Two weeks before Forbidden Door, AEW and New Japan had announced just two matches. Understandable, given the logistics of booking across companies and an ocean, but still something that needed to be resolved.
First, IWGP World Heavyweight champion SANADA delivered an open challenge to the AEW roster via satellite on the June 14 Dynamite.
The answer didn’t take long, either. Jungle Jack Perry accepted, and HOOK will be by his side.
Hiroshi Tanahashi was also booked for Maxwell Jacob Friedman’s AEW World title match. MJF will not attend.
AEW International champion Orange Cassidy was talking casually with Renee Paquette when NJPW Television titleholder Zack Sabre, Jr. interrupted them. Forbidden Door has issued a title vs. title challenge, but so far they have just announced a tag match for next Wednesday’s match. Katsuyori Shibata will team up with OC to take on ZSJ & Daniel Garcia.
Depending on MJF’s willingness to attend and pending AEW International and NJPW TV titles, we have the following card for Scotiabank Arena:
SANADA (c) vs. IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jungle Jack Perry
MJF (c) vs. For the AEW World Championship, Hiroshi Tanahashi
Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson
In the IWGP United States championship match, Kenny Omega (c) will face Will Ospreay
