot of
13:14all the movement, like a bomb, like a bomb by Dunne, no he didn't get him on that exchange over, he did
13:21have a very firm grip, a very firm grip indeed around Will Ospreay, Will Ospreay still able to kick
13:27his legs just enough, just enough to get out of that situation.
13:45Ladies and gentlemen we are live here in Milton Keynes, this is Unit 9.
13:52This is IPW, this is a contest 25 years in the making, between two of the finest of our time,
14:03two champions internationally, WWE, New Japan, here on IPW.
14:13Thank you so much for joining us wherever you are in the world, wherever it is in the streets,
14:21of Japan, or whether it's somewhere in New York, LA or in London,
14:26thank you so much for joining us around the world.
14:37A reversal of the century goes for the Oscar, but it's made by the forearm of Dunne.
14:42He got him, he got it with the Reina Maker that time and Pete Dunne has been wiped out.
14:52Couldn't connect with the Oscar, but he did connect with the Reina Maker at the second
14:57time of trying, and the crowd are witnessing what can only be realistically described as
15:03a dream contest for any fan of wrestling.
15:09If you like high flyers, if you like strikers, if you like grapplers, if you like submission
15:15experts, if you like almost any variation of wrestling,
15:19you are seeing it on display in these two quite, quite remarkable athletes.
15:26And right now, right now it is the strikes of Will Ospreay that you're seeing on display,
15:31he can strike, maybe not as well as Pete Dunne arguably, but believe you me,
15:35a forearm from Will Ospreay still feels like you've been hit by a frying pan.
15:42The bruiser has got his hands behind his back, he's daring Ospreay to knock him out,
15:46and it takes just one from the bruiserweight to send the IWGP junior heavyweight champion
15:53crashing to the canvas.
15:59What a kick by Ospreay, what a kick!
16:05He's got him set up, Ospreay might be fighting against some Piri Piri,
16:11because it's the cheeky that nose kick to the WWE UK champion.
16:16The crowd have gone from bruiserweight to Ospreay, that is the magnitude of both individuals,
16:27they are not cheering just the man, they are cheering the heart,
16:31the passion and the pure athleticism on display.
16:37El Assassin died, double tucks and flips over twice, are you kidding me?
16:42And what have Pete Dunne, Pete Dunne's got Ospreay, cheeky that nose kick from the bruiserweight,
16:50he's going for the bitter end, go for the bitter end, he got him, he got the bitter end.
16:57Oscar, Oscar, bitter end from Pete Dunne.
17:06Ospreay retaliated with the Oscar, both men have dropped their big bombs,
17:11and I mean their big bombs, Tom Scarborough is taking the count,
17:15there is little movement from either man.
17:19Pete Dunne has even tried imitating Will Ospreay to get a victory in this one,
17:24he then hit him with his own finishing move, he hit him with the bitter end,
17:28but the Oscar sends both men to the canvas,
17:31Scarborough is up to six and there is little movement for either of them.
17:35Both men trying to get up, up to nine, I'm not sure they're going to make it,
17:39no, they didn't make it, I'm not surprised, I'm not surprised, both men hit their biggest shots.
17:48Ladies and gentlemen, with both men unable to beat the ten count,
17:55this contest is declared a draw.
17:59And to be quite honest with you, that I think was the fair result in the end for both competitors,
18:05they both showcased the very best, not just of British wrestling,
18:10but of their respective companies, the very best of New Japan and the very best of WWE,
18:14and of course I hate to be wrong, the very best of IPW.
18:18Thank you so much for watching this, wherever you are in the world,
18:22thank you, thank you from all of us here at IPW.
18:41Ospreay's having a little word with Pete Dunn,
18:44both men can answer the ten count, both men hit each other's finishes.
18:47The crowd are trying to get them to fight, they've just had a war,
18:51they've just had an all-time classic with each other.
19:01Five more minutes.
19:07If you can hear me Pete,
19:10if you can hear me Pete,
19:14this match has been 25 years in the making, and we're only 24, so guess what?
19:22I'm asking you straight up, let's not end it like this, so I say...
19:27Oh, Pete Dunn, and Pete Dunn pedigrees Will Ospreay, and the bruiserweight.
19:36Will Ospreay will say five more minutes of the bruiserweight,
19:40just kicked him where the sun most certainly does not shine.
19:57Wait a minute,
19:59wait a minute,
20:01we're from Rainermaker, he takes another Oscar there, and Pete Dunn is out of here.
20:10What an epic contest, and what a most fiery kick of the conclusion.
20:15Thank you so much for joining us here at IPW, and for the match that was 25 years in the making.