Eric Bischoff Compares Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega At AEW All In To A Nasty Boys Match Wrestling News Source – Latest WWE, AEW, Pro Wrestling News, AEW All In: London 2026 Results

Eric Bischoff has shared a mixed review of AEW All In: London, praising the spectacle and production at Wembley Stadium while heavily criticising much of the wrestling.

One of Bischoff’s biggest complaints was the AEW World Championship main event between Will Ospreay and Kenny Omega.

Ospreay defeated Omega after a bloody 34-minute battle, hitting the Hidden Blade to capture the AEW World Championship in front of his home crowd.

Speaking alongside Conrad Thompson during a live episode of 83 Weeks following the show, Bischoff was asked about the match and how it compared with Omega’s famous New Japan Pro-Wrestling encounters with Kazuchika Okada.

“I didn’t like the match at all, and I know people are going to say Bischoff’s such a hater,” Bischoff said. “Look, for those who like the AEW style of wrestling, it was fine. You got what you wanted. You got what you paid for, and it met or exceeded your expectations, and I’m happy for you. For me personally, subjectively, based on what I enjoy out of professional wrestling, it was like watching a Nasty Boys match. It was a hardcore, slow-paced match. And yes, it was bloody, and there were great spots.”

Bischoff made it clear that his criticism was not limited to Ospreay against Omega. He felt several matches throughout All In suffered from sloppy moments and timing issues.

“The matches were okay, but there was nothing special. There was a lot of garbage in there. There was a lot of stuff that you could see through. Timing was off in a number of matches, and a number of them just looked sloppy,” Bischoff said. “For someone who likes a match to tell a story, a real story, not a spot story, that’s what most of this was tonight.”

When Thompson asked him to explain the Nasty Boys comparison, Bischoff said he felt the main event lacked the structure he wants from professional wrestling.

“It was like a hardcore, anything goes, no rules, bring a weapon. I didn’t see a kitchen sink in there, but for the most part it was anything goes. You had a referee that might as well not have been there. So there’s no structure. It’s just two guys getting into the ring and exchanging high spots until one of them starts bleeding,” he said. “Two minutes into that match, they looked like they were 58 minutes into a 60-minute Broadway.”

Bischoff also explained that he had expected more from Ospreay.

“I didn’t expect Kenny to go out and be Kenny Omega from 2017. He’s been honest about that. I like that,” Bischoff said. “But I expected so much more out of Ospreay than just getting his ass kicked for 18 minutes and then making a comeback.”

Despite his issues with the wrestling, Bischoff had plenty of positive things to say about AEW’s overall presentation.

He praised the production values, spectacle and entrances at Wembley. His main production complaint concerned part of the staging blocking some of the graphics on the entrance ramp.

Bischoff said the presentation did not quite reach WrestleMania standards, but he believed AEW came close.

Another match that frustrated him was Jon Moxley against Nigel McGuinness for the Continental Championship.

Moxley retained the championship by submission with an ankle lock and became the first Continental Challenge Cup winner. McGuinness entered the final carrying an injured foot after battling through the tournament.

Bischoff particularly disliked a moment where Moxley and McGuinness stood in the ring exchanging elbow strikes.

“When I see Moxley, he does this all the time, and every time I see it, it bores me just a little bit more. When they stand there and exchange elbows,” Bischoff said. “Look, I get it. They’re recreating that scene where Don Frye, whoever he was in the ring with, Takayama, right? That was a classic.”

Bischoff was referring to the legendary Don Frye and Yoshihiro Takayama fight at PRIDE 21 in June 2002.

“Of course, sports entertainment being what sports entertainment is, we try to adopt some things that we see that work, and now we’re doing them in the ring all the fricking time, and everybody does it, and everybody looks like a clown when they do it, because you can see through that s***,” he said. “It’s not believable. It’s not dynamic. It’s not fun to look at.”

Thompson challenged Bischoff on some of his criticism, pointing out that he had not followed the Continental Challenge Cup tournament and therefore did not have the full context behind McGuinness’ journey.

He explained how McGuinness, a former Ring of Honor World Champion whose wrestling career had previously been cut short by medical problems, returned to competition and fought his way through the tournament before reaching the final while injured.

Bischoff accepted that this context could have changed how he viewed the match.

“Without reading the first 10 chapters, the last chapter might not make any sense, and that’s a very, very good point, and that is the perspective from which I watched that match,” he said. “I too am a Nigel fan, worked with Nigel in TNA. And I love his work on commentary. I think he’s one of the best, actually. But for the most part, I’ve yet to see a Jon Moxley match that I’ve really enjoyed watching.”

There was one memorable moment involving Sting and his son Steven Borden that Bischoff enjoyed, although he still had some concerns.

Borden appeared alongside his father during the Falls Count Anywhere TNT Championship match between Darby Allin and Kevin Knight.

Sting became involved when Brian Cage and Mark Davis appeared. Sting and his son eventually climbed opposite sides of a ladder before Sting offered Borden some encouragement and climbed down.

Borden then launched himself from the ladder as part of the dramatic sequence, with Allin eventually winning the TNT Championship.

“I did. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it for Steve. I enjoyed it for his son,” Bischoff said. “Sting, I got to be careful what I say here, because Sting was very supportive of my son Garrett when Garrett broke into the business, and I don’t want to sound like I’m unsupportive, but my concern, and I say this as a friend, my concern is that they’re pushing Sting’s son a little too early.”

Bischoff believes Borden simply needs more experience before being placed in major situations.

“He’s not ready for the positions that he’s being put into. He barely knows his way around the ring, and now he’s doing high spots like he did,” Bischoff said. “Because if he’s not ready, you’ll end up in the same position as an Eric Watts, for example, of getting the push, getting the visibility, getting the highlights or the spot, but not really having the experience. And that’s all it is, is reps.”

Eric Watts, the son of wrestling promoter Bill Watts, received a significant push in WCW during the early 1990s while his father was running the promotion.

Thompson pointed out that Borden has been training with Dustin Rhodes in Texas and working dark matches. He also argued that the Wembley appearance should be viewed more as a special cameo than Borden being pushed into a full match.

Bischoff ultimately acknowledged one important factor behind his assessment of All In. He admitted that he had not regularly watched AEW for around four months, meaning he was viewing much of the show without the weekly storyline context leading into Wembley.

What did you think of AEW All In: London? Do you agree with Eric Bischoff’s criticism of Ospreay vs. Omega, or was the main event exactly what you wanted from AEW? Let us know in the comments.