AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door has been a fixture on the PPV calendar since 2022 and is set to have its London, England debut in 2025.
The crossover show had its first iteration in 2022 and Kenny Omega has reflected on the changes since that Chicago show.
In a recent interview on the NJPW YouTube channel, Omega looked back on Forbidden Door and reflect on how it has “lost a smidge of specialness” saying:
“I think that the concept of the Forbidden Door now, now that sort of the door’s been booted wide-open… the way that I used to picture the Forbidden Door, you know, you picture the cartoony door at the pearly gates, you know what I mean? It’s like you need that special permission to open that thing up.
“Now I just feel like it’s a revolving door. But, you go out one end, you don’t come back the other unless you have that passion. It’s opened the talent pool so wide and it’s made our roster so diverse with so many options. But if you aren’t a complete athlete, if you aren’t a complete wrestler, you just can’t hang.
“So, is it special? Maybe it’s lost a smidge of specialness by being able to crossover that plain. But it’s made the competition that much stiffer and it’s made the competition that much tougher.
“You can’t succeed now unless you’re absolutely not only the best in America, but the best in England, the best in Australia, the best in New Zealand, the best in Japan.
“You have to be one of the world’s best athletes to succeed now in today’s global wrestling climate, and I think the Forbidden Door helped facilitate that.”
During the interview, the AEW EVP would also reveal that he misses just being a wrestler over mixing that role with his executive duties.
Having missed the whole of 2024 as a wrestler, Omega would also state that he wants to return as a top-flight performer.
He is scheduled to make a special appearance at the November 4, 2024, NJPW Power Struggle show in Japan.
Transcript from Post Wrestling.
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