{"id":46645,"date":"2024-04-02T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/the-worlds-best-wrestler-who-owes-his-career-to-assassins-creed\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T15:30:00","slug":"the-worlds-best-wrestler-who-owes-his-career-to-assassins-creed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/the-worlds-best-wrestler-who-owes-his-career-to-assassins-creed\/","title":{"rendered":"The World’s Best Wrestler Who Owes His Career to Assassin’s Creed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meet Will Ospreay, a 30-year-old Assassin\u2019s Creed fan who many consider to currently be the best professional wrestler in the world. Will\u2019s not just<\/em> a fan of Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/a> though, his entire career has been built on the foundation of the Ubisoft series, and since his early wrestling days he has gone by the Ezio-inspired moniker \u2018The Aerial Assassin\u2019.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI love [the phrase] \u2018work in the dark to serve the light\u2019,\u201d explains Ospreay. \u201cIt spoke volumes [to me] for some strange reason. It just felt like a superhero [mantra I wanted to adopt] weirdly, and I love being the good guy. I love it. <\/p>\n

\u201cI went on eBay and bought a cosplay outfit of Assassin’s Creed.\u201d he shares. \u201cEveryone knew it was a cosplay jacket, [but] people understood what I was going for.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been over ten years since Will Ospreay first donned the iconic Assassin\u2019s hood, and despite its humble cosplay beginnings, the look has been a permanent fixture for a decade. It\u2019s taken him from bingo halls to the big-time of WWE\u2019s rival promotion, All Elite Wrestling<\/a>. Along the way, Will spent eight years in New Japan Pro Wrestling, honing not only his craft but also his Assassin\u2019s Creed-inspired persona.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt opened up gateways in my brain with wrestling,\u201d Ospreay says. \u201cIt made me think so much deeper about the entrance [and] the way I presented and carried myself on camera. Without Assassin’s Creed, I don’t think I would be as far in my wrestling career as I would be right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will\u2019s obsession began with Ezio Auditore da Firenze, but strangely not his appearance in Assassin\u2019s Creed 2, but rather in his third adventure, Assassin\u2019s Creed Revelations<\/a>. After enjoying that game so much, Ospreay quickly revisited all of the previous games and truly fell in love with the series. He then began to transition Assassin\u2019s Creed influences into his future wrestling career.<\/p>\n

I look like I work at Tesco, so I needed something to stand out.<\/section>\n

“You’ve got about six seconds to win a crowd over,\u201d explains Ospreay. \u201cThe moment you walk through that curtain, you have to have something about you. Whether you are a freak, or you’ve got long hair, you’ve got to have something about you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI look like I work at Tesco, so I really [needed] something to stand out. I loved the Assassin’s Creed games. The way [the assassins] moved was so captivating for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

For those familiar with Will Ospreay, you\u2019ll instantly recognise his unquestionable athletic prowess. Ezio\u2019s free-running movement and Will\u2019s natural ability was an instant match, and exactly what he was looking for.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe and my friends would watch parkour and free running videos,\u201d recalls Ospreay. \u201cTo see it utilized in a video game [by a] guy who\u2019s kicking ass as well, it was, \u2018Okay, I have an attachment to this character.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Ospreay\u2019s wrestling style evolved with his character, and the Aerial Assassin\u2019s love for utilising Assassin’s Creed continued to grow. The next logical step, then, was to name one of the impressive moves in his arsenal after the series\u2019 most iconic element. <\/p>\n