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AEW x New Japan Pro Wrestling Forbidden Door LIVE
Media Scrum | 6/26/22
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AEW x NJPW FORBIDDEN DOOR results—live from the
United Center in Chicago, IL!
It’s Sunday night and you know what that means!
Excalibur, “The Human Suplex Machine” Taz,
and the English voice of NJPW Kevin Kelly were the
broadcast team for tonight’s event.
The Buy-In portion of the card:
Bishamon—Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi vs.
The Factory—Aaron Solo & QT Marshall!
Solo dropkicked Yoshi-Hashi but then Solo was taken
off his feet with a shoulder block. QT tagged in,
as did Goto, and they locked up. Goto avoided a clothesline
from QT and then chopped QT in the chest. QT wanted
no part of Goto and tagged out to Aaron Solo. The
Factory hit cheap shots on the opposition.
Goto and Yoshi-Hashi used tandem offense on Aaron
Solo. QT wiped out the opponents with the QT Special
over the top rope and then Solo hit the double stomp
on Goto for a near fall. Goto used his size advantage
to suplex Solo. Goto blasted QT Marshall with a big-time
lariat! Yoshi-Hashi backdropped QT. Yoshi-Hashi followed
up with the headhunter neck breaker but Solo broke
up the pin. Yoshi-Hashi nailed Solo with a basement
dropkick and then tagged out to Goto. Yoshi-Hashi
and Goto used their finisher on Solo and pinned him!
“The MurderHawk Monster” Lance Archer
vs. The Factory’s Nick Comoroto!
Archer
cannonballed into Nick Comoroto! Nick tried to press
slam Archer but Archer escaped and then booted Nick
in the face. Nick Comoroto rammed his body into Archer,
sending Archer crashing into the steel guardrail.
Comoroto pummeled Archer with overhead strikes until
Archer choke slammed Comoroto. They traded stiff forearm
shots! Archer walked the tight rope and then came
down with a moonsault on Comoroto for a near fall!
“A guy that size doing that is insane,”
said Taz.
Nick powerslammed Archer from out of the corner for
a two-count. Archer fired back with the Black Out
on Comoroto and scored the win.
“A very impressive victory for Archer,”
said Excalibur.
Swerve In Our Glory—Keith Lee & Swerve
Strickland
vs.
Suzuki-Gun—El
Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru!
Keith Lee and Kanemaru squared off. Lee wanted a test
of strength. Kanemaru used his speed and went after
Keith Lee’s knee. Lee facepalmed Kanemaru.
Swerve tagged in, as did El Desperado. Swerve got
caught in the Numero Dos from El Desperado. Keith
Lee got the tag and held El Desperado. Swerve tried
to dropkick Desperado but Desperado moved and inadvertently
hit Keith Lee in the knee.
Kanemaru worked over Keith Lee’s injured knee.
Keith Lee got DDT’ed by Kanemaru after Desperado
kicked out Lee’s leg. Swerve tagged in and walloped
Desperado with a flying uppercut. Swerve spiked Desperado
with a brainbuster! Desperado planted Swerve with
a spinebuster.
“A physical back and forth,” said Excalibur.
Keith Lee tagged in but Kanemaru went right after
Lee’s knee. Kanemaru applied the figure four
on Keith Lee, but Keith Lee managed to get out by
throwing Desperado into Kanemaru. As the ref was distracted
by Desperado, Kanemaru sprayed whiskey into Keith
Lee’s eyes! Keith Lee cleared the cobwebs and
smashed Kanemaru with the jackhammer and then pinned
him!
FTW Champ “Absolute” Ricky Starks and Powerhouse
Hobbs were up in a skybox and began to insult Lee
and Swerve over the microphone. Starks said Lee and
Swerve would have to face them eventually.
The Gunn Club—Billy, Austin, & Colten—and
“Platinum” Max Caster
vs.
