People are falling over themselves regarding the Forbidden Door PPV, with some people calling it a perfect event. I’ve yet to see anyone jeer at it, and it’s interesting to see what is to come for me as I watch and review it. This is my take on the results and review of Forbidden Door from 2023!
MJF defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi
MJF kept saying that he was going to roll through Tanahashi,
and I was surprised that he couldn’t do i. Ok, I wasn’t surprised, but
Tanahashi wouldn’t go down lightly. He took a beating a lot of the time though,
and it was interesting to see MJF dissect the ACE for the most part. However,
Tanahashi did get some offense in, but it wasn’t a simple open and shut case.
Thanks to a distraction and a gold ring on the finger of MJF, the champion
remained such with a win over Hiroshi Tanahashi. A good opening match, not
great, but good overall if you ask me. Tanahashi had some good offense, but it
was definitely MJF that shined here, as usual, the guy is a great heel.
Cm Punk defeated Satoshi Kojima
A solid chess match of pro wrestling overall. This was a
brawl, a fight, and a wrestling match all thrown into one solid event. CM Punk
was able to catch Kojima several times with lariats, and stop gaps, throwing in
some interesting moves. This was a cerebral match, so there was focus on
wearing down Kojima, relaxed and mental overall. Punk wrestling heel was good
overall. Kojima turned things around at one point, and had Punk reeling several
times. After some back and forth, it was Punk with the GTS that would put way
Kojima in a hard fought battle.
Orange Cassidy defeated Daniel Garcia, Katsuyori Shibata,
and Zack Sabre Jr. in the AEW International title
Orange Cassidy steals a victory in this one. There was a lot
of back and forth, and a lot of wrestling, frenetically paced wrestling at
that. Zack Sabre Jr. was impressive again, Garcia and Shibata threw down too,
but it was Cassidy that was able to pull a victory. He pulled one out here, and
it was an interesting match with a lot of great moments. I loved it, it was so
entertaining, full of pure wrestling and reversals, great just great. I loved
it, and it was the match of the night up to this point, and wow, just amazing
fun match.
Sanada defeated Jack Perry
Sanada put on a clinic against Perry. Perry got a beat down,
and while he did have a few moments, it was not the night for Perry to win.
Senada put on one hell of a clinic in regards to some of his moves, and while
Jack was able to counter here and there, it just wasn’t for him to get the
victory, he needed something more punishing and Sanada just was too powerful. Quality
wrestling match here, with a great deal of back and forth, until Sanada pinched
in his submissions, and moves.
Post match Perry cheap shots Hook and leaves him laying on
the floor.
The Elite (Adam Page, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson) and Eddie
Kingston and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castanoli,
Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta), Konosuke Takeshida and Shota Umino
An all out war of a match, with a lot of action. There was a
little bit of wrestling for everyone, with brawling and all out moves left and right.
You got something from everyone here, with superkicks, buckshot attempt, shooting
star presses, ddts, and just a lot of brawling. The end came with an insane
brain buster from Ishii to Wheeler Yuta. One hell of a match, fun overall, just
fun overall. One of the best ten man tag matches you’re going to see, and it’s
just a great match to see.
Toni Storm defeated Willow Nightingale in the AEW Women’s
World Title Match
This was a fun match, with Nightingale getting a lot of
action throughout. Storm did manage to bring things around, and there was some
moments where you thought Nightingale was going to win this one, but nope,
after a distracted ref and eye gauge, Storm pulled through with a nice
piledriver, quick and easy, and boom, Storm wins the match. Nightingale was
great here, but it was Storm that was a little smarter this time around.
Will Ospreay defeated Kenny Omega for the IWGP United
States Heavyweight Title
Will Ospreay put on a clinic with Kenny Omega. Omega did everything
in his power to take control and at times he had it, it was stalemated. Then after
time and time again Will Ospreay reversed things, and Omega was not able to win
the bigger picture. He just couldn’t overcome the onslaught that Will Ospreay
threw down. He got busted open, he got beaten, bruised, and just lost his belt.
This was one hell of a battle, and it really just showcases amazing things.
Darby Allin, Sting, Tetsuya Naito defeated Minoru Suzuki,
Chris Jericho, and Sammy Guevara
The weakest of the matches from the night. This was ok for
the most part, but just OK overall. There was a lot of back and forth,
brawling, and a sick 630 into a table on sting from Guevara! But outside of
that, this was a bland matchup with not a lot to write home about. It was ok, at
best if you ask me.
Bryan Danielson defeated Kazuchika Okada
If you were looking for a technical wrestling match, then
you got it. These two men put on a clinic of what a technical wrestling match
is all about. There were a variety of different moves, reversals, on going
hits, and a great deal of transition overall. The match was hard hitting,
technical, full of psychology and perhaps one of the best showcases of talent
that you could expect from wrestling today. Okada tapped out to Danielson! One hell
of a match, just amazing.
Overall Thoughts
Perhaps the best PPV show I’ve seen all year. This has been
a good year for live events, and this was one of the best ones I’ve seen.
Nearly 4 hours of the most impressive, and amazing shows. Danielson broke his
arm in this match and still finished it. Much respect to him.
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