Will Ospreay on “We Shouldn’t Ignore Criticism” & Being Motivated to “Come Back Swinging” Over 6/19 AEW Dynamite’s Record Low Ratings

As noted before, the June 19th AEW Dynamite show drew 502,000 viewers and a 0.16 key demographic ratings, both the lowest ever for a Dynamite show in its normal timeslot in Dynamite series history.

CBS Sports held a recent interview with Will Ospreay. One of the topics discussed included Ospreay’s thoughts about AEW’s ratings for their June 19th Dynamite show and how they should not ignore criticism or shy away from it but use it as motivation to “come back swinging.”

“That one did suck to see that rating come out because for me, that was a home-run Dynamite. It was an excellent showcase, there wasn’t any down points for it. Outside of being in the wrestling business, I just thought it was a really good Dynamite and it sucks it was such a low rating but it’s motivating me and I’m sure it’s going to motivate others to try and think out of the box and try and come back swinging. I’m not someone who ignores that s**t, I see it and I take note of it and make sure whatever we do next week, we come back swinging. We shouldn’t ignore criticism, we shouldn’t shy away from it, we are still a five-year (old) company. For me personally, AEW still has a lot of growing pains to go through and even myself, I wasn’t someone from WWE, the only thing I had going for me is I was a New Japan wrestler. This is all new for me, like this what, my fourth month on weekly TV? I’m still learning the ropes with all this.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com