AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2023 media scrum notes

[Chris]

Here are notes from the media scrum that took place following AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, featuring talent from both AEW and NJPW.

Sting and Darby Allin

• When asked, Sting said he doesn’t see himself retiring in London.
• The interview was cut short when Chris Jericho came in and challenged Sting and Darby to a tornado match for Wednesday’s Dynamite against Guevara and Jericho's Painmaker persona. Jericho took a water bottle and hit it with his baseball bat. Tony Khan said he would make the match for Wednesday.

Will Ospreay

• Khan called the match against Ospreay and Omega “one of the greatest matches I’ve ever seen.”
• Said he felt like the world’s eyes were on him for their first match, and felt it again the second time tonight.
• Ospreay noted he felt that his body was breaking down, and as a result would likely wrap up doing independent dates this year.
• Named Naomichi Marufuji as an opponent he’d like to face and said that the ball is in NOAH’s court as far as getting it done.
• When asked about his recent injuries, he said that he partially tore his pectoral tendon recently. He has rehabbed it, but now there is a deformity that is permanent. He also said his shoulder “came out” in a recent match with Tanahashi and there is weakness in that area now.
• Regarding All In, he says he’s wrestling Shingo Takagi the day before for RevPro. He said he’d love to, but he doesn’t work here. It’s down to Tony, but would like to work something out.

Toni Storm

• Said he would like to face Stardom's Giulia so she could “slap the t*** off of her”.
• When asked about her gear, she denied that it was a tribute to her Stardom gear, that it simply was the gear that showed up for Sunday's match.

Bryan Danielson

• Says he intended to wrestle on Wednesdy’s Dynamite, but thinks he fractured his right forearm with about ten minutes left to go in the match. Praises the AEW medical staff and said he is likely out 6-8 weeks. Later, when asked about what he thought broke the forearm, Danielson said it was an elbow where he didn’t protect himself, calling it a freak accident.
• He mentioned Ishii as a possible opponent in the future, saying it made him mad when he defeated Wheeler Yuta at Forbidden Door.
• Says he didn’t want to follow Omega/Ospreay, but he has to put that aside.
• Regaring wrestling in other places, right now the main focus is AEW and making AEW the best place it can be. He mentioned wanting to work the G1 tournament or for Defy Wrestling, but asks himself if it is worth the risk.
• Danielson was asked if the injury changed the last ten minutes of the match. Danielson eventually said that it did.
• When asked about All In, he praised Zack Sabre Jr. and Will Ospreay, but also mentioned other people in AEW such as Darby Allin, Orange Cassidy, and PAC. He also said that a second match with Omega hasn’t taken place yet either.

Tony Khan

• When asked about his biggest victory this weekend, Khan said it was breaking AEW's biggest gate record.
• Said that pay-per-view buys for this year’s Forbidden Door are bigger than last year’s and for Double or Nothing.
• When asked about a Adam Cole update, Khan said Cole came sick today with a fever, sent him home. When Tom Lawlor’s available they will likely try and do the match again. Put over Lawlor as a great personality and wrestler.
• Says he cannot share details due to international business, but everyone will be able to watch both All In and All Out.
• Regarding CM Punk’s line about being “a Collision guy”, Khan said there was no hard roster split, and you’ll never know where you’ll see Punk.
• Regarding Final Countdown, he says it was a one-night only deal and noted, like Danielson had mentioned earlier in the scrum, was very expensive. Khan said the deal was “as expensive as a wrestler’s contract”. However, he teased he could use it one more time in the future. He also said the rights are in perpetuity, so it can be used in AEW’s video library.

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[King Kota]

 

[Alexa]

Will v Marufuji...sign me up

 

[Deezy]

Jericho stormed the presser like his wife on January 6th.