Jon Moxley is the new AEW Interim World Champion after a bloody win over Hiroshi Tanahashi in the main event of Forbidden. Today we will discuss about AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2022: Results| Winners| Grades| Reaction| Highlights
AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2022: Results| Winners| Grades| Reaction| Highlights
All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling come together for a live historical show on pay-per-view tonight (Sunday, June 26, 2021) from the United Center – Forbidden Door in Chicago! The show comes from T-Mobile Arena on the Vegas Strip.
Results
7 p.m. ET: The buy-in is live! Taz, Kevin Kelly (of ROH and English-language NJPW commentary fame) and Excalibur are on commentary. Tonight we have English- and Japanese-speaking ring announcers.
Hiruki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi def. Qt Marshall and Aaron Solo
QT Marshall and Aaron Solo vs. Bishamon (Hiruki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) opens the buy-in for the Forbidden Door.
Solo and Yoshi-Hashi are starting things off. The Factory has really been invading NJPW shows, so this match has a story. After a test of strength, Yoshi-hashi takes Solo down. Marshall and Goto then tag in and the crowd cheers on Marshall for his entire time in the ring. Goto and Yoshi-Hashi team up against The Factory. Marshall mocks his opponents, allowing Goto to tag in Yoshi-hashi, who cleans the house. Marshall eventually teases the Diamond Cutter, then lands two kicks and a Cutter, but only for two. The members of the Factory miss both Splash and Yoshi-Hashi tags in Goto. Solo runs into a superkick. Yoshi-hashi and Goto then take care of the marshal to win. A solid start to the show, NJPW already has a winning edge.
Winners
Jon Moxley defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to become the interim AEW World Champion. He now has a date with champion CM Punk, who could not make it to the show due to injury.
Also on the cards, FTR added to his incredible resume by becoming the IWGP Tag Team Champion. He now holds the IWGP, Ring of Honor and AAA Tag Team titles. Pac won his first singles gold in AEW, becoming the AEW All-Atlantic Champion. Thunder Rosa retains the AEW Women’s World Title. Jay White defends the IWGP world heavyweight title. Adam Cole could get hurt in the process.
Grades
Welcome to Bleacher Report’s coverage and recap of Forbidden Door, the first ever joint pay-per-view of AEW and NJPW.
Hopefully, this is the first of many crossover events for AEW and New Japan Pro-Wrestling, especially since several key talents were injured and unable to compete on Sunday.
The card is stacked with a dozen matches featuring stars at each level, but a handful of championship matches were the most publicized bouts for the show.
Let’s take a look at what happened in Chicago on Sunday.
Reaction
If the huge ovation welcoming FTR to United Center wasn’t proof enough, Cash Wheeler’s reaction braved United Empire’s IWGP tag title and Dax Harwood’s Ring of Honor tag team against Roppongi Vice’s Trent Beretta and Rocky’s challenge. defended the championship. Romero certainly was.
Harwood prevented his teammate from falling long enough to re-emerge from the locker room after a shoulder injury and join in the victory as the FTRs established themselves as the best tag team in professional wrestling.
Highlights
They are not overly popular because of some sort of gimmick or catchy trick or silly catchphrase. They are popular because, when the bell rings, no other team can match their consistent excellence between the ropes.
We saw it again on Sunday night when Wheeler and Harwood, Beretta and Romero, Jeff Cobb and Great O-Khan delivered a highly dramatic, very physical match that had fans wondering for a moment whether FTR would give up the ROH Tag Titles. could. He didn’t add the IWGP belt to an impressive resume, which includes six other championships in multiple promotions.
That resume, with the aforementioned excellence from bell to bell and the raw emotion he expresses during his matches, backs up any and all claims for the title of best in the world by FTR, his fans and analysts.