NJPW
LA Dojo—Alex Coughlin, Kevin Knight, The DKC,
& Yuya Uemura!
Danhausen appeared on the big screen at the start
of the match and said he had a gift. He gave the Gunn
Club a custom entrance. The Gunn Club sprinted to
the back to look for Danhausen.
Coughlin gut-wrenched Caster. Kevin Knight splashed
Caster and then body slammed him for a near fall.
Uemura tagged in and he and Knight hit stereo elbow
drops on Caster.
Uemura used a bulldog out of the corner on Max Caster.
The DKC tagged in and connected with karate chops
to Max. Billy Gunn finally managed to tag in and he
cleaned house on the NJPW LA Dojo! Caster hit the
Mic Drop on the DKC and pinned him!
The pay-per-view portion of FORBIDDEN DOOR began!
Trios Tag Team Match!
“Mad King” Eddie Kingston, Shota Umino,
& ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta
vs.
“The
Wizard” Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara (with Tay
Conti), & Minoru Suzuki!
The winning team gets the Blood & Guts advantage
on DYNAMITE this Wednesday.
Jericho slapped Yuta and Yuta didn’t back down
and landed shots of his own. Wheeler Yuta hit six
German suplexes on Jericho! Yuta transitioned into
a cross face but Sammy ran in to break it up. Bedlam
broke out and the teams began to brawl around ringside.
Umino poured it on in the corner on Jericho. Kingston
tagged in and then Jericho tagged right out to Suzuki!
Kingston and Suzuki got into a firefight with knife-edged
chops. Suzuki slid over the top rope and placed Kingston
in an armbar. Jericho seized the opportunity and applied
an armbar to Kingston.
Sammy jumped off the top turnbuckle but Kingston countered
with an exploder suplex. Umino tagged in and turned
on the after burners, nailing Sammy with a running
uppercut. Umino got a two-count on Sammy with a fisherman’s
suplex. Sammy came back with a shooting star press
to the floor on Umino. Yuta flipped over the tope
rope onto the opposition. Kingston followed up with
an elbow suicida.
Kingston got a blind tag and crushed Sammy with a
backdrop driver! Suzuki ran into the ring but Eddie
dropped him with a spinning backfist. Sammy came out
of nowhere with a cutter on Umino but Wheeler Yuta
wasn’t far behind, there to splash Sammy!
The fans began chanting “This is awesome! This
is awesome! This is awesome!”
Jericho rocked Umino with a Code Breaker! Umino rallied
back with an avalanche powerslam to Jericho! “The
Wizard” was looking for the lionsault but Kingston
interrupted it with a shot from the outside, giving
Umino an opportunity to capitalize. Umino DDT’ed
Jericho off the ropes and then impaled Jericho with
a brainbuster for a near fall! Umino put the Walls
onto Chris Jericho until Suzuki interfered. Suzuki
then rocked Kingston with the Gotch-style piledriver.
Jericho smashed Umino with the Judas Effect and then
pinned him!
Winner Takes All!
ROH World Tag Team Champions FTR—Cash Wheeler
& Dax Harwood
vs.
IWGP
Tag Team Champions United Empire—The Great-O-Khan
& Jeff Cobb
vs.
Roppongi
Vice—Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta!
ROH broadcaster Caprice Coleman was on commentary
for this match.
Cobb backed Dax into the corner. Dax escaped but Rocky
got the sneaky blind tag on Cobb. Dax tagged out to
Cash and Cash hit European uppercuts on Rocky. Dax
injured his shoulder and had the ringside doctor examine
it. Dax was ushered to the back by the AEW medical
team.
“Cash Wheeler effectively in a handicap match
now,” said Excalibur.
Cobb stomped on Cash and then stood on his back like
Cash was a surfboard. Cash knocked O-Khan loopy with
a headbutt. Cash tagged to Trent and Trent sent O-Khan
flying with an inside-out suplex. Trent followed up
with the swinging DDT.
