Ups & Downs: AEW NJPW Forbidden Door 2024 

“Mone went for the Bank Statement, but Vaquer had no interest” is such a cold line if you meant it

Putting the belt on swerve was one of AEWs best decisions ever

The matches during zero hour were good too

Five Zero Hour matches, and so many great ones in the PPV itself - definitely worth the money!

If the blue thunder bomb isn't going to ever pin anyone at least do it the way Takeshita did it!

When Swerve Strickland kicked out of Stormbreaker...mannnnn 😮😮😮 one of the MOST protected finishing moves in all of pro wrestling btw...MANNNNN LFG 🔥🔥🔥🤯🤯🤯 what a brilliant match and a great PPV. Thank you, TK, for bringing Mexico into Forbidden Door as well 👏 👏 👏 big kudos!!!!

If a match deserves a golden up, it deserves it! If a card is so good that it has multiple, so be it. It just means that PPV is a must-see.

How could u forget to mention the swerve stop on the announcement table that was a brutal spot

I was there and I thought the way that the New York crowd turned on Mercedes so fast because we remembered that she's from Boston and we hate Boston was the funniest thing ever

Swerve vs Osprey was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 idc what anyone says, Swerve is the most entertaining world champion in all of wrestling rn

What a great PPV! Swerve v Ospreay was a match of the year candidate. Mercedes v Vacquer was great too! DMD coming back too 🔥

Since when did 2+2=4??? I thought it equaled POTATO 🥔

Shout-out to Mark Briscoe for turning himself into Laddercopter.

I was here for Toni/Mina and the main event. And boy, was I satisfied. Great show.

I attended last night. arena was mostly full except the top section and scattered seats here and there. it was a long night with non-stop matches from pre-show to 12:00 ending. everyone got a reaction but with such a long show the intensity was in short bursts. MJF was super over and it was a good match to open but without any reason to care, it was just there. acclaimed and okada/EVPs were over. Danielson has the best entrance music and everyone yessed. the spot on the floor where he 'injured' his neck was pretty brutal but he just miraculously healed. orange sabre was amazing, both are super athletic. it looked like sabre didn't know what hold to use so he used all of them at once. jericho's match could absolutely be cut. last time at worlds end right we sang judas and then he got crapped on. this time, while he got bood and just retire, he was mostly over (i have no idea how he does it) just by waiving hi! ladder shmoz was nuts, I AM THE TABLE! Mercedes was a very good match, maybe a bit too long given we all knew the outcome but i feel she needed that match to avoid being a 'wwe star paid alot and does nothing'. a lot of vocal ceo fans but the longer it went the more steph got over. steph is super good and i could see her as a champ in either aew or wwe. ceo/baker feud is gonna be insane. was excited for mox but it was meh because 1) it was in a dead zone after a long, heated womans match 2) we knew mox was losing 3) there wasn't much in-match story 4) no mox bleeding lol. Osprey is the best wrestler on the planet and he absolutely made swerve (who'se massively over) look legit as a champ. the match had an great pace, the initial big, fast spots got popped, there were lulls but at the end the roof came off for the false finishes. the story that osprey wouldn't shank nana and lost because of that/he was distracted by callos gives him a way out. aew absolutely has to keep osprey at the top but no one was more over than swerve.

Hechicero has so many submissions i never seen before is incredible!!.... and... ZSJ countering OC's Mousetrap with another submission lock which i have no idea what it was ..GOD those two matches were awesome!!

Impressed that you called it the 'Fargo strut' instead of Flair. Most people don't know that decades ago, Ric Flair came to Nashville and saw the Jackie Fargo strut...and stole it. Fargo also used to let someone pin him and tap his opponent on the back like the referee does at the 2 count and just crack up when the opponent started jumping around like he'd won. Jackie was one of a kind.

Zack vs Orange ruled and Britt is back. Hopefully, Mone vs Britt will be very personal and compelling feud. And the Main Event was just Banger as always and don't forget that Awesome Blue Thunderbomb by Takeshita.

A+ tier PPV. The only bad match is Naito vs. Moxley

This show was the sh*t. AEW PPVs rarely miss.

I knew Swerve is a great wrestler but I didn't believe he could keep up with Osprey so effortlessly and smoothly.

This show got me all warm and fuzzy on my tum tum

AEW is incredible , And gets better every show , Thanks Tony .

Thanks for the review Simon ❤️

I feel like the pre-show should have been part of this. Penta, Fenix and Mistico was wild

If someone from wwe watched that, they’ll offer vaquer you’d hope. Aew better get ahead of that and offer her. She would be one of the top 3 workers on the female side in aew immediately. Her vs Toni storm would be a clinic. The mystique as well, if she doesn’t speak just crushes people. All of it gold. She would be over in aew immediately. She is what the aew fans want. Her Lucha skills are incredible and she’s tough. Sign her aew! Don’t let her pop up in nxt!

