Ric Flair Repsonds To Online Comparisons of Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega Match At AEW All In 2026 To His Iconic Matches With Ricky Steamboat

As noted before, this past Sunday’s AEW All In 2026 event at Wembley Stadium in London, England featured Will Ospreay defeating Kenny Omega to become the new AEW World Champion.

WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair recently responded on Twitter about the comparisons from online wrestling fans of Ospreay and Omega’s match to his iconic matches with WWE Hall of Famer Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat in the 1980s and 1990s in WCW and National Wrestling Alliance.

“No One Has More Respect For @KennyOmegamanX And @WillOspreay Than Me! But To Compare Them To Steamboat And I Is Like Comparing The Mississippi River To The Pacific Ocean! When They Have A Great Match 300 Times A Year And 200 Hour Broadways, Get Back To Me! Until Then, There Is No Problem With Being Number Two. You Are Great Young Talent, But Let’s Get Serious Kids! You Should Only Hope That You Have People Talking About Your Matches 37 Years Later! WOOOOO!”

No One Has More Respect For @KennyOmegamanX And @WillOspreay Than Me! But To Compare Them To Steamboat And I Is Like Comparing The Mississippi River To The Pacific Ocean! When They Have A Great Match 300 Times A Year And 200 Hour Broadways, Get Back To Me! Until Then, There Is No… pic.twitter.com/UFqcgPg8Zs

— Ric Flair® (@RicFlairNatrBoy) September 2, 2026