Sorry, Chicago, but you don’t get to host Forbidden Door 2023. That honor goes to Toronto this year.
Still, with the AEW/NJPW collaboration coming up fast this Sunday, the Windy City might get the next best thing tonight at the Wintrust Arena. There will certainly be a heavy New Japan flavor to the matches on the AEW Dynamite card, and there could be a few surprises to boot.
Orange Cassidy will team with Katsuyori Shibata to take on Daniel Garcia and Zack Sabre Jr. in what’s essentially a combination of two separate feuds. It might lead to a match between Cassidy and ZSJ at Forbidden Door as well, or at least that’s the hope.
Minoru Suzuki is back on Dynamite too, teaming with Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara to face a team of Action Andretti, AR Fox and Darius Martin. This may or may not set up something for Sunday — Jericho is one AEW star who notably isn’t on the card yet — but regardless, you don’t need to give us a reason to be excited for a Suzuki appearance.
Bryan Danielson will call out Kazuchika Okada ahead of their highly anticipated Forbidden Door meeting as well. Neither man needs to say all that much to get fans more hyped for their upcoming collision, but the Rainmaker has shown up on Dynamite before, and it would be cool if he answers the American Dragon in person.
The AEW-only segments promise to be compelling in their own right. Kris Statlander will defend her TBS Championship against Taya Valkyrie, The Hardys will clash with The Gunns to see who the best brothers tag team is, and Mark Briscoe will fight Jeff Jarrett in a Concession Stand Brawl.
So, yes, look forward to Sunday, but don’t sleep on this Dynamite card tonight either. Check out the action beginning at 8 p.m. ET on TBS, or visit us at that time for the latest live updates and results.