We got a Simon Miller Hawk TUAH before GTA VI

Chanting ‘Celtics Suck!’ in New York is not ‘niche’. The NBA Finals were less than two weeks ago. It’s an American thing that makes sense to an American audience. Not ‘niche’, just not for you

"Frog of the splashes" actually made me cry 😂😂😂

Swerve getting that win is simply SPECTACULAR!!!!!

As someone who doesn’t follow New Japan, but knows who the people are (thanks AEW), I gotta say I just adore Okada 😂😂😂

I have to be a negative Nancy here and disagree with Simon. I do think Naito vs Mox was bad. Like, it won't take anything from their legendary careers but everyone has bad days at the office. Nothing wrong with admiting that.

Simon, when are you going to join the Learning Tree? Being Mr. Positive, you'd do well being a branch and they need help, especially with Murder Grandpa calling Jericho out

I wish the entrance in aew pay-per-views were different from the main shows as well as effects

I'm sad that I missed this show as Danielson vs Takagi sounds like one of the most brutal non-deathmatch matches anyone could book.

I swear Simon, you crack me the F@#$ UP!!!! LOVE ur sense of humor!!!! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣

People keep dissing orange cassidy cus of his gimmick but he is great and i enjoy every match he is in dude is awesome.and he can go!!

Simon give yourself a Golden Up and keep smashing it.

This is probably an unpopular opinion but I don't think Mercedes has lived up to the hype. A bunch of mediocre promos and, what, 4 or 5 matches and she already has 2 belts? Feels too much like they've just been given to her and not enough like she's actually earned them. Honestly, I feel like she took them both from more deserving champions. The Title for Title match was incredible but at the end I felt like Stephanie had put on a much better show and the wrong woman had the belts. Mercedes was supposed to elevate the AEW Women's division but I'd argue that Toni, Mariah, Willow, Deonna and Thunder Rosa have all done more to elevate the division than Mercedes has so far.

IMHO Shingo should have won, but that's probably just me. They did make good decicion with Mina, Tony and Mariah though, as they didn't go for the predictable "someone betrays someone" story. And when did Zack get some meat on those bones? I mean I haven't really seen him in two years or so, but he's really got some filling compared to the skinny boy he was before.

ZSJ & OC: What's the finish TK: A pretzel

Zack's style is akin to boxing sparring training or martial arts demonstrations/exhibitions; he uses willing co-operative participants to demonstrate what could be used as real competitive submission holds...

I'm happy Toni Storm retained the AEW Women's Championship, but I'm sad that neither her or Mina Shirakawa took full custody of Mariah May.

You’ve seen JEFF today , he can KILL US ALL 😂🤣

Jim Jones 😂😂😂😂😂

OC vs ZSJ was so good. While OC is my favourite AEW star, I also agree that NJPW need to get some wins from these events or every match becomes a foregone conclusion.

Swerve showed me alot. He would have been wasted in WWE.

As a guy who’s never seen a Stephanie Vaquer match before, I’m completely won over. She absolutely CARRIED that match - I knew Mone was gonna win but I was still audibly angry when she did LOL

I was at the event. Atmosphere was fucking amazing!

Other than the main event, my favorite match is probably ZSJ vs Orange. I get that some people may not like Orange or his gimmick, but it was awesome to see him go toe to toe with Zack and keep up

I was waiting for this man's review

10/10 ppv

Naito did WHAT to Jon Moxley? 21:59

It was a restaurant quality PPV.

Frog of the Splashes? Splash of the Frogs, Simon. Splash of the Frogs 😂❤

great review for a great show

Pastiche Niche “pronounced original 🇫🇷 standard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 weird 🇺🇸💀

My girlfriend isn't a massive wrestling fan, but she knows that I love Will Osprey, so when I told her he was challenging for the world championship she asked to watch the match with me. Even her, who only knows the basics of wrestling from what I've told her, saw the match and very much enjoyed it.

Mark perry 😂😂😂

Forbidden Door has never been my favorite PPV but I thought all the matches were at least fun. I really like that there was more then one 10 minute woman's "lets get this over with quick so we can focus back on them men bathroom break" match. All the the womens matches were really good especially the continued story of Toni Storm and Mariah May which is about to enter its "everything is inexplicably going wrong for Toni Storm" chapter.

I know it's not as popular specifically in Britain, but a celtics based chant directed at a bostonian less than a month after they win the nba championship isn't a particularly niche reference. 11.2 million people watched the nba finals globally. The number for forbidden door was reported at 429 thousand.

The original wwe hardboyz music is a public domain song

You used the "Rom-Com" analogy for OC/ZSJ, and not Toni/Mariah/Mina?

I watched over a couple of nights as I couldn’t watch live but had seen the knob jockeys online saying the crowd was dead. What were they watching? There were a lot of big pops and huge reaction for the return of DMD. Another fantastic show, up there with Revolution as the best so far this year.

