Kyle Fletcher Says Will Ospreay Match At AEW Full Gear 2024 Was His Breakout Bout

Kyle Fletcher says that his match with Will Ospreay at AEW Full Gear 2024 was his true breakout match, a bout he reflected in in a recent interview. The DCF member defeated Ospreay in a star-making match at last year’s November PPV, pinning his former ally clean in the ring.

Fletcher spoke with Insight With Chris Van Vliet and was asked about his breakout match, naming the Full Gear bout. He also spoke about his match with Ospreay at AEW Revolution, where he did a Spanish fly with Ospreay off the top of the cage into tacks. You can see some highlights below:

On His Breakout Match:

“I think it has to be Full Gear with Ospreay, for sure. I think maybe before that, the first match we had on Dynamite. But before that, we wrestled right after he had signed full-time, back in March of 24, we wrestled on a dynamite and that was the first time I’d been given a Dynamite main event. We got given three segments. It was my first big TV match. I think after that, a lot of people came out, and they were like, I didn’t know you could wrestle like that. Then, before that, it was in one week, I wrestled Bryan Danielson and Kenny Omega in the same week. I think that was the first one where I was like, Okay, this is weird. Then that and then to go out there, have a cool match, and then afterwards, have them be so, like, complimentary and like, putting me over and like that. That was a mind trip, for sure. But yeah, I think the first one where I kind of felt comfortable, I felt that confidence, for the first time was that Full Gear with Ospreay, I think was the real turning point.”

On the Top Cage Spanish Fly:

“Well, the funny thing is, I don’t think we did entirely [know it would work]. I think it’s a lot of trust in each other, I think that was the main thing. I think we have this level of trust with each other, where it’s like, ‘No, I literally trust you with my life,’ and I feel like he feels the same. So I think we both went out there and we wanted to make a moment. We wanted to make it something people would remember forever. So I think that was kind of where we landed. We were like, ‘Yeah, why not?’”

On Landing On the Tacks:

“So the funniest part was it was mostly like my bare thighs and my quads that got the tacks. So for the next two weeks, or whatever it was, it was like just all these dots all over my quads. That was pretty funny. But, yeah, it’s funny. In those big matches, especially one like that, the adrenaline is so high that even if it hurts a little bit, it doesn’t even register in my brain. I’m thinking about camera shots and selling and my face. There’s so many things going through my brain at the time, so it didn’t even cross my mind.”

On If There’s a Line He Won’t Cross:

“Haven’t got there yet, so I’ll let you know. I think the Spanish fly was probably the one where I was like, this is getting close to the line. I was pretty we were pretty close to not doing that one.”

On Why He Said Yes:

“I think it was that trust that we have in each other; I think if it was anybody else, he probably would have said no. But I think because it was me and we have that real-life trust in each other, he was fine. I kind of pulled his arm a little bit.”