By Lan Pitts on April 25, 2022 at 11:26AM PDT10 AEW/NJPW Matches That Need To Happen At Forbidden DoorOn the April 20 episode of AEW Dynamite, the promotion’s president Tony Khan introduced Takami Ohbari, president and CEO of New Japan Pro Wrestling, and confirmed that there will be a crossover event between the two companies: Forbidden Door. This partnership is several years in the making as Jon Moxley in his first year with AEW, went over to NJPW to compete in their annual G1 Climax tournament.Eventually, there were appearances by New Japan wrestlers as Bullet Club leader Jay White and member KENTA started interfering with matches. Just recently, AEW’s Adam Cole fought NJPW’s Tomohiro Ishii in the Owen Hart Cup tournament. The lines were blurred even more when AEW wrestler Samoa Joe won the Ring of Honor TV Championship against New Japan star Minoru Suzuki.Before we get to Forbidden Door PPV, we have to get through Capital Collision first, which is the New Japan show in Washington DC on May 15. There is a scheduled match between Ishii and Eddie Kingston at Capital Collision which could be a match of the year contender since you have Genichiro Tenryu’s greatest student against one of his greatest admirers. Surely there will be more seeds planted at that event for Forbidden Door as well as AEW television leading up to it, but what matches will be booked?We’ve put together a small list of the… Click below to read the full story from GameSpot
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