Will Ospreay is back.
Ospreay, who has been out of the ring since Forbidden Door 2025 in August, made his return to AEW on Sunday night’s Revolution pay-per-view in Los Angeles.
Ospreay’s return overshadowed a physical win for Jon Moxley, retaining his AEW Continental Championship against Konosuke Takeshita as part of Sunday’s card. Ospreay attacked Moxley and many other Death Riders, sending the group retreating to end the segment.
Ospreay was written off AEW programming last summer so he could undergo surgery for what he described as “a few herniated discs.” The former NJPW star said in September that his surgery was a “success.” After months away, with AEW’s trip to Wembley Stadium set for later this year, England’s Ospreay is back to in-ring physicality once again.
Prior to Ospreay’s return, Moxley had to dig deep for a win against Takeshita.
Moxley and Takeshita both survived countless near falls, including a moment at the 20-minute mark where Moxley endured a Raging Fire from Takeshita, an almost-always fight-ender.
Takeshita survived an avalanche Death Rider from Moxley late in the bout, but was put to sleep only moments later from a sleeper hold from Moxley to end the contest.
Sunday’s title match was the trilogy between Takeshita and Moxley since last December, when they met as part of the Continental Classic. Although Moxley ended up winning the entire tournament, beginning his title reign, he lost a match to Takeshita along the way as part of block action.
Moxley attempted to get that win back last month at Grand Slam: Australia, but that battle had an unsatisfying time-limit draw ending. In hopes of wrapping up the rivalry, the usual 20-minute limit on Continental title matches was lifted for Sunday’s bout, allowing Moxley and Takeshita to go as long as needed to find a winner.
Sunday was Moxley’s first time defending his Continental championship, although he has won numerous title eliminators since capturing his belt in late 2025. A win for Takeshita would’ve started his first AEW title reign in over a year.
