For the past eight years, Will Ospreay has performed with New Japan Pro Wrestling, becoming one of its biggest stars and even one of its former World Champions. Early in his New Japan tenure, the performer appeared under the moniker the “Aerial Assassin,” complete with gear inspired by Assassin’s Creed protagonist Ezio. Now, as he wraps up his time in NJPW, Ospreay revisited his former personality recently with a new elaborate costume inspired by Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s Jacob Frye during his marquee match at Wrestle Kingdom.
The outfit was complete with a top hat and hidden blade on display. It was more than that, though, as even the game’s theme music blasted through Japan’s iconic Tokyo Dome, before switching to Ospreay’s traditional theme “Elevate.”
Talking to GameSpot, Ospreay–soon to be an AEW wrestler once his contract ends in New Japan–revealed that the collaboration was the work of New Japan publicist Farbod Esnaashari and Ubisoft’s Chris Navalta. For Ospreay, it was a lifelong dream come true.
“I mean Farbod worked it all out. He found ways of doing it and was able to communicate alongside Ubisoft and New Japan to collaborate together to get the theme song from Assassin’s Creed,” he said. “I have him to thank for that. He helped me literally live out a dream. I’ve said this so many times, man, that when I came through wrestling my trainer Greg Burridge was like ‘you have to get something that people connect with.'”