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AEWxNJPW - Forbidden Door - PPV Discussion Thread

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A dream come true for wrestling fans around the world, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWxNJPW?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWxNJPW</a>’s First-Ever Joint PPV Event <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForbiddenDoor?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForbiddenDoor</a> will be coming to you LIVE from the <a href="https://twitter.com/UnitedCenter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UnitedCenter</a> in Chicago TOMORROW at 8p ET/5p PT! Available internationally on <a href="https://twitter.com/FiteTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FiteTV</a>! <a href="https://t.co/wxxCYEitFW">pic.twitter.com/wxxCYEitFW</a></p>— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href="https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1540854857191415808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Interim AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Jay White (c) vs. "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Adam Cole vs. Kazuchika Okada
AEW Women's World Championship: Thunder Rosa (c) vs. Toni Storm
AEW All-Atlantic Championship: Miro vs. Pac vs. Malakai Black vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Winner Take All ROH & IWGP Tag Team Championships: FTR (c) vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan (c) vs. Roppongi Vice
Will Ospreay vs. Orange Cassidy
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Mystery Opponent of Bryan Danielson's Choosing
Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara & Minoru Suzuki vs. Eddie Kingston, Wheeler Yuta & Shota Umino
The Young Bucks, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo vs. Sting, Darby Allin, Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi
Buy-In Match: Max Caster, Billy Gunn, Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn vs. Alex Coughlin, Yuya Uemura, The DKC & Kevin Knight

Christ @ all those multi man matches and Orange Cassidy on this card.

Drebin will be there tomorrow with ABT (rip) and Ron The Dial. We will have the scoop on the event that would make that MONSTER, Kenton Lane, want to quit his "journalism" career!

We will be in action in a 6-man mixed tag match vs Emi Sakura, Yuka Sakasaki and Riho.

Tony Khan is such a good booker, like SOOOOO good :rofl:

Card had SOOOOOOOOOO much potential. But injuries and bad luck have ruined the potential of the card. Still has the chance to have 3-4 good matches. but the rest could be utter shit

I think a lot of the success of the show, as a night of entertainment will rely on the NJPW guys to deliver. If the NJPW guys don't show out this will be a shit show. The AEW crew gonna slap they always b bussin fr fr. Mox gonna reign at the top of the wrestling world tonight.

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Originally Posted by Splaya (Post 5559545)

Card had SOOOOOOOOOO much potential. But injuries and bad luck have ruined the potential of the card. Still has the chance to have 3-4 good matches. but the rest could be utter shit

This right here.

I’m just happy I’m getting Okada and that Adam Cole is likely gonna eat a pin

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Originally Posted by Frank Drebin (Post 5559513)

Drebin will be there tomorrow with ABT (rip) and Ron The Dial. We will have the scoop on the event that would make that MONSTER, Kenton Lane, want to quit his "journalism" career!

This sounds like fun. Fuck all 3 of you. Respectfully.

I'm firmly in the WZRmy! What that MONSTER, Kenton Lane, did to Ryan Clark can never be forgiven.

This is but the first step in a beautiful relationship that is going to change the world. AEW #1! NJPW also #1!

Triple A (the promotion not the poster, who is a nice fella) robbing us of Andrade vs Ospreay, no Punk, no Danielson, no Kenny, no Lucha Bros, no Naito, no Ibushi, no Ishii, no Takahashi, no Hookhausen (the biggest omission obviously) and many others. This show has worse luck than the Blue Blazer in Kansas City.

I’ll tell ya what man, with all the bad luck associated with this show, I’m seriously worried about getting roped into the bad luck myself by giving them my $49.99. So if anyone has any secret, illegal streams they’d like to send me in a rep or PM, together I think we can break this curse.

Could have paid to be in a 6 man tag match like Drebin. Could be worse.

Guys, CSRO is going to be Bryan Danielson’s guy and have a classic with ZSJ.

Mox vs. Tan is going to be a MOTY candidate.

The main event is going to be a MOTY candidate. And Okada might even win the World Title back!

You have FTR wrestling.

You have Shingo Takagi wrestling.

You have Minoru Suzuki wrestling.

This is going to be an all-time great card. It kind of makes me happy knowing expectations are low, because it’s going to smash them out of the park. ;)

How I would book the show:

SPOILER: show

* Alex Coughlin, Yuya Uemura, The DKC & Kevin Knight defeat Max Caster and The Gunn Club. Caster cuts a rap about being the only black guy here. The faces win to make NJPW Strong look good.

* Sting, Darby Allin, Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi defeat The Young Bucks, El Phatasmo & Hikuleo when Shingo pins one of The Bucks. Doesn’t need to go too long to be lots of fun.

