AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door Predictions
Interim AEW World Championship - Jon Moxley vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi: Moxley wins here. The G1 Climax tournament is right around the corner so it wouldn't make much sense to put the belt on Tanahashi for him to disappear back to Japan for two months. Moxley being champ would also open up some quality matches against Page, Joe, Miro, and Cole.
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Jay White (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada vs. “Hangman” Adam Page vs. Adam Cole: White literally just won the title a couple weeks ago. Don't see them taking the belt off of him this quick. White retains. Cole or Page eats the pin.
AEW All-Atlantic Championship - Pac vs. Miro vs. Malakai Black vs. Clark Connors: This is pretty much set up for Miro to win. He can have a nice reign with the belt and defend it in both AEW and New Japan. It gives him something to do while he waits his turn for the world title.
IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Championship - Will Ospreay (c) vs. Orange Cassidy: If anything this will serve as reminder that Cassidy can wrestle despite his gimmick. Ospreay is one of the best in the business right now so there's no way this match isn't a banger. Ospreay retains.
ROH and IWGP World Tag Team unification match - FTR (ROH) vs. United Empire (IWGP) vs. Roppongi Vice: This is the year of FTR so I see them winning here setting up a third match with the Young Bucks for the AEW Tag Team Championship. New IWGP World Tag Team Champs. FTR.
AEW World Women’s Championship - Thunder Rosa (c) vs. Toni Storm: Too bad they couldn't get any of the Stardom women to be apart of this show. I would've loved to see Rosa go against Azumi, Mayu Iwatani or Starlight Kid. Toni Storm is decent but she's not winning here. Rosa retains.
Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, and Minoru Suzuki vs. Eddie Kingston, Wheeler Yuta, and Shota Umino (Winner gets the advantage for Blood and Guts next Wednesday): I like the team of Jericho, Guevara and Suzuki here. Interesting combination. Suzuki won't be competing in the G1 Climax so he'll probably remain in the states and be available for Blood And Guts.
The Young Bucks and El Phantasmo vs. Sting, Darby Allin, and Shingo Takagi: It's a Young Bucks match so you know they're going to bring it. This might end up being one of the best matches on the card.
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Mystery opponent picked by Bryan Danielson: The mystery opponent will probably be Cesario (Claudio) and unfortunately for him he won't be winning this match. It wouldn't make much sense for ZSJ to lose here if they're building a dream match between him and Danielson down the road.
Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee vs. Suzuki-gun: Suzuki-gun wins after Swerve turns on Lee. This then sets up the feud between Strickland and Lee going forward.
QT Marshall and Aaron Solo vs. Bishamon: I know this is a buy-in match but they could've left this one off the card.
Gunn Clubb and Max Caster vs. Yuya Uemura, Alex Coughlin, The DKC, and Kevin Knight: Another match they could've left off the card.