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Pop Break Editor-in-Chief Bill Bodkin and senior writer Michael Dworkis reunite on Pop Break’s infrequent wrestling pod, This Wrestling Life: A Podcast to talk about a show that will be etched in history.
Yes, Mike and Bill are here to talk about All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling’s landmark show — Forbidden Door. They discuss the negative buzz surrounding the show, their own expectations for the show and of course if the show delivered. Discussions also include the debut of Claudio Castagnoli (the former Cesaro), the breakout performances from Clark Connors and Shota Umino, what New Japan stars they’d love to see return in AEW, Sting’s outrageous performance and the future of AEW.
Don’t forget to check out Bill’s media call round-up with Tony Khan.
As a reminder the card for Forbidden Door was:
The Buy-In:
1. Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) vs. The Factory (Aaron Solo and QT Marshall)
2. Lance Archer vs. Nick Comoroto by pinfall
3. Swerve In Our Glory (Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland) vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
4. Max Caster and Gunn Club (Billy Gunn, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gun with Anthony Bowens) vs. Yuya Uemura and New Japan LA Dojo (Alex Coughlin, The DKC, and Kevin Knight)
The Main Show:
1. Winning Team Gets the Man Advantage at Blood & Guts: Minoru Suzuki and Jericho Appreciation Society (“The Wizard” Chris Jericho and “The Spanish God” Sammy Guevara with Tay Conti) vs. “The Mad King” Eddie Kingston, Shota “Shooter” Umino, and Wheeler Yuta
2. ROH & IWGP World Tag Team Title Match: FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (ROH) vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb) vs. Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta) by pinfall
3. All-Atlantic Title Finals: “The Bastard” Pac vs. “The Wild Rhino” Clark Connors, Miro, and Malakai Black
4. Dudes with Attitudes (Darby Allin, Sting, and Shingo Takagi) vs. Bullet Club (El Phantasmo, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson with Hikuleo)
5. AEW Women’s World Title Match: Thunder Rosa (c) vs. Toni Storm
6. IWGP US Title Match: Will Ospreay (c) (with Aussie Open) vs. Orange Cassidy
7. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
8. IWGP World Heavyweight Title 4-Way Match: Jay White (c) (with Gedo) vs. “Hangman” Adam Page vs. “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada, vs. Adam Cole
9. AEW Interim Title Match: Jon Moxley (with William Regal) vs. “The Ace of the World” Hiroshi Tanahashi
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