From Scotiabank Arena in Toronto comes Forbidden Door 2. Some of tonight’s matches include:
ZERO HOUR:
Stu Grayson vs. El Phantasmo
Athena vs. Billie Starkz
MAIN CARD:
CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima
Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay
MJF vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
Jack Perry vs. SANADA
Toni Storm vs. Willow Nightingale
Orange Cassidy vs. Daniel Garcia vs. Zach Sabre Jr. vs. Shibata
Sting/Darby/Naito vs. Jericho/Guevara/Suzuki
Moxley/Wheeler/Claudio/Shota/Takeshita vs. Bucks/Hangman/Kingston/Ishii
Zero Hour starts LIVE on YouTube at 7pm EST with the main PPV starting LIVE at 8pm EST.
Misc. Notes: there may be more matches on Zero Hour but I’m not sure if they’re official yet (I don’t have Twitter to check). Also, the match between Adam Cole and Tom Lawlor has been called off. Apparently Adam Cole is out with illness. In other words, Adam Cole is out with a dumb cold, bay-bay. Sorry, I had to.
Enjoy the show everyone.
What an absolutely incredible show. Start to finish, just perfect. Both main events absolutely blew me away.
I could talk for paragraphs on it, but I’ll just leave it at that and call it a day.
FINAL COUNTDOWN!!
That pop was amazing. I LOVE Forbidden Door. And that Omega Ospreay match was…wow.
Daniel Garcia’s dancing finally got the reaction it deserves.
You love to see it.
I can’t believe Okada tapped
Yeah I was shocked too. Thought Okada was taking it for sure.
That show was out of control! From getting ELP in the pre-show all the way to Bryan Danielson tapping out Okada with a broken arm, just wow.
Holy shit that tiger driver looked devastating.
Yeah that looked rough lol
Super rough. I can’t imagine that felt anything other than awful, and I’d be shocked if he weren’t really hurt there.
This Omega/Osprey match feels like the biggest thing in Wrestling right now. I know it’s not, but they did a good job of making it FEEL like it is.
It’s been awesome so far. And I’m really impressed by how much Osprey is willing to bleed.
Noooo Billie, that’s the hardest part of the ring!
Banger after banger after banger after banger after banger after banger after banger etc.
Even the Zero Hour matches before and the scrum afterwards were amazing. Wrestling fans had a feast
I loved the show, but I’m very worried about Bryan Danielson not being able to use his right arm at the end. They treated the seizure as a work, but it was a very weird thing to do in a match.
He broke his forearm
Sounds like a broken forearm. They’re saying he’s out 6-8 weeks =/
Swerve is really one of the coolest auras in AEW. just his character is so cool
Absolutely agree. I really wanted him to beat Orange Cassidy for the Atlantic championship…and I like OC.
I like Swerve a lot, but I really really hate his entrance song.
That show was fucking amazing from beginning to end. AEW always delivers on PPV, but that was just next level.
Thanks for setting up the live thread, OP!
Zero hour has been good so far. Super excited about the show.
No worries! Enjoy the show.
Is Toronto so pro Elite because Kenny Omega is from Canada or is there another reason? Just curious!
Yeah that could be part of it. And the whole Brawl Out stuff–if it isn’t a work–doesn’t paint Punk in the best light.
Ohh that makes sense! I just expected it to be split but it was so overwhelmingly negative I was surprised (Punk must love it though! :3)
Oh you know Punk’s eating it up lol. It’ll be interesting to see if he actually goes full-blown heel though.
At this point if he doesn’t he might as well change his name to Cody lol
That’s awesome. I was just thinking about how Punk reminded me of AEW Cody lol. Let’s see if he leans into it.
Kind of an odd finish to the Sting trios match.
Yeah it felt rushed…or something. Just off.
Sting was supposed to dodge Sammy which would explain how he came back and why Sammy stayed out of the match. Still fun. Stinger is made of some kind of shiny metal istg
I wonder if Darby was legit hurt, it seemed like he should have had a larger part. Same kinda goes for Sting, though, so who knows.
I couldn’t tell if Darby was injured but it wouldn’t surprise me. I feel like he’s flirted with disaster so many times that he’s due for at least one injury lol.
