AEW Forbidden Door - When the door is actually forbidden and we are just tempting fate

[Matt D]

JR not on the first half of the show also makes me way more likely to watch it. I've come to recognize that the very worst way to experience AEW is by watching Dynamite as it happens on Wednesday nights.

[sek69]

some of ya'll need to apologize to Orange, that was a fuckin' good match

[Johnny Sorrow]

This match fucking HUMPS.

[KawadaSmile]

What the fuck is this match

[sek69]

Shibata with the "dad came home and caught the kids throwing a party" energy

[Childs]

3 minutes ago, sek69 said:

some of ya'll need to apologize to Orange, that was a fuckin' good match

Yep. Fair is fair. That was a banger.

[sek69]

Also "Shibata comes out to save Orange Cassidy" is like the best possible fever dream scenario

[sek69]

My man got that "pimpin' Bruce Lee" aura with the shades 

[KawadaSmile]

OC is great, of course. Lots of people showing how they are better than Billiam over there.

[sek69]

CLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUDDDDDDDDDDDDDDIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[KawadaSmile]

CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI 

[sek69]

ZSJ is a goddamn spider monkey

[Childs]

Another banger.

[Matt D]

I caught the entrance on Twitter. I saw some people talk about how he shouldn't leave the easy WWE life but to get an entrance pop like that even once in your life... him posing with the masked Cameraman was the best too.

I haven't seen much of him in the last year or two but there are probably an easy 36 matches I want to see with him against people on the AEW roster. That doesn't feel like hyperbole either. In no order:

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1. Wardlow
2. Daniel Garcia
3. Evil Uno
4. Brian Danielson
5. Nick Comoroto
6. Keith Lee
7. Ricky Starks
8. Powerhouse Hobbs
9. Hook
10. John Silver
11. Darby Allin
12. Miro
13. Sting
14. Christian Cage
15. Samoa Joe
16. Wheeler Yuta
17. Eddie Kingston
18. CM Punk
19. Lance Archer
20. Dustin Rhodes
21. Either member of Bear Country
22. JD Drake
23. Peter Avalon
24. Ethan Page
25. Andrade
26. Bowens
27. Malachai
28. PAC
29. Dax
30. Cash
31. Dante
32. Cassidy
33. Kassidy
34. Fish
35. Serpentico!

And it's not like I wouldn't want to see him against Griff or 2.0 or Sydal or Matt Hardy or Butcher/Blade or Moriarty or whoever.

What a great pickup.

[KawadaSmile]

7 minutes ago, Matt D said:

I haven't seen much of him in the last year or two but there are probably an easy 36 matches I want to see with him against people on the AEW roster. That doesn't feel like hyperbole either.

Singles only, off the top of my head:

 

• CM Punk
• Bryan
• Kingston
• Allin
• FTR Bald
• Starks
• Hobbs
• Danny Garcia
• Jungle Boy
• Yuta
• PAC
• Black
• Brody King
• Buddy Murphatthews
• Page
• Cole Baybay
• S'moa Joe
• Keith Lee
• Swerve
• Orange Cassidy
• Miro
• Mox
• Rey Fenix
• Penta

[Matt D]

Yeah, I forgot about Mox, Brody, Matthews just to name a few. Realistically it's more like 50 guys on the roster I'd like to see him against. That's nuts.

[sek69]

Man, seeing Becky Lynch marking out on Twitter over Claudio's debut was so heartwarming to see. You can tell from wrestlers' reactions he's one of those dudes who everyone loves. 

[sek69]

Man the teenage me who had to rely on tracking down poor RealMedia videos of NJPW back in the 90s cannot believe we're seeing an IWGP title match on US PPV. 

[sek69]

Hangman getting to live out the fantasies of NJPW fans getting annoyed by bad booking by punching Gedo.

[sek69]

....and now Okada got to live out PWO's fantasies of telling Adam Cole to fuck off with the Panama Sunrise 

[sek69]

GO ACE!

[Johnny Sorrow]

That four-way was my least favorite match of the night, and it was still pretty good. This show has overdelivered in a big, Bad, way.

[Johnny Sorrow]

Mox getting busted open by the slingblade is hilarious.

[KawadaSmile]

It's odd how the two matches the board is less excited for are the two main ones.

[Johnny Sorrow]

This match fucking rules.