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Tonight, AEW/NJPW brings us Forbidden Door, live from The O2 in London, England!

The card for tonight's show will be:

Zero Hour:


Six Man Tag Team Match
Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) & Ricochet vs. JetSpeed (Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey) & Michael Oku

Eight Man Tag Team Match
Harley Cameron, Kris Statlander, Queen Aminata & Willow Nightingale vs. Triangle Of Madness (Julia Hart, Skye Blue & Thekla) & Megan Bayne (w/Penelope Ford)

Eight Man Tag Team Match
Paragon (Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong), El Desperado & Yuya Uemura vs. CRU (Action Andretti & Lio Rush) & The Don Callis Family (Hechicero & Josh Alexander)

AEW World Trios Title Match
The Opps (Katsuyori Shibata, Powerhouse Hobbs & Samoa Joe) (c) vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Robbie X)

Main Show:


Tag Team Match
Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. The Matriarchy (Killswitch & Kip Sabian) (w/Mother Wayne)

AEW TNT Title Match
Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi

AEW TBS Title Four Way Match
Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Alex Windsor vs. Persephone vs. Bozilla

AEW World Tag Team Title Three Way Elimination Match
The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) (c) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (w/Stokely) vs. Brodido (Bandido & Brody King)

AEW Unified Title / AEW Continental Title / AEW International Title Match
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Swerve Strickland

AEW Women's World Title Match
Toni Storm (c) vs. Athena

IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match
Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Nigel McGuinness (w/Daniel Garcia)

AEW World Title Match
Adam Page (c) vs. MJF

Lights Out Steel Cage Match
Darby Allin, Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi), Hiroshi Tanahashi & Will Ospreay vs. Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli & Jon Moxley), Gabe Kidd & The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)

And more!

Please check your local listings for more information on how to watch. Card subject to change, enjoy your show!

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mick foley 🀝 darby allen

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is not how you attack someone properly

[–] Travon333@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

πŸ˜‚ Do you want to tell them that in person?

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

..would I like some dommy mommy scarousal? Oh no whatever will I do yes sign me up lmao

[–] Travon333@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

😭😭 He can't keep getting away with this!

Okada, Takeshita, Wardlow, and Fletcher in one faction is insane, much less with The Bucks, Josh Alexander, Hechicero, RPG Vice, Lance Archer as backup with Mark Davis and Brian Cage healing up.

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

If anyone ever needed to know why Bozilla ditched Marigold for Stardom: Already being on an AEW PPV answers the question!

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

Hiromu didn't wanna pay to bring his giant 300lb entrance outfit that looks like an anime monstrosity, boo lol

[–] Travon333@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Honestly Athena should've threatened to burn Mina for a title shot instead of using the contract

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

Ishii came from the 'eh fuck these guys' school of slow walking to the rescue.

[–] Travon333@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Vader reference, the moonsault, can we get Megan Bayne and Bozilla as a Tag Team. A women's Masters of the Powerbombs sounds fun

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

She'll be signed sooner or later so we may! Whole reason she left Marigold is cause the Stardom > AEW $$$ pipeline actually exists, and the Marigold > WWE $$$ pipeline that drew her to Marigold originally ended once the E got Giulia.

Just a few months after joining Stardom she's already on a huge AEW PPV, she knew what she was doing.

[–] Travon333@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Clean ethical WWE ending a partnership after getting a star doesn't even sound right

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

And there's Swerve's write-off for his injuries!

[–] Travon333@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

wooo! Thats 2 injuries to knock off the list with her and Harley, nature is healing

[–] Travon333@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I can't wait until Don's Asian sons fight each other

[–] Travon333@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Noo!!! Please don't tell me Wardlow is apart of The Family

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Looks like.

Edit: Ya know, I don't hate it. Maybe the 4th try will be the charm, but if he can't get over and be a success this time I'm out lol

[–] hellothere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] hellothere@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

Literally no empty seats, was great.

[–] Travon333@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

😒 I wonder if Buddy wasn't injured, the Hounds of Hell were supposed to be here

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

Honestly, probably would be. Buddy's injury kinda derailed the Hounds inadvertently, since Julia now has her own faction and Brodie is just woofing up the place. Having the Hounds proper in this match would make sense in another world.