Trent speared O-Khan outside the ring! Trent connected
with the knee strike on O-Khan for a two-count. Cash
tagged himself in but O-Khan and Cobb double teamed
Cash Wheeler.
“The heart of Cash is unmatchable here,”
said Caprice.
Dax Harwood returned to the ring from the back. Dax
tagged in and he began to throw powerful right hands
to Cobb and O-Khan! Harwood German suplexed Jeff Cobb!
Cash grabbed a blind tag and jumped off the top turnbuckle
with a splash onto Jeff Cobb for a near fall!
Roppongi Vice used stereo rising knee strikes on Cobb,
but Cobb regained composure and smashed Rocky with
a standing moonsault. Roppongi Vice used a Strong
Zero-flying dropkick combo on Cobb for a near fall.
FTR ran over Rocky with the Big Rig for the victory!
And new IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions…FTR!
“This is arguably the greatest tag team you’ll
find and all those championships prove it,” said
Taz.
Tony Schiavone was backstage with Juice Robinson and
IWGP Heavyweight Champion “Switchblade”
Jay White.
White said he’d walk out as champion tonight
because this is the Switchblade Era!
AEW All-Atlantic Championship Match!
“The Bastard” PAC vs. “The Redeemer”
Miro vs. Malakai Black vs. Clark Connors!
PAC charged right at Malakai Black but Black retaliated
with roundhouse kicks to PAC outside the ring. Miro
slugged away at Clark Connors.
Miro caught Connors midflight and slammed him on the
arena floor! Miro caught a round kick from Black.
Black nailed Connors with a knee strike! Miro caught
PAC and sent him flying with a fallaway slam! Miro
cracked Connors with a wind-up lariat!
Black and Miro confronted one another and exchanged
strikes! Miro grabbed PAC and fell backwards with
all of his weight, squashing PAC beneath him. Miro
was looking for the Game Over but PAC countered with
a wicked kick! PAC hurled himself over the top rope
onto Malakai Black!
PAC hit Miro right on target with a shotgun dropkick!
Black booted Miro but Miro kicked out at the one-count.
Malakai Black pulled a table out from beneath the
ring and set it up against the guardrail. Miro fought
out of Black’s grasp. Connors speared Miro though
the table!
Clark Connors peppered Black with elbow strikes. Connors
powerslammed Black. PAC charged at Connors but Connors
countered with a spear and then the Trophy Kill for
a near fall on PAC!
“Clark Connors on the verge of a career-defining
win,” said Excalibur.
Miro booted “The Bastard”, stomped PAC in
the spine, and then put him in the Game Over! Malakai
Black sprayed the black mist in Miro’s eyes!
Connors and Black jockeyed for position but then PAC
jumped onto them with a 450 splash! PAC locked Connors
into the Brutalizer and made Connors tap out!
PAC has become the first AEW All-Atlantic Champion!
The fans chanted “You deserve it! You deserve
it! You deserve it!”
Bullet Club—AEW World Tag Team Champions The
Young Bucks & El Phantasmo (with Hikuelo)
vs.
Dudes
with Attitudes—Darby Allin, Sting, & SHINGO
Takagi!
Tony Schiavone joined the broadcast booth for this
match.
Sting was introduced but didn’t come out for
his entrance.
The Bullet Club made their entrance and then the lights
went out in the arena. When the lights returned, Sting
jumped off the tunnel onto the Bullet Club below!
Sting whipped Matt Jackson into the guardrail. Shingo
planted El Phantasmo for a near fall. Sting tagged
in and he and Shingo shoulder blocked El Phantaasmo.
Darby Allin tagged in and took down El-P with a deep
arm drag off the top rope. The Young Bucks double
teamed Darby with their tandem offense. Darby managed
to nail El-P with a Code Red!
