— It was announced via video package that NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer will soon be making her AEW debut. (They advertised her as a CMLL talent, but did mention her being STRONG champ and showed video from her NJPW matches.)
— Later in the show, after Mercedes Mone defended her newly won TBS title, Vaquer came out to the entrance ramp and held up her STRONG Women’s belt. Mercedes held up the TBS belt, suggesting a title vs title match for Forbidden Door.
— Jon Moxley beat Rocky Romero in an IWGP WHC Eliminator match in 10:37.
— After Adam Copeland was stripped of his TNT title due to injury, it was announced that there will be a ladder match at Forbidden Door to crown a new Champ. There will be qualifying matches to determine the ladder match entrants starting on Friday’s Rampage, with Scapegoat Jack Perry the first person named to be involved.
— The main event was a Casino Gauntlet match for a shot at Swerve’s AEW World title at Forbidden Door. Sudden death rules, meaning the first person to get a pinfall/submission wins; even if all the 21 possible competitors haven’t entered the match yet.
Entrants (NJPW talent in bold):
– Jay White
– PAC
– Mistico
– Will Ospreay
– Shota Umino (who had a great sequence with Ospreay)
– Claudio Castagnoli
– Lio Rush (the commentators specifically mentioned him as “competing in New Japan as of late”)
– Orange Cassidy
– Hechicero
Will Ospreay wins by pinning Orange Cassidy after an Oscutter. Ospreay is currently the AEW International Champion, but will defend that title against Kyle O’Reilly on this Saturday’s Collision.
by EffingKENTA