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

Oof poor Despy, Wheeler basically landed on him lmao

[–] Norin@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Great show overall. A few thoughts:

  • Having the Hurt Syndicate literally dragged out of the division so that we can have fun tag teams again is…. very fitting.
  • Persephone and Brazilian are rad. More of the both of them, please.
  • Toni is just wonderfully unhinged.
  • The boys begging Tana not to climb the ladder had some very β€œPoppop, please don’t” energy.
[–] Travon333@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sting gets to jump from the audience but Tana can't do a small cross body from the top of the cage

[–] hellothere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Tana needs some DDP Yoga.

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

The boys begging Tana not to climb the ladder had some very β€œPoppop, please don’t” energy.

Tana looked so disappointed, he wanted to high fly flow off that cage so bad rofl

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

Mama Wayne got those through customs? Nice.

[–] Travon333@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Finally Mercedes got some help to carry around all her belts

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

Excalibur, Danielson, Walker Stewart, and the Virus, that's a commentary team!

[–] Travon333@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

πŸ˜… Garcia wearing all black and has accepted Nigel through gritted teeth, feels like he's gonna throw in the towel for him

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

oh I'm expecting it. I haven't paid attention to the build up for this match but I am fully expecting it's gonna be a set up for something with Garcia and Nigel

[–] Travon333@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Danny's basically been mopey after losing and seemed pretty shaken. On Collision, he pretty much admitted to not liking it but put it aside to be a good friend.

Mostly just feels like he's trying to convince everyone else he's not salty

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

Oh fucking lmao

[–] Travon333@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Hopefully Christian doesn't get influenced by Crazy Uncle Adam

[–] Travon333@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This stinks of MJF. Bobby is definitely gonna murder this man

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Fuck what I miss? Was making calzones lol

Edit: nvm saw it. Hurt Syndicate is never gonna beat these politicking allegations with finishes like that lmao

[–] Travon333@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean are they really wrong? The tag division does feel like filler between The Young Bucks or FTR at times.

AEW normally doesn't do it either but they are monsters and don't really lose much, the first guy who beats Lashley is gonna look like a world beater

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago
[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

DESPY!

Edit: And Yuya!

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

"One day talent" lmao

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

ok everyone Gedo is right there, someone hit him with a brick or some shit

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Gonna be drinking coffee and watching the zero hour!

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They got a big cage

[–] hellothere@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Please find some rambling hungover thoughts below:

  • If the Toronto crowd want to keep Canada in the Commonwealth they best bring their best
  • Oku being pounced out the ring look liked actual murder from my seat
  • I'll need to check the exact numbers this later, but the sheer amount of North allum wrestling (or pretending to be security, I see you Shreddy!) on the card was mad. Like, the majority of matches had at least 1 person whose been on a North show
  • The pacing was really good this year - the last two All Ins have dragged a bit in the second half, but this year I was surprised by how quickly (it felt) we got to lights out
  • HAYTERGANG
  • If you told me after a WCPW show in 2017 that in 8 years I'd be in The Dome seeing ZSJ, Nigel, Tanahashi, Ibushi, Edge and Christian, Okada, etc etc, I'd call you a god damn liar because no way could TNA pull that off
  • oh, and the skinny flippy essex boy would be the most over of the lot
  • Wheeler's still got a gun!
  • Swerve's house is located in the middle of our street, possibly near a yellow submarine

Most importantly, I cannot really express just how much fun I had last night. I can remember going to the dome years ago (definitely pre covid) to see a wwe house show with a childhood friend, the same guy I used to watch pirated 240p copies of smackdown and raw with when we were little. Sure, it was neet, and the tickets were (relatively) cheap, but my main memory was it all feeling a bit flat and paint by numbers, and while we both said we enjoyed it, it was clear that we'd been wishing for something more.

Every AEW show I've been to, is that more.

I truly don't mean this factionily. If you enjoy WWE then I'm genuinely and sincerely happy for you, but I'm so glad that a major wrestling company is producing a show I can get lost in and just enjoy. Not one I find myself watching in a meta, smarky way, but one where I can be enthralled by a technical masterclass, and minutes later have haribo being the deadliest weapon in a match where I'm fairly sure someone died twice.

If you've been on the fence about going to a wrestling show, you should do it. If it's an AEW show, you should definitely do it.

Oh, and support your local indie.

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

If the Toronto crowd want to keep Canada in the Commonwealth they best bring their best

We're trying 😭

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