10 New Directions For AEW After Forbidden Door 2023

10. Almost Zero Focus On NJPW

There's a key word in that subheading: "Almost". More on that to come, but for now...let's dial back the New Japan integration a bit, eh? If anything, that sort of thing should be kept exclusively for the build towards Forbidden Door, so it wouldn't make sense to keep banging the NJPW drum post-show.

Thanks for coming, Okada.

AEW has Dynamite, Collision and Rampage to focus on heading through summer. They've also got more than enough workers to fill that five hours of television every single week - Tony Khan shouldn't need to draft in a whole string of New Japan lads to keep things ticking over.

Expect to see the Japanese company's influence on AEW's weekly product diminish as the weeks roll on. July and August especially should be all about promoting the Wembley show as an All Elite Wrestling showcase. Of course, they can justify one exception if a local fancies making history...