AEW Forbidden Door 2024 Discussion Thread (Spoilers)

Tonight, AEW, NJPW and CMLL bring us Forbidden Door, live from the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York! Your card will be:

Zero Hour

Four Way Tag Team Match
Kyle O'Reilly & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Gabe Kidd & Roderick Strong vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) vs. House Of Black (Brody King & Malakai Black)

Tag Team Match
Tam Nakano & Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander & Momo Watanabe

Six Man Tag Team Match
The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) & Mistico vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi, Titan & Yota Tsuji)

Owen Hart Foundation 2024 Women's Tournament Quarter Final Match
Saraya (w/Harley Cameron) vs. Mariah May (w/Luther & Toni Storm)


Main Show

Six Man Tag Team Match
Hook, Katsuyori Shibata & Samoa Joe vs. The Learning Tree (Big Bill & Chris Jericho) & Jeff Cobb

Six Man Tag Team Match
Hiroshi Tanahashi & The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) (w/Billy Gunn) vs. The Elite (Kazuchika Okada, Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson)

Singles Match
Hechicero vs. MJF

Owen Hart Foundation 2024 Men's Tournament Quarter Final Match Bryan Danielson vs. Shingo Takagi

Singles Match
Orange Cassidy vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

AEW Women's World Title Match
Toni Storm (w/Luther & Mariah May) (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa (w/Mariah May)

AEW TNT Title Ladder Match (vakant)
Mark Briscoe vs. El Phantasmo vs. Konosuke Takeshita vs. Lio Rush vs. Jack Perry vs. Dante Martin

AEW TBS Title / NJPW STRONG Women's Title Match
Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Stephanie Vaquer (c)

IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match
Jon Moxley (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito

AEW World Title Match
Swerve Strickland (w/Prince Nana) (c) vs. Will Ospreay

And more!

Pre-Show starts at 6:30pm ET, Main Show starts at 8pm ET | 5pm PT, please check your local listings for more information.

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139 Comments

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

orange cassidy should come out to shakira's whenever, wherever

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y

I need this at least once.

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

toni storm: nothing but respect for my queen

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 2y

Constantly showing why she's timeless

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 2y (5 replies)

yakko, wakko, dot.... and toni. just for fun they run around the warner lot

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Do they have baloney in their slacks?

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

If they do Toni would pull some out to eat mid-run.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Mmmm warm sweaty baloney

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y

bahah

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 2y

tanahashi 🤝 lesbians

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Matt Jackson smashing the air guitar! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y

Too far.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 2y

Poor OC, even his intro video is fading to black

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Yay JR's here!

csm10495@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I was a bit sad he didn't get an entrance for the crowd.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

Yeah bit of a bummer

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Glad he managed to make it!

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

I knew he was going to try to be there, but I don't recall anyone saying he was going to make it. He did the last two matches and sounded good so hopefully that means he's doing good!

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Only 15 minutes, maybe we won't be exhausted by the end of the night

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I got enough Mt. Dew to be irresponsible!

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

As do I with coke!

I mean drugs.

I mean drinks.

I mean..how are you?

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Naito looking like Dante from Devil May Cry

Mox looking like he's going to do F1 racing

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

Ain't wrestling great lmao

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Tanahasi playing the air guitar to Caster's rap lol

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

As is tradition

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

They're harmonizing!

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

That ladder match was bonkers! It never wasn't going to not be, but still it was bonkers!

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

I did not care about the match.

But they made me care about it tho.

csm10495@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Kayfabe question of the day: What does it mean when Orange Cassidy changes his theme song back?

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

(Assuming you know what I'm referring to as I don't know if you watch it) I view it the same kind of way when Mayu Iwatani of Stardom does it.

OC comes out to normal music and ring gear = Alright I'm here, who am I fighting? Oh, cool, let's have a good match.

OC comes out to special music and ring gear = Alright I'm here..also sorry cause I'm probably going to murder you in about 10 mins and make orphans of your children.

Just done in a more lazy way than Mayu cause it's OC lol

Edit: Or Naito (minus the music change). Naito shows up for a match in just a t-shirt, he gonna be tranquillo and phone it in. If he shows up in full regalia it's 'omae wa mou shindeiru' time lol.

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Had a thought... What if Danielson's final match at All In is against Nigel?

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

I'd watch that. Loser has to dig for clams!

Travon333@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

I thought that too but I think Danielson is retiring at WrestleDream

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y

Hot.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

LOL beat him with his own worst move!

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (8 replies)

I get why OC was on edge. He can't counter wrestle someone as good as ZSJ.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y (7 replies)

OC did a hell of a job though! He did a lot more technical stuff than I've seen him do!

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Oh 100% at his core OC is a counter wrestle that taunts you to get engagement. ZSJ is a shithead in his own right though and has 2-3 layers of counters for everything

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

He's such a good shit head

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

One of the best.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

The best! The best! The best!

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Brought his A-game for sure.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Or his O-game! Wait... No. That sounds naughty.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

eh, still works.

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Oh shit, bonus match!

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y

Snekboy getting his payday in!

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

HoB winning is a good start to the night!

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

That's a good match to close the zero hour!

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I much prefer this kinda preshow where it's just extra bangers and not like..1 singles match of people someone forgot to add to the main show.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

You won't hear me disagree!

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Clearly MJF learned some things from Cole.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

Not friendship lol

Travon333@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

What do you mean bro? MJF has always done the Long Island Sunrise

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Bryan could be dying and I'd be sitting here saying, "This dude needs to quit faking injuries in his matches" lol

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

Yup lmao

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Damn OC went back to the dark denim and Pixies really quick

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y

I love the visual change. So small, yet says so much.

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Big Bill is such a dork to start wearing trunks because of Jericho

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Also I guess enjoying that match makes me a certified sicko

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Nigel sounds so concerned for Danielson, he should retire him for his own good

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y (8 replies)

a new joint ppv in japan means omega gets to use final fantasy music. i'm thinking the rebirth remix of j-e-n-o-v-a or the listen to the cries of the planet. :^

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y (7 replies)

I don't know if it'll top when he came out to One Winged Angel at WK last year but fuck it I'm down!

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y (6 replies)

he could totally ruin us all emotionally and come out to the jenova life theme T_T

edit: i also wouldn't mind to zanarkand or otherworld

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y (5 replies)

To Zanarkand? Are you wanting to see me ugly cry?!?

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y

kenny getting the distant worlds orchestra to play zanarkand into balamb garden into aerith's theme. that's it for me i'm done.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Fuck...ok story time. So while I've been gaming since..eh, 1993ish, I sucked at gaming as a kid. By the time I got to the PS2 (having been a Nintendo and PC kid/teen) FFX was my first FF game since 2(4). By the time I got maybe half-way into the game I ran into some kind of stumbling block that I couldn't beat and ended up using a gameshark to make my way easier.

Kept going fine with little problems until I got to the fight with Kimahri and his bros where you fight the two of them. I forget the exact combination of 'uh'oh that triggered shit but since their health was, iirc, based on his health, their health was much....much... higher than mine. It took me about 3.5 nonstop hours to finish the fight.

Pressed on with the game, got to the end, got past Seymour, Yunalesca, made it to the final battle with Yu Yuvon. The phase where he would make you fight your own Aeons or copies of them or whatever it was: I had no capability to knock them out. The gameshark codes I set up included resurrecting your fainted Aeons. Every time I'd knock one out, it was auto-res'd. It was too late to be able to remove the code as well, any attempt didn't fix shit. Game was unbeatable. Fucked myself right up my own arse.

Have bought the game like 4-5x since than counting the remastered and did finally finish it but fuck I was a dumb kid lmao

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y

Kept going fine with little problems until I got to the fight with Kimahri and his bros where you fight the two of them

hornless! hornless!

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Lol holy shit! I didn't have a GameShark back in the day so I had no clue they could screw up a game like that!

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

Oh yeah. It's basically directly injecting new data into the consoles RAM on the fly, shit can fuck up easy if you don't think things through beforehand.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

Well Okada and Tanahasi are done for the night, black Phillip that was rough

edit: well they're up and wrestling again so that's good lol

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Nigel is going to need the rest of the night off after that lol

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

Looked like he was fucking crying lmao

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

🥲Takeshita is gonna be a star

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y

He's getting there! He needs gold soon!

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

That sad hidden blade at the end chef's kiss

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Poor Mariah has to witness all this violence

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

Maybe her conflict is how much she loves having two women fight over her!

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y

That match FUCKS

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Don has been saying it for months! This Ospreay kid is too soft

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y (4 replies)

I think Don's going to kick him out, probably in the most Don way possible

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Oh, 100%.

Maybe Ricochet shows up to save his ass. Or maybe Fletcher turns against Callis and stands by Ospreay.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y

By his zero hour match I don't see Fletcher wanting to team with Osprey

Travon333@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Nah Don wouldn't kick him out unless he ignores his advice again and loses to Garcia

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y

I dunno I don't think Don is going to be able to get past Will passing up the chance to win the world title

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

😂😂😂 Jack probably shouldn't have pissed everybody off last night

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

Son gonna get learnt today

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (6 replies)

Britt might be the only woman who can upstage Mone effectively

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Oh fuck oh shit it's Britt!!!

And she's dressed like a Hardy!

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

And she’s dressed like a Hardy!

🤣

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Where's the lie?!?

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

I mean, I see no lie!

The DMD Special™:

  • Yoga
  • Crunches
  • Not a single carb
  • Raid Lita's closet
ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y

Moné was holding those belts awful close there.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

Mone didn't look pleased to have her afterglow interrupted.

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

So it looks like, now that the shows are on Triller in the US, you can VPN to another country to make the order and then play the show off VPN.

... Or so I heard.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

I've... heard that as well

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

SCISSOR ME DADDY ACE!

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

I was worried Tana was about to miss that cue lol

Neon_Carnivore@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

And the winner of Toni Storm vs Mina Shirakawa is...

Mariah May!

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

And all of us!

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 2y

the new best friends got to give the people what they want

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

That's gimmick infringement!

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

OK, night 2 of Wrestle Kingdom being a big cross promotional show is pretty rad

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

It's probably going to get me to watch!

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

That was a surprise, and a welcome one! And I agree, great time to put it. I know some fans had complained about a 2 night WK but having night 2 be a big interpromotional thing will keep it fresh and it's hard to get bigger than the Tokyo Dome.

Plus it's good to see it happen before the Tokyo Dome gets torn down which I think is relatively soon-ish.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

Big Bill chokeslam on Joe, oh my Black Phillip

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Okada never fails to make me laugh my ass off with his antics

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

He's a hurdy gurdy away from air playing every instrument

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I want more Vaquer, Mone should just go full heel but I guess being a delusional babyface kind of fits with the Elite as well

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

I doubt it'll be too long before she goes full heel tbh, she's too good at it.

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Okada just calls everyone bitch and somehow gets cheered even harder

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

maki itoh would be so proud

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

I need more Maki soon :(

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

He gave everyone a shaming kink in just a matter of weeks! It's impressive really!

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y

He's enjoying life so much he was slightly bopping along to the Acclaimed telling him off during their entrance lol.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

The human souffle machine lol

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

😭😭😭 Nigel speaks for me

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

We are all Nigel right now

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Always love a good "yay! boo!"

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

It's classic

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Mina out here stirring up shit lol

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y

She's a habitual line stepper.

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Decent match, I need more Okada on my TV

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

A good match for Tanahasi to be in since the Acclaimed can easily carry the bulk of the match easily

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y

Goddamn, production nailed the coin drop sound effect this time!

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y

Taz proud of his boy!

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y

*watches mina, toni and mariah post match*

...ok I got like...8 different potential titles for this clip when I post it later and I think I know which one to choose.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y

Okada when Tana enters the ring: "Eh I've fought you enough before I'm out."

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y

I love Red Shoes never taking shit, fuck your chair Mox lmao.

csm10495@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y

Not having Wild Thing for Moxley was a loss for the crowd.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y

Mina with the new gear, loving it.

kubj31196@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y

Two PPV in a row the TBS title got higher billing than the AEW Women's World Championship. With Baker back into a program with Mone I assume this is gonna continue into future event as well. I feel this devalue Storm's really iconic reign if the new hot star just swoop in, get the secondary title and just get billed bigger than the world champ.

csm10495@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y (6 replies)

This show is too long and kind of boring at times.

Source: I'm there live.

The gimmick doesn't work since the results are too predictable.

There have been chants for where's the blood during the Mox match.

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I don't know that I agree with that, watching from home.

Honestly, I'm a sucker for the whole "dream match" gimmick.

csm10495@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

For people at home it's easier, but imagine not getting home till past 1am on a work night isn't a great feeling.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

Hence why the rest of us watch from home lol (tho yes that sucks and you're right about the predictable point, most match results were pretty easy to read.)

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Here I am at home surprised we're over 3 hours into the show

csm10495@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I had a hint at how long the show will be. The host for our section told us they were told the show can go up to 1230. Lol

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

I just wish they would do these on Saturday. Every time they've done a PPV on Saturday it's been so much better!