Shingo tagged in and body slammed Matt Jackson. Shingo
utilized a beautiful twisting snap suplex on Nick
Jackson! Nick avoided a sliding lariat but Shingo
rallied back with a Death Valley Driver! Sting tagged
in and cleaned house on the Young Bucks! Sting squashed
the Bucks with the Stinger Splash!
The Bucks superkicked Sting but Sting shrugged off
the superkick party! The Bucks used tandem tope suicidas
to the outside on Darby and Shingo! The Bucks and
El-P rocked Sting with a triple superkick!
“He’s got to be out,” said Taz.
The Bucks attempted the BTE Trigger but Sting countered
with a double Scorpion death lock! Sting kicked El-P
for a low blow. Shingo tagged in and walloped El Phantasmo
with the lariat for a near fall! Shingo nailed El-P
with the Last of the Dragon and pinned him!
“Shingo has so many tools at his disposal but
he pulled out the big gun to put away El Phantasmo,”
said Excalibur.
Tony Schiavone was backstage to interview Umino. “The
Wizard” Chris Jericho interrupted it by throwing
a fireball into Umino’s face!
AEW Women’s World Championship Match!
Thunder Rosa (c.) vs. Toni Storm!
Storm and Thunder Rosa locked up with one another.
Rosa took down Storm with head scissors. Toni Storm
clocked Thunder Rosa with a boot to the face. Thunder
Rosa reversed a suplex attempt from Storm with an
inside cradle for a near fall.
Thunder Rosa caught Toni Storm by surprise with a
leaping stunner. Thunder Rosa dropkicked Toni Storm
in the spine and followed up with a Northern Lights
suplex! Thunder Rosa stomped on Storm’s chest
for a near fall.
Thunder Rosa countered a DDT and sent Toni Storm crashing
hard with a Northern Lights suplex on the arena floor!
Toni Storm German suplexed Thunder Rosa on the edge
of the ring and then DDT’ed Thunder Rosa onto
the floor!
Toni Storm used the hip attack and then a DDT for
a two-count on Thunder Rosa. The champ rallied back
with a running knee strike and then the Death Valley
Driver in the center of the ring. Thunder Rosa planted
Toni with the Thunder Fire Driver but Storm kicked
out at two!
Toni captured Thunder Rosa’s leg and then suplexed
her. Thunder Rosa rallied back with the Final Reckoning
and pinned Toni Storm!
IWGP United States Heavyweight Title Match!
Will Ospreay (c.) (with Aussie Open) vs. “Freshly
Squeezed” Orange Cassidy!
Jim Ross joined the commentary team for this match.
Orange had his hands in his pockets and knocked Will
off his feet. Ospreay grabbed Orange and dropped him
across the top rope. Will ran around the ring and
with an assist from Aussie Open, he threw his entire
body at Orange Cassidy, squashing him against the
steel ring barricade.
Ospreay picked up Orange and spun into a backbreaker.
Ospreay flung Orange into the turnbuckles with a hard
Irish whip. Ospreay attempted a second Irish whip
but Orange had it scouted and countered it. But Ospreay
came back with a diving elbow to the back of Orange
for a near fall.
Orange clocked Will with a dropkick. Orange blasted
Will with Kawada kicks. Orange evaded the Os-cutter,
hit the Stundog Millionaire, and followed up with
the Michinoku Driver for a near fall! Ospreay countered
a charge from Orange with a Spanish Fly! Orange played
possum and tried for a shooting star press but Orange
got his knees up! Orange spiked Will with the Beach
Break for a very near fall!
Orange removed his elbow pad and went for the Orange
Punch but Will countered with a stunner and then the
Os-cutter for a near fall. Orange ducked the Hidden
Blade. Orange countered the Storm Breaker but then
Will found the Hidden Blade and smashed into Orange
for a near fall! Ospreay finally hit the Storm Breaker
and pinned Orange Cassidy!
Juice Robinson was sitting in a sky box and was screaming
that he was still the champion.