* Fred Rosser gives an impromptu NJPW Strong Openweight Open Challenge in Pride Month because he’s a proud champion. Johnny Gargano answers. Doesn’t have to be too long to be a solid showing for the former Darren Young. He retains and gets an emotional moment afterwards.

* Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara & Minoru Suzuki defeat Eddie Kingston, Wheeler Yuta & Shota Umino when Jericho pins Umino. Not too long, just something to keep the wheels greased in the story.

* The Empire win the three-way tag to become the new ROH Tag Team Champions as well as IWGP Tag Team Champions. The Bucks cost FTR to set up their third match for the AEW Tag Titles at Blood & Guts, joining JAS vs. BCC and Christian Cage vs. Jungle Boy on the card.

* Clark Connors wins the Four-Way to become the inaugural AEW All-Atlantic Champion. I feel he stands the most to gain. It’d be fine to have the New Japan guy get it too and useful to profile him for them, since a lot of people don’t know him.

* Will Ospreay defeats Orange Cassidy to retain the US Title. But he struggles. This puts over Cassidy huge. The Empire beats down Cassidy after the match, but the Best Friends & Rocky Romero run out for the save…but Chuck Taylor turns on them by hitting Trent with a steel chair! He and Kris Statlander join The United Empire! Eventually Fred Rosser, Alex Coughlin, Kevin Knight, The DKC, Fred Yehi, Alex Koslov and Shibata run out to chase them off.

* Toni Storm defeats Thunder Rosa to become the new AEW Women’s Champion. Juice Robinson trips Rosa up and helps his fiancée win. She cuts a promo after the match saying she’s got the best ass in wrestling, and you can call him “Juice.”

* Bryan Danielson introduces Zack Sabre, Jr.‘s opponent — Claudio Castagboli! He comes out to Sledge Hammer for one night at least. He and ZSJ have a technical masterpiece. Claudio eventually wins with the head stomp and Gotch-Style…Piledriver! A message to Minoru Suzuki?

* Hiroshi Tanahashi defeats Jon Moxley with three High Fly Flows in a row. He’s the Interim AEW World Champion after a hard-fought match.

* Kazuchika Okada wins back the IWGP World Title in the main event. Everyone thinks Cole is there to eat a pin. Swerve! Jay White eats the pin after a Rainmaker. Cole walks out dejected, but Adam Page shakes Okada’s hand. Okada celebrates in the ring when Kenny Omega’s New Japan theme hits. He stands in the ring to stare down Okada to end the PPV.

That would be a fun card, Mr. Nerfect.

Especially the part about Toni’s butt

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Originally Posted by Supreme Olajuwon (Post 5559683)

that joke fell flat faster than owen

Fignuts will essplode if Toni Storm so much as talks about her ass.

Excited to see certain guys live for the first time tonight.

After all the injuries I seriously would have considered dumping my tix if they didn't pull Okada out of their ass tho

this show has the worst promotion of a joint branded ppv i have ever seen, albeit there really haven't been any in the united states since before i started watching wrestling in '96. that speaks volumes about the current state of the overall product of professional wrestling and the level of hype that exists solely in the minds of those that dwell in the echo chambers. there is truly something to be said about catering to your existing fan base, when even a lot of them hoped for a little bit more of a compelling backstory for these outsiders from japan. there is little to no story to any of this shit aside from the main event, which is a fourway for a foreign title for garsh sakes

I'll give them these two things:

1) injuries suck and sometimes you get stung and have to make the best of a bad situation.

2) There are probably only so many dates they could have done a show like this. While ideally this would have had more of a build and not be coming on the heels of each company's ppv I get why they felt the need to pull the trigger not knowing when the window for a show like this might open again. The better show might wind up being the next one in Japan if thats the route they go.

it just sucks that the only way to introduce big participants on a card like this is to have them show up unannounced on american television. otherwise, you could actually rely on video packages in their absence leading to an appearance before the main show. not really possible to do that when you've conditioned your fans to just expect surprises every week

Is Kevin Kelly going to commentate the PPV? What about JR? Anyone know? I want JR and Kevin Kelly. I'd love to have Schiavonie too.

A DECENT STREAM

Just click play on the video player and exit out of the pop ups that come, there isn't that many.

Archer and Commrado was SWOLE. Just two SWOLE dudes doing moves better suited to smaller guys!

The black guys would fucking smash these Japanese dudes gimmie a break.

will lol if keith lee gets pinned

and keith lee did not get pinned

wonder if fans in japan are watching this

Can I get a link? The one I got is no good.

I put one up there dog.

Taz, Excalibur and Kevin Kelly work really well together

Taz, Excalibur, and Kevin Kelly is a fantastic booth. Great way to start

I enjoy the nostalgia of Kevin Kelly and JR. And I can always have some Schiavone. I wonder who is calling the show!

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Originally Posted by Jordan (Post 5559750)

I put one up there dog.

Thank you sir.