Rip Rogers and Will Ospreay Argue Over Indy Wrestling on Twitter

Old vs. new. One of the longest standing issues in professional wrestling is the generation gap. Every generation of wrestlers is convinced that their generation is smarter than the one that came after it and in the days with Twitter as an option, the older wrestlers can offer such critiques, whether solicited or not.

That’s the case again today with retired veteran/longtime and current Ohio Valley Wrestling trainer Rip Rogers taking a shot at the indy wrestling scene. Rogers posted a message (which should be noted he DID NOT write) on Twitter, talking about how indy matches today are the same things over and over without being much of value.

https://twitter.com/Hustler2754/status/863340857281445888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Indy star Will Ospreay replied, saying he was happy with what he was doing. Rogers responded as well, and not in the way you might expect.

Nothing wrong with that … I did stupid shit when I was ur age too – ur in ur 20's ur supposed to b that way – later on u will get it

— Rip Rogers (@Hustler2754) May 13, 2017

Current WWE wrestler TJP chimed in as well on Instagram:

A post shared by TJ Perkins (@megatjp) on May 13, 2017 at 3:32pm PDT

Opinion: I get where Rogers is coming from but very simply put, as Ospreay said, he’s getting paid to do this. That’s how indy wrestling works at this point and it’s going to stay that way as long as people buy tickets or DVDs or pay to stream the shows. Rogers doesn’t go as far as some do with his criticisms and does seem to understand that Ospreay is doing what gets him paid and makes him happy, but this is something we’ve heard many times before and it gets a bit tiring.