Oh you asked what we thought. I’d say 8/10 typical aew super quality ppv and not really finishing any main storylines with the involvement of njpw and CMLL. That being said, much like other FD ppvs, fans saw some insane quality in the other two promotions and will yearn to have their performers similar to jay white/will/deonna/okada. We want Vaquer and I would be shocked if aew doesn’t eventually get her. It does beckon though why these two promotions want to do these seeing as aew will take their top talent eventually like they did to njpw and tna. Amazing show, cmll has some quality that the American fanbase loves. Similar to when Ecw/wcw showcased Mexico and Japan’s best. Love that aew does this and you can tell it’s for the fans who just love wrestling in any variety. Big up to the show. Sign Vaquer lol don’t let her even fly back 😂

Simon, an NBA-related chant is anything but niche in New York. It is like a soccer-related chant breaking out at a UK show.

Naito repeatedly whacking Jon with the padding from Barry Jr. was an indication of where his head is nowadays, especially on US PPVs; like he's adopted Yano and Takahashi's gimmicks...

It needs to be said that Orange Cassidy should be in the mentions for best wrestler. He can have great matches with everyone, keeps up and matches up with the names for "best wrestler" eveytime and does all the styles all while keeping the lazy gimmick going. He won't get the credit but he should

Shinsuke Nakamura to aew is inevitable and will become their biggest star from New Japan to come over from WWE ever laugh at me you won't somebody will agree with me secretly in their hearts

Nah this is the best Jericho gimmick in a few years. I thought he had something with Kenny for a second, but he's really been struggling for traction. Keith getting injured is going to suck.

Great video Brother 👍. Best regards from the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴.

Simon said hawk tuhing 😂😂

SIMON IS THE BEST, SIMON NUMBER ONE 👏👏

"He just does not only weird things with his own body but weird things to other people's bodies." PAUSE!

I would normally agree on the ol' Bitch Counter, but Max was clearly going at Okada's recent adoption of the word. Honestly, he's usually more creative with his crudeness....but I think he's just DONE with the Elite lol

My fellow bald brother prediction is after Mariah May wins Jamie Hayter returns to a ginormous pop to reclaim her belt hopefully by revolution next March to give it time to tell a great story

Aew fight forever will probably be scrapped certain things work in that game in certain things didn't but it is a good star for a development of a new game just don't tell the fans it will cause peer pressure always a fan fingers crossed for the second resurgent of aew games

So all the AEW haters all kept saying "Swerve is keeping the belt warm for Ospreay" know what are they gonna say.. Forbidden Door IMO is just another chapter in AEW being the "PPV Kings of Wrestling"

Knowing how many wrestlers do actually watch/listen to Whatculture wrestling, I’m not surprised the bitch counter went up massively 😂😂😂

Why is TK allergic to giving Takeshita gold? i don't get it, he is one of your best wrestlers by faar...

Simon in my personal opinion there should be room for two in rare cases but it should only be rare cases where it's deserving of two golden UPS

It was way too long and the crowd were weary for some matches. The Mox match, I didnt enjoy and the rest was on fire. OC match was a highlight

Dude, you ok? Havent watched your vids for a while and now youre looking a bit 'soft'

That whole ppv was incredible

Greatest ppv ever comments incoming. Prepare yourselves. It happens everytime aew has a mid ppv.

That was the most devastating Least Devastating Move in Sports Entertainment I've ever seen, and it STILL didn't win!

September 2023 for Britt, Simon. Not "over a year"; she was at All In London last August, remember?

He said b*tch seven times because that's the only english word Okada knows

Boy, Simon has gotten massive. Looking real jacked baby.

I think the PPV was pretty good. Not the best but no where near the worst FD.

Really hope they let Baker win the belt... and soon!!

Romcom? Takagi? Teasing Master Takagi-San?

JVC era Arsenal is the best era of the Gunners 🤙

Hawk Tuah reference... well played Sir!

Ospreay’s tribute to Hayabusa was beautiful

Mone doesn't deserve being in the samering as Stephanie.

Extremely rare Simon Miller L saying that Moxley vs Naito was a disappointment. That shit was an utter slobberknocker. Not the craziest match on the card by any stretch, but god it was just a satisfying watch imo. There's something to be said for Mox being built up so strong that losing a regular match clean feels a little out of place, I guess? But also, Naito IS a multi-time world champ for a reason. He's one of those dudes that CAN go toe-to-toe with Mox and have a clean, normal win feel legitimate.

unfortunately The Acclaimed resorted to lip syncing

Man all we need is Darby & Omega back & AEW will be back! AEW have a little momentum please keep doing what your doing TK! It’s cool to hate on AEW these days but that’s ok cuz when there back on top it’s going to feel so good!

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