Aussie Open tore the pockets off Orange’s jeans
and then stomped him. Trent and Rocky ran to the ring
to save their fellow CHAOS member. With the numbers
advantage Aussie Open and Will wiped out Roppongi
Vice!
Shibata wiped out Aussie Open! Ospreay took the fight
to Shibata but Shibata blasted Will with a pump kick
and then forearms. Shibata applied a rear naked choke
until Aussie Open pulled Will out of the ring!
Orange Cassidy placed his aviator sunglasses on Shibata
as a sign of respect.
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. the newest member of the Blackpool
Combat Club…Claudio Castagnoli!
Claudio charged at Zack and rocked him with the European
uppercut! Claudio Irish whipped Zack into the steel
guardrail twice! Zack ate a high boot from Claudio.
Claudio brought Zack back into the ring with a suplex.
Zack grabbed a knee bar on Claudio while using the
ropes! Sabre manipulated Claudio’s fingers. Sabre
cranked Claudio’s neck.
Sabre served up some uppercuts but Claudio countered
with two back breakers! Sabre captured Claudio’s
arm with a triangle. Claudio dumped Sabre over the
top rope but Sabre held onto the triangle! Claudio
hoisted up Sabre, carried him up the steps, and then
chucked Sabre into the ring!
The fans chanted “This is awesome! This is awesome!
This is awesome!”
Claudio was about to put the giant swing on Sabre
but Sabre put Claudio in a guillotine. Claudio outpowered
Sabre, smashing him onto the top turnbuckle. Sabre
cracked Claudio with European uppercuts but then Claudio
answered with one of his own!
Claudio used a gut wrench slam off the middle rope,
sending Sabre crashing to the mat. Claudio blasted
Sabre with a European uppercut. Claudio grabbed Sabre
and got the giant swing on him! Sabre countered a
Sharpshooter with a heel hook.
“Zack Sabre Jr. with so many options!” said
Excalibur.
Claudio retaliated with a double stomp onto Zack for
a near fall!
“What a battle this has been. This is awesome
stuff!” said Taz.
Claudio smashed Sabre with the discus lariat and then
the Ricola Bomb for the pin!
“Make no mistake. He is a pro wrestler and not
a sports entertainer,” said Jim Ross.
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match!
“Switchblade” Jay White (c.) vs. Adam Cole
vs. “Hangman” Adam Page vs. “The Rainmaker”
Kazuchika Okada!
“This is history, ladies and gents,” said
Jim Ross.
Cole and White rolled out of the ring, leaving it
to Okada and Page. Cole pulled out Page by the legs
while Jay White ambushed Okada!
Okada and Hangman took down Jay White with back elbows.
Page drove Cole into the barricade with a tope suicida!
Jay White hoisted up Okada and then planted him on
the ring apron! Adam Cole and Jay White nailed Page
with a delayed vertical suplex on the ramp!
“That’s a tough, tough landing. You can
hear the thud,” said Taz.
Back in the ring, White and Cole double teamed Okada.
Hangman got back to his feet and connected with a
lariat off the top rope down onto Adam Cole for a
near fall. Page attempted a moonsault but Adam Cole
countered with a thrust kick!
“Adam Cole with the anti-air,” said Excalibur.
“He kicked him right in the side of the face,”
added Taz.
Okada hit a dropkick, knocking Adam Cole off the turnbuckles
to the arena floor. Okada popped White with a running
boot. Okada jumped over the guardrail and smacked
into Page and Cole!
“Two for the price of one right there,”
said Taz of Okada’s running jump onto Cole and
White.
Back in the ring, White avoided the knee strike from
Cole and then planted Cole with a uranage. White nailed
Page with a sleeper suplex! All four wrestlers struggled
to get to their feet. Okada and Cole traded strikes
while White and Page slugged it out! Cole and White
gouged Okada and Page in the eyes.
Hangman powerbombed Jay White for a near fall! Page
moonsaulted off the steel post onto Cole and Okada.
