Here is your fight size update prior to AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door Control Center 2023:
- Embedded above, fans can check out the control center prior to tonight's pay-per-view event.
- AEW has also uploaded preview packages for:
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson
- Toni Storm vs. Willow Nightingale
- Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay
- SANADA vs. Jack Perry
- Maxwell Jacob Friedman vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Chris Denker plays AEW Fight Forever early & brings fans a full Casino Battle Royale match
- Sammy Guevara vs. Tay Melo in an Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match? It happened in AEW Fight Forever.
- Bayley reflected on her SmackDown match being canceled.
Card subject to change..
— Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) June 24, 2023
Sorry.
Sorry you couldn’t watch me beat dat ass https://t.co/WGo5icxQo1
- On July 1, AEW World Champion MJF will make his AEW Collision wrestling debut. He wasn't overjoyed by the news. Max is now protesting that his company is abusing him by forcing him to compete. His pet cat is likewise distressed as a result of this abuse (so Max claims)
Glad you guys think it’s FUNNY that I keep being abused by my employer and forced to compete.
— Maxwell Jacob Friedman (@The_MJF) June 25, 2023
Every day I’m on the road I’m away from Piper. She’s depressed now!!!!
still think it’s FUNNY?!?!? pic.twitter.com/2axCUaK32U
- WWE uploaded a new video in which former winners of the Money in the Bank briefcase get reunited with their specific briefcases.
- The following notes are from our premium service, Fightful Select:
- WWE has a post-show press conference planned for right after WWE Money in the Bank, which they haven’t done since WrestleMania.
- Jody Threat recently said that Josh Alexander has been helpful backstage as she gets acclimated to IMPACT. This led to many asking if Josh Alexander was working as a producer. We’ve been told that isn’t the case, and he’s just helped out when asked.
- Ariel Helwani is hosting a BT Sport-WWE event next Friday in London.
- Per internal live events reports, SmackDown was the highest-grossing event in Lafayette, Louisiana in WWE history.
- Despite not being booked for WWE Money in the Bank Omos, Tamina, Elton Prince, Kit Wilson, Rick Boogs, Lacey Evans are all scheduled to be in London for media.
- Several AIW names were in attendance at this week’s WWE Raw. AIW was instrumental for many of the top-level wrestlers you see today.
- The latest WWE Top 10 features moments of Roman Reigns against his cousins Jimmy and Jey Uso.
- Austin recalls a hilarious interaction with Angle: A&E WWE’s Most Wanted Treasures – Kurt Angle
- Xavier Woods is in a Final Fantasy XVI commercial, and Kenny Omega congratulated him on his accolade. Aside from some playful ribbing from Woods, the former WWE King of the Ring congratulated Omega on the upcoming AEW video game release, Fight Forever.
I AM IN A @finalfantasyxvi COMMERCIAL - i repeat - I AM IN A FINAL FANTASY 16 COMMERCIAL!!! Also about to stream it on @UpUpDwnDwn - Clive about to do some workhttps://t.co/8dJ1VNPH3p https://t.co/gTPz0oMH1A
— Austin Creed (@AustinCreedWins) June 23, 2023
I was looking for your part… then I realized they only used notable athletes. But congrats on Fight Forever pic.twitter.com/2WDrozd1TP
— Austin Creed (@AustinCreedWins) June 23, 2023
- Omega is in a Final Fantasy XVI round table, however.
Excited to announce I'm a part of the Final Fantasy 16 roundtable for the launch of the game! Really cool moment as a lifelong Final Fantasy fan.
— Kenny Omega (@KennyOmegamanX) June 24, 2023
Full video drops June 26 on the Final Fantasy & Square Enix YouTube channels! @finalfantasyxvi pic.twitter.com/4zvWFE2ha8
- Kenny Omega also recently got shoes inspired by the new Crash Bandicoot game.
Kenny Omega’s new Crash Bandicoot sneakers that match his IWGP US Heavyweight Belt! pic.twitter.com/aD8TvGu7Pc
— Dark Puroresu Flowsion (@PuroresuFlow) June 24, 2023
- Iridian Fierro, co-host of Fightful's new AEW Saturday Collision post-show podcast, is featured alongside Lo on the latest Chardonnay & Chisme episode of the Wrestling Winedown podcast.
- Fans can check out the full card for Forbidden Door 2023 at this link.
- Alex Marvez, Emily Mae Heller, and Chris Charlton also previewed tonight's event.
The time has almost arrived!@alexmarvez, @emilymaeheller and @reasonjp take a look at tonight's card!
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) June 25, 2023
How to watch on PPV: https://t.co/71KgJXk9TW#AEWxNJPW pic.twitter.com/PyusDe0k4A
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-What Will Happen When These Two Worlds Collide? AEW & NJPW Countdown to Forbidden Door, 6/23/23