[2022-06-26-NJPW/AEW-Forbidden Door] Claudio Castagnoli vs Zack Sabre Jr.

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Very good match, but not quite great. Sabre capitalizes on small mistakes from Claudio, going after his opponent's arms. The match is laid out to highlight Claudio's freakish feats of strength, and it's successful in that regard. ZSJ locked in a submission while Claudio was in the ropes, and they both spilled to the outside. Claudio casually walked up the steps while carrying Zack and dumped him back into the ring with a gnarly powerbomb. Crucially, Claudio's selling was also on-point. When Castagnoli finally lands the Giant Swing, his arm gives out on the fifth rotation and ZSJ hones in on it some more. They could've tightened things up in the final stretch, but as a whole, this was quality stuff.