Page was looking for the Buckshot Lariat but Gedo
grabbed his legs. Cole connected with the Dead Eye
on White and then the Buckshot Lariat for a near fall,
as Okada broke up the pin attempt.
“Every man for himself,” said Taz.
The fans began to chant “Fight forever! Fight
forever! Fight forever!”
Hangman and Okada traded strikes. Okada hoisted up
Hangman for the tombstone but Hangman escaped. Hangman
sent Okada to the mat with a German suplex! Cole grabbed
Page out of the ring and then sent Page headfirst
into the steel post! Cole jumped off the top for the
Panama Sunrise but Okada countered with the Air Raid
Crash! Okada got amazing hangtime off the top rope
with an elbow drop on Adam Cole! Cole avoided the
Rainmaker and followed up with a superkick for a near
fall!
Okada clocked Cole with a picture-perfect dropkick!
Hangman was about to jump into the ring with a Buckshot
Lariat but Cole superkicked him! Okada got a landslide
on Cole. Jay White jumped into the ring and took down
Okada with the Blade Runner! And then “Switchblade”
Jay White grabbed Adam Cole, rolled him over and stole
the pin!
The Undisputed Elite walked down the ramp to check
on Adam Cole.
AEW Interim World Championship Match!
Blackpool Combat Club’s Jon Moxley (with William
Regal) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi!
Mox and Tanahashi chain wrestled to start the match.
Tanahashi hit a crossbody off the second turnbuckle
onto Moxley. Moxley popped the bird at Tanahashi.
They exchanged forearms. Tanahashi changed levels
and dropkicked Moxley’s knee. Tana followed up
with a dragon screw leg whip!
“Tanahashi had a gameplan going into this,”
said Taz.
Moxley jumped out of nowhere with a sudden cutter
on Tanahashi. They traded chops until Moxley suplexed
Tanahashi off the turnbuckles. Mox spiked Tanahashi
with a piledriver for a near fall.
Tanahashi gathered himself and dropped a somersault
senton on Moxley. Outside the ring, Moxley slammed
Tanahashi through the timekeeper’s table. Tanahashi
made it back inside in time, but Mox was waiting there
to kick Tanahashi.
“I’m the ace!” said Moxley.
Tanahashi escaped a submission from Moxley and returned
fire with the Sling Blade clothesline. Mox tumbled
outside the ring and was split open. Tanahashi jumped
off the top rope and landed with a crossbody press
on Moxley on the floor.
“The blood is coming out of Moxley’s forehead
quickly,” said Taz.
Enraged and invigorated, Moxley spiked Tanahashi with
the Paradigm Shift. Tanahashi answered with a knee
strike to Mox! Tanahashi nailed Mox with the Aces
High! He went back up top and hit the High Fly Flow
on Moxley for a near fall. Moxley rolled out of the
pin attempt and transitioned into the bulldog choke
on Tanahashi!
Tanahashi hit an open palm strike on Moxley but Moxley
hit back with the King Kong Lariat! Moxley locked
on the bulldog choke but Tanahashi fought out of it
as the fans chanted “Go Ace! Go Ace! Go Ace!”
Moxley planted Tanahashi with the Death Rider and
pinned Tanahashi!
New AEW Interim World Champion…Jon Moxley!
“I want to know what’s going through the
head right now of CM Punk,” said Taz.
“This match three years in the making and it
exceeded expectations,” added Excalibur.
After the match, Chris Jericho and Daniel Garcia sprinted
down the ramp and attacked Tanahashi and Moxley! Eddie
Kingston ran down and charged at Jericho. Garcia pulled
Kingston off Jericho. Yuta, Ortiz, and Santana joined
the mix to even up the odds. The rest of the Jericho
Appreciation Society got into the fight as everything
came unglued. Claudio ran down and cleaned house on
the Jericho Appreciation Society!
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