Major Forbidden Door Match Set Up At NJPW Resurgence?

AEW/NJPW

With AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II set to take place next month, we should expect to see more NJPW stars appearing on AEW television in the next few weeks.

Fans have been speculating about what top matches top NJPW and AEW stars will be a part of, and we seem to be on the verge of finding one out.

In recent weeks, NJPW have held a tournament to determine the next challenger for Kenny Omega’s IWGP United States Championship, with the latest match taking place at last night’s NJPW Resurgence show.

On the show, Will Ospreay took on Hiroshi Tanahashi in the tournament, with Ospreay picking up the victory in the bout.

Ospreay’s victory earned him a match against Lance Archer at NJPW Dominion next month to determine Omega’s next challenger, likely for Forbidden Door.

Here are the results from the May 17 episode of AEW Dynamite:

Christian Cage and Luchasaurus attacked TNT Champion Wardlow with a ladder, setting up Cage vs Wardlow in a ladder match at Double Or Nothing

Darby Allin & Orange Cassidy def. Big Bill & Lee Moriarty

Sammy Guevara def. Exodus Prime

Karen Jarrett appeared and helped Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Satnam Singh & Sonjay Dutt attack FTR

Toni Storm & Ruby Soho def. Hikaru Shida & Britt Baker

The 21-man Blackjack Battle Royal at Double Or Nothing for Orange Cassidy’s International Championship was announced

Tony Khan announced upcoming dates and locations for AEW Collision, but said the location of the premiere would be revealed next week

Roderick Strong def. Chris Jericho in a Falls Count Anywhere match thanks to help from Adam Cole

Jack Perry def. Rush

Darby Allin and Sammy Guevara ran out to help Perry when he was being attacked by Le Faccion Ingobernables

Jay White def. Ricky Starks via DQ when Starks used a steel chair that had been introduced by White’s partner Juice Robinson

Don Callis came to address turning on Kenny Omega, which turned into a big brawl between the Blackpool Combat Club and The Elite, including Adam Page returning and rejoining The Elite and setting up an Anarchy in the Arena match for Double Or Nothing

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• NJPW
• Will Ospreay
• Kenny Omega
• AEW

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