10 HUGE AEW X NJPW Forbidden Door 2022 Predictions You Need To Know

8. Zack Sabre Jr. Vs. An Opponent Of Bryan Danielson’s Choosing

Forbidden Door
All Elite Wrestling

Ahead of Bryan Danielson's disappointing injury announcement on the go-home edition of Dynamite, this was set to be the match that best illustrated what most people wanted from Forbidden Door.

A dream match that served as a fabulous articulation of why the coming together of two promotions can be so intoxicating, both men simply believed themselves to be the best technical wrestlers on the planet and had years of evidence between the ropes to prove it. Zero belts and yet the stakes would have been as high as anything else on the card.

That'll sadly now have to go on ice for if this becomes an annual event, and instead AEW have tried to sweeten the pot with the element of surprise. It's not served them particularly well lately, but in light of what's been lost it's hard to imagine this being a letdown. Or, to that end, this not being Cesaro/Claudio Castagnoli.

With him headed to Wednesday's Blood & Guts, he has to emerge victorious too.

Winner - Claudio Castagnoli

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett