Swerve Strickland is still the owner of AEW after successfully defending his title against Will Ospreay in Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. Ospreay’s first loss in a promotional contest since joining the company officially earlier this year. The AEW International title of Ospreay was not at stake. Strickland caught a severely weakened Ospreay as • Read More »
NJPW announced that they will be releasing their own version of Forbidden Doors in January. During the AEW x NJPW forbidden door on Sunday, a NJPW promotional video was shown for Wrestledynasty, which will take place the following day, Sunday, 5th January — the day after the annual Wrestle kingdom event at the Tokyo Dome, • Read More »
Tetsuya Nito, who had been without gold for a few months, is now the IWGP World Heavyweight champion after defeating Jon Moxley on Sunday at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. Naito won the match after hitting the Destino. The match was wild and spilled out all over the ringside. Moxley appeared to have won the • Read More »
Swerve Strickland defends his AEW World Championship tonight against Will Ospreay at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door in Long Island, New York. Toni Storm defends her AEW Women’s world title against Mina Shirakawa, while a ladder match of six will determine the new TNT champion. TBS Champion Mercedes Mone will face NJPW Strong Women’s champion • Read More »
Jeff Cobb will be collaborating with The Learning Tree on Sunday. Chris Jericho and Big Bill spent the backstage of Collision giving patronizing advice. The trio did end up interacting with their Forbidden Door rivals Hook, Katsuyori Schibata, Samoa Joe. They ended up fighting in the ringside area. Cobb attacked The Learning Tree’s competitors. The • Read More »
El Phantasmo is the final participant of the TNT title match at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. ELP defeated AR Fox during a qualifying match on Friday’s AEW Rampage episode. This earned ELP the sixth and final place in the match that will crown a new TNT champion at Sunday’s Forbidden Door Pay-per-View. Phantasmo will • Read More »
MJF is returning to the South, as the former AEW World Champion will be appearing on Saturday, July 6, the edition of AEW Collision in Southaven, Mississippi. On the announcement graphic for Saturday’s collision, the date of 8th July was incorrectly displayed. It will be the second edition of Collision following the AEW x NJPW • Read More »
Lio Rush, who defeated Action Andretti in Friday’s AEW Rampage, will have a shot at winning the TNT at the AEW x NJPW forbidden door on Sunday. Rush now joins Ring of Honor Champion Mark Briscoe and his Ring of Honor teammates Jack Perry, Konosuke Takahita, and Dante Martin in the six-man ladder for the • Read More »
The new matches for Fantasticamania USA include a pair of title bouts. NJPW and CMLL will present the show in San Jose, California, on July 13. Officially, a Strong Openweight Championship match featuring Gabe Kidd defending the title against CMLL legend Ultimo Guerro will take place at this event. The MLW Tag Team Titles will • Read More »
The final match of NJPW Soul tour will feature a Junior Heavyweight title match. DOUKI issued the first title challenge after El Desperado beat SHO in a cage match on Saturday to win the title. Desperado accepted and NJPW made the title match official on July 5 at Tokyo Budokan. A six-man tag match featuring • Read More »