This finish is so genius. Everyone raved about it in the gamethread but risking sounding like Sidgwick, it's worth mentioning again for those that didn't see the match.
Ospreay's last match, against SANADA, ended in a stoppage after Ospreay beat him in the back of the head with elbows for 15 seconds. SANADA broke an orbital bone during the match from Ospreay landing with his knees in SANADA's face, but the worked reason was Ospreay's elbows.
Red Shoes got criticism (in kayfabe at the very least, I'm not sure if he did outside of it as well) for taking so long to stop the match. SANADA was basically out, and Ospreay had to hammer down on him while actively telling Red Shoes to stop it for a good while before he called it. Aside from how that sets up for the ZSJ match, it's really impressive that it's likely an audible finish after SANADA's injury.
Going into this match, Ospreay tried for the same stoppage finish here
>>4992393, but Zack obviously got out of it.
When Ospreay gets caught in the Selected Technical Works Vol.2 here Red Shoes calls for the bell the second he starts tapping, and Ospreay, being the heel he is, of course claims he didn't actually tap and Red Shoes was too quick to call it.
>>4992590Holy shit
