The next big outing for AEW will be a joint venture with NJPW promotion in the form of Forbidden Door 2023, later this month. A huge co-main-event match for the event has been made, official following what transpired at last night’s NJPW Dominion. Former WWE Champion Daniel Bryan aka Bryan Danielson has been booked in a huge match for the upcoming PPV event.
At Dominion, Chaos (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii) and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley & ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli) and Shota Umino to retain the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship.
AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2023: New IWGP US Championship Match Announced
Once the match was over, a promo aired featuring AEW wrestler Bryan Danielson. In the promo video, Danielson could be spotted in the desert, sporting a rucksack and going for a hike through the rocks. While climbing the rocks, Danielson made it clear that it’s finally time to find out who’s the better wrestler between him and Okada and thus he threw a challenge for Forbidden Door 2023.
“For the last 10 years, I’ve heard people talk about how great you are. How you’re the best wrestler of this generation. I’ve also heard in interviews, you’ve said that you want to wrestle me. That you want to fight me. Watching you, you’re good. I know you’re good. But I am the litmus test of great,” Danielson said in the promo after which the Forbidden Door 2023 was officially announced.
“You wanna wrestle Brian Danielson? You call yourself ‘The Rainmaker?’ Well, you step in the ring with me, and you’re getting into the f***ing desert. And there ain’t gonna be no rain.”
Okada has already accepted the challenge the dream match between the two technical wrestlers around the world will now go down at Forbidden Door 2023. While Bryan has wrestled all over the world and won championships, Okada is mostly known for his stint in Japan where he ruled the circuit. Now, it’s time to find out who’s the best among the two.
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2023 PPV Match Card
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2023 pay-per-view will take place at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on June 25th. As of this writing, two matches for the upcoming cross-promotional event have been announced as given below:
– Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
– IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship Match: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Will Ospreay
